Graduate Assistant (2 positions available)

Muhlenberg College is seeking two part-time graduate assistants to join its team. The Graduate Assistant serves as a member of a collaborative student affairs team in managing a residential living area and creating healthy living/learning communities among students in 1-2 traditional residence halls.

Requirements

• Supervise up to 10-15 Head RAs and RAs.
• Plan and facilitate weekly supervision meetings with HRAs, biweekly supervision meetings with RAs, and monthly HD staff meetings.
• Meet with students to address social and behavioral concerns.
• Follow up with students of concern and assist with referrals to campus partners.
• Educate and manage conflict resolution through restorative practices.
• Manage one to two residence hall facilities housing up to 400 students.
• Assist with the opening and closing of residence facilities for the academic year and breaks.
• Assist with the inventory process, conduct inspections, and assess common area damages.
• Conduct regular inspections of residential facilities, including bi-weekly walk-throughs of the area, management of room condition reports for area, and assessing area damages.
• Supervise and track area budgets and reimbursements.
• Coordinate the implementation of residential curriculum components.
• Assist with the recruitment and selection of HRAs and RAs.
• Attend and facilitate RA training sessions.
• Oversee the day to day operations of the RA resource room.
• Hold regularly scheduled office hours (20 hours per week Monday-Friday between 8:30am-5pm), including administrative tasks like email, phone calls, walk in appointments with students.
• Participate in weekly supervision meetings with the supervisor.
• Participate in weekly HRL staff meetings.
• Participate in Division of College Life meetings as requested.
• Participate in on-call rotation for residential population with professional staff members.

Benefits

• Part-time position with 20 hours per week, live-on, graduate opportunity.
• Ability to work flexible hours including nights and weekends.