Resident Advisors
Residence Halls and Residential Life is recruiting new Resident Advisors (RAs) for the next academic year! Being an RA is a unique leadership experience that provides you with marketable skills and life lessons, but also an opportunity to impact and positively influence your fellow students’ experience at Big Bend Community College.
What is a Resident Advisor?
Resident Advisors (RAs) are student mentors that work and live in the Residence Halls. During a typical year, they will work with about 20-50 residents. RAs work to create a supportive and safe living and learning environment for students living in the residence halls. Their work varies from administrative tasks and supporting students experiencing a crisis, to keeping residents engaged with on-campus events.
RAs can be an important resource to college students as they help support their academic success, social development, and personal growth by creating programs and experiences within their community.
The unique nature of the RA position does not always correlate to a set work schedule but rather this position requires a genuine personal commitment.
Responsibilities
- Develop Community
- Provides Initial Support
- Build relationships with the residents in the community.
- Assist residents in developing relationships with each other.
- Hold residents accountable for their behavior.
- Educate residents on the policies and procedures of BBCC Residential Life.
- Promote student involvement in the campus community, activities, and events.
- Role model positive attitudes and behaviors.
- Help to facilitate an environment that allows students to meet their academic goals.
- Provide opportunities for residents to look at the world from different perspectives.
- Serve as a resource.
- Provide helping skills for residents in need.
- Report maintenance and facility concerns and conduct health and safety inspections.
- Responsible for documenting policy violations.
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