Summer 2026 Student Residential Facility Manager (RFM)

St. Olaf College • Northfield, MN

1d • $12 - $13

About The Position

The Residential Facility Manager (RFM) is a student staff position in the office of Residence Life. This position’s primary goal is to support Residence Life and the functional area, Housing Operations. The RFM provides support in the following areas: facilities, residence halls, environmental health and safety, sustainability, summer operations, and administrative tasks. The RFM will report to the Associate Dean of Students for Residence Life & Student Conduct/designee. In addition, during the summer, the position will work collaboratively with the Summer Community Assistants (SCAs).

Requirements

• Excellent interpersonal, organizational, and communication skills
• Ability to work both independently with little supervision and as part of a team
• High levels of motivation and willingness to learn
• Ability to pay close attention to details
• Excellent time management skills
• Minimum cumulative/semester GPA of 2.5
• Good academic standing.
• No open sanctions.
• Assignment of academic probation or disciplinary sanctioning at any point during employment may result in immediate dismissal from this position.
• Successful completion of criminal background check after hire.
• Excellent time management and prioritization skills
• Flexibility and ability to adapt to quickly evolving situations
• Demonstrated emotional maturity to cope with day-to-day challenges of employment
• Sensitivity and concern for others as individuals that goes beyond outlined responsibilities
• Candidates must possess the ability to safely perform the physical work required of all duties with or without reasonable accommodation.

Responsibilities

• Supervise colleagues working as RFAs
• Approve time cards for RFAs
• Work collaboratively with RFAs to correct behaviors of concern and provide appropriate disciplinary measures as necessary, within the scope of the position
• Serve as a liaison between professional supervisors and RFAs
• Receive, sort, and distribute supplies and inventory audit
• Receive phone calls, mail, emails and all other communication and ensure they are properly distributed.
• Support data entry and assist with creating and maintaining department files, records, and storage systems (physical and electronic).
• Assist with housing records, damage bills, etc.
• Schedule meetings as requested.
• Attend all training, in-services, and development meetings requested by the Residence Life Office.
• Identify and explain key financial working mechanisms of each residence hall and community.
• Attend/participate in staff meetings, one-on-one meetings with the supervisor, and evaluation process.
• Manage office email accounts.
• Support opening and closing of the office
• Other duties assigned.
• Move, lift and transfer items within and between residence halls to meet operational needs
• Loft kits, bedding, storage rooms (including furniture)
• Build/construct items
• Bookcases, games, furniture.
• Audit keys, pool tables, buildings supplies, etc.
• Manage the work order reporting process ensuring maintenance is reported and completed in a timely manner
• Aid in monitoring the storage and use of all inventory in basements, rooms, and common areas in all residence halls.
• Control access to residence hall storage
• Appropriate documentation of items placed in or claimed from storage
• Ensure storage guidelines are followed
• Assist in storage room maintenance as assigned
• Create, maintain and edit forms for the summer housing
• Monitor and audit marketing for summer operations.
• Process housing operations request forms
• Schedule meetings with conference clients to review the lease agreements
• Support the management of the summer housing bed spaces inventory and common area spaces
• Conduct building walk-throughs
• Conduct room inspections and inventories
• Assist HOC on fire drills and drug sweeps
• Escort vendors within the residence halls
• Support the evaluation of residential safety initiatives
• Identification, documentation, and reporting of maintenance/facilities/health and safety concerns or emergencies
• Maintain supply of needed forms for facilities area: sustainability and recycling materials and signage, cleaning checklists, fire safety checklists, check in-out forms, check in packet material, and fire safety brochures
• Aid in creating and updating files on health and safety
• Create signs for halls as needed to update on facility related issues
• Maintain marketing materials for facilities team
• Communicate with students and staff regarding facility and emergency situations in various media forms (email, signage, documents, letters, etc)
• Prepare opening/closing material packets for staff and signage for students
• RFMs shall support programming initiatives as requested by their professional supervisor
• RFMs shall develop positive positive relationships with the residents in through formal and informal engagement efforts
• RFMs shall role model appropriate behavior within the residence hall to students and colleagues, abiding by and upholding College policies on a campus-wide basis.
• RFMs shall provide assistance to residents in need within the scope of their training, including referral to various campus resources and triaging student concerns to the appropriate professional staff.
• RFMs shall address breaches of College policy (as outlined in the student code of conduct) through the appropriate confrontation of the responsible parties and documentation of these incidents.
• RFMs shall support their professional supervisor through administrative tasks as assigned, including but not limited to:
• Weekly RFA staff meetings
• Bi-weekly individual meetings with professional supervisor
• Documentation of on-duty activities
• Weekly reports
• Program Evaluations
• Adherence to any blackout dates provided by professional staff to ensure adequate staffing during high-need periods

Benefits

• Housing Double-occupancy room with a roommate of the staff member’s choosing. If a roommate is not chosen, this bed will be added to the vacancy list. Total housing cost for the Summer 1, Summer 2, and Intersession is waived.
• Wage Any administrative hours worked outside of the on-call rotation will be paid at an hourly rate

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Part-time
• Career Level: Intern
• Education Level: No Education Listed