Resident Advisor (IWS)
Morehead State University, Morehead, KY, United States
Resident Advisor (IWS)
A Resident Advisor, or RA, is an undergraduate full-time student who lives in an assigned MSU residence hall and supports students living in the residence hall community. As a live-in staff member, the primary role of an RA is to build a welcoming and inclusive community within the residence halls, while assisting residents in achieving their goals both personally and academically. In addition, the RA serves as a member of their residence hall's community team which includes the hall's Resident Advisors, and Area Coordinator, to create and maintain a positive community environment. The Resident Advisor position is a part-time institutional work-study position with an average weekly time commitment of 12-15 hours, which includes weekly staff meetings, bi-weekly meetings with the Resident Advisor's supervisor, on-call responsibilities, maintaining regular visibility in the Resident Advisor's assigned residential community and regular engagement with students in and around the Resident Advisor's assigned residential community. Since the RA position includes both structured time commitments and flexible time commitments, successful resident advisors demonstrate excellent time management and productivity skills. Attendance and participation for the entirety of pre-semester training, including residence hall opening, prior to the start of each semester and in-service sessions during the semester are required of all Resident Advisors. Resident Advisors are required to return to campus for pre-semester training two weeks prior to the start of classes for the fall semester and one week prior to the start of classes for the spring semester. Resident Advisors are responsible for semester-ending closing procedures through the weekend following the last day of semester final examinations. Essential duties and responsibilities include building positive and meaningful relationships with the students in and around their assigned residential community, planning and facilitating activities in the residence hall and/or campus community that encourages social interaction and relationship building among members of the residential community, developing a sense of community in the residence halls through the creation of unique and creative bulletin boards, door decorations, community communication, and other themes that allow the residential community to represent itself as a unified group, serving as role models for other MSU students, educating students regarding university policies and procedures, serving as a representative for the Office of Student Housing, participating in a rotating weeknight and weekend on-call rotation, assisting students in resolving conflicts that may occur in their residential community, being knowledgeable about campus and community resources, serving as first-level responders to emergency and crisis situations, attending and actively participating in required meetings, training, residence hall opening, and residence hall closing, and participating in Office of Student Housing committees as needed. Minimum requirements include being enrolled as full-time students at Morehead State University, having and maintaining a cumulative and semester GPA of 2.5, being in good academic, financial and disciplinary standing with Morehead State University, having resided in Morehead State campus housing for at least one academic semester (including the current semester), and maintaining an active housing contract with the Office of Student Housing. Additional desirable qualifications include physical requirements and working conditions in exchange for their service to the Morehead State community, which include a room in their assigned residence hall community, a housing scholarship equal to the amount of the RA's residence hall assignment, a $500 scholarship at the beginning of each academic semester, an $80 stipend per university pay period during terms of employment, priority class registration for semesters employed as a Resident Advisor, and the classification of the Resident Advisor position as an institutional work-study position. Required documents for application include a resume and a letter of application (cover letter). Optional documents include additional support document #1, additional support document #2, and additional support document #3.
A Resident Advisor, or RA, is an undergraduate full-time student who lives in an assigned MSU residence hall and supports students living in the residence hall community. As a live-in staff member, the primary role of an RA is to build a welcoming and inclusive community within the residence halls, while assisting residents in achieving their goals both personally and academically. In addition, the RA serves as a member of their residence hall's community team which includes the hall's Resident Advisors, and Area Coordinator, to create and maintain a positive community environment. The Resident Advisor position is a part-time institutional work-study position with an average weekly time commitment of 12-15 hours, which includes weekly staff meetings, bi-weekly meetings with the Resident Advisor's supervisor, on-call responsibilities, maintaining regular visibility in the Resident Advisor's assigned residential community and regular engagement with students in and around the Resident Advisor's assigned residential community. Since the RA position includes both structured time commitments and flexible time commitments, successful resident advisors demonstrate excellent time management and productivity skills. Attendance and participation for the entirety of pre-semester training, including residence hall opening, prior to the start of each semester and in-service sessions during the semester are required of all Resident Advisors. Resident Advisors are required to return to campus for pre-semester training two weeks prior to the start of classes for the fall semester and one week prior to the start of classes for the spring semester. Resident Advisors are responsible for semester-ending closing procedures through the weekend following the last day of semester final examinations. Essential duties and responsibilities include building positive and meaningful relationships with the students in and around their assigned residential community, planning and facilitating activities in the residence hall and/or campus community that encourages social interaction and relationship building among members of the residential community, developing a sense of community in the residence halls through the creation of unique and creative bulletin boards, door decorations, community communication, and other themes that allow the residential community to represent itself as a unified group, serving as role models for other MSU students, educating students regarding university policies and procedures, serving as a representative for the Office of Student Housing, participating in a rotating weeknight and weekend on-call rotation, assisting students in resolving conflicts that may occur in their residential community, being knowledgeable about campus and community resources, serving as first-level responders to emergency and crisis situations, attending and actively participating in required meetings, training, residence hall opening, and residence hall closing, and participating in Office of Student Housing committees as needed. Minimum requirements include being enrolled as full-time students at Morehead State University, having and maintaining a cumulative and semester GPA of 2.5, being in good academic, financial and disciplinary standing with Morehead State University, having resided in Morehead State campus housing for at least one academic semester (including the current semester), and maintaining an active housing contract with the Office of Student Housing. Additional desirable qualifications include physical requirements and working conditions in exchange for their service to the Morehead State community, which include a room in their assigned residence hall community, a housing scholarship equal to the amount of the RA's residence hall assignment, a $500 scholarship at the beginning of each academic semester, an $80 stipend per university pay period during terms of employment, priority class registration for semesters employed as a Resident Advisor, and the classification of the Resident Advisor position as an institutional work-study position. Required documents for application include a resume and a letter of application (cover letter). Optional documents include additional support document #1, additional support document #2, and additional support document #3.