You will promote and maintain a positive living environment for all residents.
You will fulfill the roles of peer advisor, role model, programmer, administrator, and limit-setter.
You will facilitate the personal, social, and academic development of your residents.
You will be supervised by an Area Coordinator.
Specific Responsibilities of a Resident Advisor:
Training:
You will remain on campus to participate in a day-long spring training session in May.
You will return to campus early to begin fall training.
You will assist with fall New Student Orientation.
You will participate in on-going staff development sessions held throughout the academic year, which may including returning to campus early in January for Spring training.
Team Player and Educator:
You will maintain regular weekly contact with your supervisor though weekly reports, and informal conversation.
You will work as part of a team with your fellow RAs. You will support and help fellow team members.
You will attend and participate in all training sessions, three in-service workshops, and area meetings.
You will understand, abide by, and enforce all Hamilton College policies.
You will support the Office of Residential Life and their mission. You will positively role-model their policies, as explained in the job description, this contract, the RA Manual, and through your supervisor.
You will educate your residents of Hamilton College policies and procedures as well as confront and document any inappropriate behaviors.
You will communicate regularly with residents through informal contact, frequent meetings, and bulletin boards.
You will coordinate and facilitate social and educational programs for residents as directed by your supervisor. All appropriate paperwork (i.e. program proposals, evaluations, receipts, etc.) must be submitted to your supervisor in a timely manner.
You will facilitate the discussion of residence hall/house policies (i.e. quiet hours, bathroom usage) as well as student elections for Residence Hall Council representatives, intramural liaisons, etc.
You will participate in a formal evaluation meeting each semester with your Area Coordinator.
You will participate and assist with fire drills.
You will conduct health and safety inspections each semester and common area inspections once a month.
You will check your assigned mailbox in the Residential Life Office, your e-mail, and your voice mail account at least every other day. You will post all information distributed through RA mailboxes on your floor or in your area.
You will schedule regular one-on-one meetings with your supervisor as directed.
You will participate in and complete all other tasks deemed necessary by the Office of Residential Life.
On Call:
You will participate in the RA on-call rotation.
You will coordinate weekends away with your supervisor and other RA(s) in your residence hall to ensure that there is adequate coverage within your hall.
Opening and Closing of Halls:
You will remain on campus until the halls are closed at the end of each semester. You will assist with the closing of residence halls at the end of the spring semester, which will include checking students out and completing inventory forms.
Conditions of Employment for a Resident Advisor:
You are viewed as a role model both in and out of the classroom. Therefore, you are expected to:
Be a full-time student enrolled at Hamilton College
Maintain a minimum grade point average of 80
Be in good academic and social standing
You can not be on social or academic probation during any period as an RA
Uphold and support the Hamilton College Honor Code
You can not be found responsible for any Honor Code violation
The RA position is a full academic year commitment if you are appointed as a new RA.
You must keep your supervisor informed of all your extracurricular and employment responsibilities. You may be employed up to 10 hours per week outside of your RA position.
You must discuss any major extracurricular involvement such as a varsity sport, an office in a student organization, etc., with your supervisor in advance.
Should you fail to meet any of the above expectations, you may be released from your RA responsibilities.
Remuneration:
The compensation for this position is a full room credit. Please recognize that in some cases this can have varying degrees of effect on your financial aid package. If you have specific questions about this, please contact the Business Office.
Termination:
This appointment is subject to probation and/or termination if you fail to uphold the expectations and requirements outlined here, in the Resident Advisor Job Description, by your supervisor, and the RA Manual. If termination occurs prior to the end of the academic year, the Office of Residential Life reserves the right to re-assign you to another campus room and room credit will be pro-rated effective the date of termination.
