Dates of Employment: April 28, 2025 -August 24, 2025

The Resident Advisor/Conference Assistant (RA/CA) position in Housing and Residential Life is a temporary position during the spring and summer terms only. As an employee, you will be working with spring/summer residents and conference guests. This position requires strong interpersonal and customer service skills, as well as time management and flexibility as this position has a non-traditional work schedule.

Responsibilities:

Support Spring/Summer Conferences & Guests:

• Prepare access cards for conference check in
• Ensure spaces are ready for participants: prepping before and after conference groups which will include: making beds and/or linen packets, hanging shower curtains, ensuring supplies are accessible, maintenance issues are reported, and linens made available (if group requested)
• Assist conference administrators with their check in/out processes
• Respond to conference guests' needs
• Conduct monthly health and safety inspections for conference guests
• Community walks of occupied spaces during conferences
• Post-conference, staff members will assess damages, and remove trash and linens from rooms

Support Spring/Summer Residents:

• Be available to facilitate the spring/summer/fall move in and move out processes
• Provide door and hallway decorations for each resident for spring/summer
• Complete bulletin board(s) by deadlines provided by supervisor
• Conduct monthly health & safety inspections for residential students
• Report maintenance concerns and follow up on maintenance requests
• Complete daily community walks & complete duty log
• Facilitate community development programming each month 
• Enforce the Community Living Standards by confronting and documenting violations, while modeling personal behavior that is consistent with the Resident's Guide to Community Living at UM-Flint, the Code of Student Conduct, and City, State and Federal Laws
• Support the holistic wellness of students and report all situations that may impact a student

General Responsibilities:

• Serve on a duty rotation in the building with another RA/CA
• Attend weekly staff meetings
• Serve as a front desk assistant and/or maintain scheduled office hours
• Continuously monitor e-mail for up-to-date information from HRL staff and campus partners
• Represent Housing and Residential Life by wearing staff uniform and name badge when working designated events
• Provide support to HRL during new student orientation (resource fair, tours, overnight visits, etc.)
• Maintain an organized working space (i.e. storage spaces, RA resource room)
• Follow the Code of Student Conduct & the Community Living Standards
• Communicate issues/concerns i.e. guests, visitors, and/or residents to appropriate staff member.
• Serve as a mandatory reporter (Clery Act) and responsible employee (Title IX) and immediately report related incidents according to federal mandates and university policies.
• Other duties as assigned
   

• The RA/CA position is a 20 hour per week position (the 20 hours does not include serving on duty). 
• Compensation is room and board. Room waiver will apply to the HRL designated space. Board may consist of Maize Money and/or designated meals in the dining hall facility.
  • Maize Money allotment is $650 per semester ($1300 total)
  • Please consult with the Office of Financial Aid to determine how this may impact your award.
• Candidates must be enrolled as a UM-Flint student at time of application and be registered for classes for Spring/Summer, or Fall semesters or graduating in August.
• Candidates must have completed 24 credit hours prior to the Spring semester.
• Candidates must have a UM-Flint cumulative grade point average of 2.5 or higher at the time of application. A cumulative and term grade point average of 2.5 must be maintained during the period of employment starting the semester the position is accepted. Grades will be checked each semester prior to, and during employment.
• Candidates must be in good social standing with the University of Michigan-Flint. Status will be verified by the Office of the Dean of Students through a student conduct review.
• Extracurricular and/or work commitments beyond the RA position and regular class commitments may not exceed 20 hours per week. Any outside commitments must be approved by your supervisor.
• RA's will attend all mandatory training sessions and meetings.
• RA's will maintain a standard of personal conduct commensurate with his/her responsibilities.
• RA's will maintain establishment of primary residence in the assigned room/suite.
• RA's will perform the duties and meet the expectations described in the manual.
• Candidates may not take more than 2 classes per term in the spring and summer. 

Onsite
The work requires, or the supervisor approves a fully onsite presence.  Onsite is defined as a designated U-M owned or leased work location within or outside of the State of Michigan

Positions that are eligible for hybrid or mobile/remote work mode are at the discretion of the hiring department. Work agreements are reviewed annually at a minimum and are subject to change at any time, and for any reason, throughout the course of employment. Learn more about the work modes.

Spring/Summer Conferences: Each spring/summer, a number of groups and individuals come to the University of Michigan-Flint to hold a variety of events. Groups range from middle school aged to adult aged. The groups can be as small as 10 or 15 people and can grow to as large as 750 people. Groups requesting housing will be placed at Riverfront or First Street residence hall.  While these guests are utilizing our facility, it is important that we maintain the high standards of accommodations for them.
 
Spring/Summer Residential Students: The staff in Housing & Residential Life will be committed to an educational approach in order to provide for the most meaningful experience for our residents. One of the key responsibilities of a Summer Resident Advisor is that of a community builder. Community building means getting to know your residents and other staff members, both individually and collectively, by investing time and energy into activities and events that will help facilitate the development of positive and meaningful relationships.
 
By submitting this application, you are waiving your privacy rights as outlined in the Family Education Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) and allowing staff within Housing and Residential Life to view your transcript in order to confirm your academic eligibility for the position.
 
By submitting this application, you are authorizing the Office of the Dean of Students to release your student conduct history to confirm your conduct eligibility for this position. This will remain in effect while the application remains active.

The University of Michigan conducts background checks on all job candidates upon acceptance of a contingent offer and may use a third-party administrator to conduct background checks. Background checks will be performed in compliance with the Fair Credit Reporting Act.

All applications for this position must be received by Friday, March 14, 2025.

The University of Michigan is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer.