RESIDENT ADVISOR POSITION A Resident Advisor is a full-time, undergraduate Yeshiva University junior or senior, having completed at least one semester on campus. She lives in Yeshiva University housing and serves as a creative program planner, as well as a resource and advocate for the residents on her floor. The RA also assists with daily, Shabbat and vacation duty coverage, planning monthly floor programs, and administrative tasks associated with the operation of the entire University Housing community. A Resident Advisor serves as the vehicle in the development of the residence hall community and deals with concerns of the students. She is a first responder and crisis manager. An RA is expected to spend about 15 hours per week involved with the position (excluding Shabbat duty). Qualifications: An RA must display good judgment, strength of character, selfconfidence and a strong sense of responsibility. Collaborating and cooperating with residents and other UHRL team members is essential to the understanding of the needs of a diverse community. Each RA must be a full-time registered undergraduate student and have a 3.0 GPA at the time of her interview and maintain this GPA throughout her position as a Resident Advisor. If there is a change in an RA s status, their employment may be terminated. All University Housing and Residence Life staff members must be in good standing at Yeshiva University. A Resident Advisor may not hold another job/position, volunteer or paid, that requires more than 5 hours per week of work unless she has prior permission from the University Housing and Residence Life Administration. Employment Commitment: The employment period for the RA position begins with Staff Training in mid-august and ends with the closings of all residence halls at the end of the academic year in late May. In addition to the responsibilities listed below, RA s are expected to assist in the office or at events as needed. Lobby/Shabbat Duty: Each RA will be assigned at least one evening duty per week and one Shabbat duty a month. Lobby duty includes sorting mail, hanging flyers and answering questions. Shabbat duty includes attending all meals, setting up snacks and games in the lounge of the dorm and coordinating programming with the Student Life department.
Vacation Duty: Staff is required to work ONE of the following vacation duties: Rosh Hashanah through Yom Kippur, Yom Kippur through Sukkot, Chol HaMoed Sukkot, Thanksgiving weekend, Intersession or Purim weekend. Every RA will be assigned a specific vacation duty prior to leaving campus at the end of the Spring semester. * Vacation duties are subject to change, based on the 2016-2017 academic calendar. Floor Responsibilities: All staff members are expected to be a presence and sufficiently available for the residents on their floor. This should be accomplished through monthly floor programming and student contact on a weekly basis. The RA s in each building will also work together to plan one building-wide event per semester. A staff member who is not on duty and who plans to leave the dormitory for an extended period of time (excluding Shabbat) must obtain prior permission from the University Housing and Residence Life Administration. Salary: The salary for an RA totals $8900 ($7650 for Housing costs and $1250 over an 8 month period, payable bi-weekly). The housing stipend fully covers RA s housing costs and maybe adjusted depending on their individual housing assignments but the salary does not change. * The salary is subject to change, based on the 2016-2017 housing costs. Housing Assignment: Each RA is responsible to FILL her dormitory room/apartment/cluster to capacity prior to leaving campus in the Spring. Outside Interests: An RA is not permitted to hold the following positions, including but not limited to: Student Council, TAC, and Sy Syms Executive Board, Senior Class President, Head of Student Life Committee, Editor in Chief of the Observer, Madrichot on Campus and Student Guides. Training and Development: All University Housing and Residence Life Staff members are required to attend all UHRL sponsored events, as well as the programs listed below. Please plan your academic and social schedules accordingly. UHRL Training (Thursday, August 18 th - Tuesday, August 23 rd, day and night) Orientation (Wednesday, August 24 th - Sunday, August 28 th, day & night) Orientation Shabbat Program (Friday, August 26 th Saturday, August 27 th ) Weekly UHRL meetings (Tuesday evenings, 7:30pm-9:00pm)
Your completed application is due by Tuesday, February 23 rd. Please submit all components of your application to the University Housing and Residence Life office (215 Lexington, room 520) Monday through Thursday from 10am-5pm. Your Completed Application Must Include: 1. PERSONAL INFORMATION PAGE 2. PROFESSIONAL RESUME A current resume that outlines your education, work experience, extracurricular activities and awards 3. PERSONAL PICTURE A current picture of yourself only 4. ESSAYS Please write a one page response to each of the following 3 essays. The residence halls are diverse communities and the UHRL team reflects that. What in your background (prior education, course of study, personal or professional experiences) prepares you for this responsibility? How have your previous experiences shaped you into the best RA candidate? How would you channel this into your work within the UHRL team? Each semester, all the RA s in each residence hall plan a building-wide event together. What program would you create and in which dormitory would you run the program? Describe every step on the event, from budgeting and planning, advertising, launch and improvement. Don t say you are creative, BE CREATIVE! (This can be a written essay, but it does not have to be.) 5. RECOMMENDATIONS Two letters of recommendation must be emailed directly from your reference to berenhousing@yu.edu by Tuesday, February 17 th. At least one recommendation should be completed from a source outside of the Yeshiva University community and both are required to be professional references. The recommendation form can be found online at yu.edu/studentlife/housing/women/about-us/staff. Please forward the link to your references.
6. RA/GA PANEL There is a panel discussion scheduled for Wednesday, February 17 th in Brookdale 19C. Attendance is not mandatory. The current Graduate Assistants will be available to answer any and all of your questions. 7. INTERVIEW PROCESS After submitting an application, each applicant will be sent a link to sign up for a required interview. Based on one s application and individual interview, some applicants will be invited to attend the group interview on Monday, March 21 st from 7:30pm-9:30pm. Please plan accordingly. *Any ideas/projects discussed or presented throughout the application process may be used by the Office of University Housing and Residence Life.
PERSONAL INFORMATION PAGE RA Name (legal) First Name (preferred) Student ID# Current Dormitory Room Number Email Address Cell phone EDUCATIONAL HISTORY Name and City of High School Attended Israel Institution Attended Dates Attended Israel Institution Other Post High School Institutions Attended Major at SCW/SSSB GPA Anticipated Date of Graduation Class Standing as of Fall 2016 JR SR Briefly describe your goals following graduation, both immediate and long term. Briefly list three previous leadership experiences that prepared you for this position.
List any other employment or extracurricular activities you plan to be involved in during the coming academic year (specify job title, hours and name of agency or employer). What are your summer plans? Most, if not all new RA s, are placed in Brookdale Residence Hall. If there were space available in other buildings, please prioritize your building placement preference below, with 1 being your 1 st choice. Brookdale 36 th Street 35 th Street Schottenstein West Schottenstein East I hereby authorize Yeshiva University to release and disclose to the University Housing and Residence Life Administration my educational records, which include, but are not limited to, Grade Point Average (GPA), transcripts and student conduct files. Signature Date