Live-Out Residential Assistant

Summary: The role of the Live-Out Residential Assistant is to help foster a healthy and inclusive residential environment where each girl feels empowered to live comfortably and grow. This position requires a responsible, caring, energetic, and engaged professional who is interested in helping high school girls make connections, develop relationships, and navigate all aspects of community living. The position would include residential life duties predominantly Thursday through Saturday, with occasional Sunday shifts. This position requires experience in residential life and/or youth mentoring. This position is instrumental in supporting the residential life team to create a homelike atmosphere in the dorms centered on inclusion and belonging, and is willing and available to regularly socialize and talk with students and help when advice is needed.

Essential Job Functions:

• Approaches students with curiosity and focused on building trusting relationships;
• Foster a sense of belonging, empathy and curiosity;  
• Provides afternoon, evening and or weekend duty supervision of the dorms;
• Monitors study hall and assists the students with homework when needed and appropriate;
• Communicates all concerns promptly to the Director of Residential Life or another School Administrator if Director is unavailable;
• Develops professional relationships with students and team members;
• Contributes to the provision of an environment which supports the academic, social, emotional and physical well-being and development of students;
• Follows all school emergency procedures while keeping a calm composure and prioritizing the safety and well-being of students; 
• Supervises, cares and accounts for the whereabouts of students; which includes chaperoning weekend outings. 
• Other duties as assigned by the Director of Residential Life or Upper Management