Residential Advisor
About The Position
The Residential Advisor provides guidance to students to support positive group living relations and achievement in the Job Corps program. The role helps students develop positive attitudes and appropriate behavior in the dormitory, work toward their goals, and build independent living skills. The advisor contributes to a safe living environment, promotes positive peer leadership, models career success standards, and provides quality customer service to students, staff, and other center customers. Regular and predictable attendance is required, and overtime may be required when directed.
Requirements
- High school diploma or equivalent.
- At least one year of Job Corps or related program experience.
- Ability to perform physical activities including sitting, standing, climbing, walking, lifting, pulling and/or pushing, carrying, reaching, stooping, and crouching.
- Ability to lift 40 pounds and/or assess a load and request necessary assistance.
- Regular and predictable attendance is required.
Nice To Haves
- Advanced degrees preferred.
- A valid in-state driver's license preferred.
Responsibilities
- Guide students in developing positive attitudes and appropriate behavior in dormitory living and achieving their goals and objectives.
- Determine, recommend, and arrange student visits to a counselor.
- Assist with designated unit activities, including unit government.
- Patrol and monitor dormitories and the center as required to ensure student safety and proper behavior, and resolve potential or occurring problems.
- Prepare daily operations reports, pass lists, and other student-related administrative correspondence.
- Direct students and assist with dormitory cleanup and maintenance.
- Recommend or requisition supplies needed for dormitory living and student safety.
- Maintain dormitory and individual student files, ensuring they are complete, updated, and contain required documentation.
- Enter student case notes in the center information system.
- Participate in the career development services system by ensuring a safe living environment and fostering positive peer leadership role modeling in the dormitory.
- Provide guidance, counseling, group sessions, and independent living skills instruction.
- Provide positive, quality customer service to students, staff, and other center customers.
- Support, promote, and enforce the Job Corps Zero Tolerance Policy.
- Promote career success standards by modeling appropriate behaviors, mentoring students when needed, and monitoring positive and negative behaviors through interventions.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
- Work overtime when directed.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
High school or GED
