UAA Resident Advisor: Fall 2024 -Spring 2025

Interested in being a mentor and leader? Are you looking for meaningful work that gives you the opportunity to make a difference in your community? Consider the convenience and benefits of living and working in UAA’s residential community!

Working as a Resident Advisor is an excellent way to build up a resume for careers involving on-call crisis experience, working with the public, communication and facilities management. Help us build a strong and safe community, and gain or further develop transferable skills to help you on your career path post-graduation! Resident Advisors (RAs) work to ensure that each resident feels safe and at home. This is done in several ways. First, by participating in on-call coverage, emergency response support and encouraging communication among roommates amid conflicts. Next, RAs help to achieve a sense of community through creative and interactive means, including engaging with residents through unique programming experiences, facilitating interaction and idea sharing, infusing academic support and educational opportunities into the on-campus living experience and through the design of thoughtful, personalized hall decorations and bulletin boards.

Do you want to be part of a diverse team in a work environment focused on equity and inclusion? Successful candidates will need to be able to connect with students from diverse backgrounds and with any identity in order to create a strong and inclusive community, and will demonstrate an appreciation for and above average understanding of diversity, inclusion and social justice.

Detail-oriented? Do you have the ability to plan, facilitate and evaluate social and educational activities? RAs provide individual peer mentoring and assist in the development of a community built on the principles of educational success, social responsibility and community connectedness in accordance with the Residential Curriculum.

Can you speak up comfortably, and from a place of care? RAs have the opportunity to address roommate conflicts, when the rules are broken and safety concerns. RAs also educate residents on Regents’ Policy and University Regulation, the Student Code of Conduct, the Community Living Standards and the Alcohol and Drug policies, and, they need to be able to confront and report violations of these policies by submitting information reports and notifying professional staff members according to departmental standards. Resident Advisors even serve as Campus Security Authorities in compliance with federal law, specifically the Clery Act, and serve as a Responsible Employee as designated in Regents’ Policy and University Regulation and in compliance with federal law, specifically Title IX.

All residential staff members will be set up as Authorized Adults working with Minors–successful candidates will need complete Protection of Minors training, Campus Security Authority training, sign a code of conduct, complete a background check and reference check related to working with minors, in addition to other certifications.

For your on-call and community-development efforts, you’ll receive housing and a full meal plan at no cost each fall and spring semester that you work for us, as well as an hourly wage for working at the front desks. Serving as an RA is a unique and unforgettable way to significantly reduce the cost of going to college while simultaneously gaining incredible professional experience, positively impacting your fellow students and making lifelong connections. We hope you will consider joining our team!

Minimum Qualifications:
To be eligible for student employment you must:

Be admitted and enrolled in the University of Alaska system in a degree-program with a minimum of nine (9) credit hours for undergraduate students or six (6) credit hours for graduate students during regular semesters of employment; or For employment between semesters, be admitted in a degree-seeking program, and demonstrate plans to enroll for nine (9) or more credit hours for undergraduate students or six (6) or more credit hours for graduate students in the next regular semester; and Have at least a 2.50 cumulative grade point average (GPA); satisfactory semester or summer session grade point average (2.50 or above) or approval from the MAU Senior Student Services Officer or their designee, and maintain successful academic progress. Students enrolled in non-traditional programs of study will be considered eligible for student employment with the approval of the Senior Student Services Officer.

An applicant must provide evidence of enrollment as outlined above to substantiate employment eligibility.
Be in good disciplinary standing at the time of appointment and must remain in good disciplinary standing throughout the duration of employment. Should the Department of Residence Life student employee be placed on disciplinary probation, the individual will no longer be eligible for employment within the department.

Position reappointment from fall to spring semesters is contingent upon the following: academic eligibility, successful progress toward degree completion, submission of a satisfactory ePortfolio, performance evaluation and conduct standing.

Position Requirements:
Physical demands include speaking, carrying, keyboarding, reaching, sitting, writing Environmental and hazardous conditions: Candidates may expect to experience a normal office environment during desk duty, and during indoors programs; and may expect extreme weather conditions during outdoor events during the winter months and during the outdoor portion of serving in an on-call duty rotation.

Candidates must be able lift up to 25 lbs for program setups.

NOTICE: Students must maintain enrollment and regular attendance for a minimum of at least 6 undergraduate credit hours or 6 graduate credit hours to be exempt from FICA (Social Security and Medicare) tax. A credit hour load below the minimum required for full-time student status will require the withholding of FICA tax (non-resident aliens on an appropriate visa who meet student employment criteria will continue to be exempt from FICA regardless of credit hour load). While in a student position, a student cannot hold any other type of simultaneous employment with the University.

Position Details:

This position is open to undergraduate students only.

This is a Student Assistant 1 position, non-exempt, $10.97/hour,  located on the UA campus in Anchorage, Alaska.

This is a pooled position, applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis until a successful candidate is identified.

To apply:
Please attach the following:
Resume
Cover letter
Contact information for at least one reference who can speak to your ability to work with minors and/or college-age students. Your reference can be someone you know personally or professionally.

Please review your uploaded documents carefully. Incomplete applications will not be considered.

The University of Alaska (UA) is responsible for providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities throughout the applicant screening process. If you need assistance in completing this application or during any phase of the interview process, please contact UA Human Resources by phone at 907-450-8200.

UA is an affirmative action/equal opportunity employer, educational institution and provider and prohibits illegal discrimination against any individual: www.alaska.edu/nondiscrimination.

The Annual Campus Security & Fire Safety Reports can be located for Universities: at UAA at https://www.uaa.alaska.edu/students/safety/, UAF at https://www.uaf.edu/orca/compliance/security-fire.php and UAS at https://uas.alaska.edu/equity-and-compliance/clery-act/annual-security-reports.html.

The successful applicant is required to complete a background check. Any offer of employment is contingent on the background check.

Your application for employment with the University of Alaska is subject to public disclosure under the Alaska Public Records Act.

If you have any questions regarding this position, please contact Kerry Davis, Department of Residence Life Office Manager and Human Resources Coordinator for student hires, at kadavis@alaska.edu.