Upper-Division Apartment Community Assistant
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About The Position
This recruitment will be used to fill one part-time (a maximum of 24 hours per week) Community Assistants position for the University Housing and Dining Services at Oregon State University (OSU). Community Assistants (CAs) are employees of Housing Operations, a unit of University Housing and Dining Services (UHDS). Supervised by the Apartment Living Manager, the CA is expected to work to accomplish the objectives of UHDS and to help create and maintain an effective living-learning community within the Orchard Court Complex, the GEM Apartments, 1045 SW Madison, and Dixon Lodge. The position requires a positive attitude towards CA responsibilities, UHDS, and its mission. Overall job effectiveness is tied to the CA's ability to establish and maintain credibility and good rapport with residents, and University faculty and staff. CAs work as on-site staff and resource persons for the residents of Orchard Court, a 107-unit apartment complex, the GEM, a 231-unit high-rise apartment building, 1045 SW Madison, a 221-unit high-rise apartment building, and Dixon Lodge, a 30-unit two-story complex used for short-term and emergency housing, all serving the Oregon State University students and their families. CAs are required to live in the Orchard Court Complex, the GEM apartments, or 1045 SW Madison. CAs are required to maintain eligibility criteria to reside in student housing. Job duties include being on call nights and weekends in addition to attending staff and one-on-one meetings as scheduled by the Apartment Living Manager. CAs are responsible for creating and maintaining an environment that promotes an emotionally and physically safe and secure residential community. CAs are called upon to effectively respond to and manage a variety of crisis and emergency situations. CAs play a key role in the UHDS and OSU Emergency Management Plan and creating environments that encourage all students to be academically and personally successful and in the implementation of community, department, and university initiatives.
