Residential Graduate Staff, Pre-College Student Life
Brown University
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Job Description:
ABOUT US:
The Division of Pre-College and Undergraduate Programs is dedicated to ensuring a supportive, challenging, inclusive, and developmentally appropriate living and learning environment for the approximately 6,000 pre-college students who hail from all 50 states in the U.S. and over 70 countries.
A leader in the field of higher education institutions that provide rigorous academic opportunities to students, Brown University's Pre-College Programs offer high school students (13-18 years old) an opportunity to study a wide range of liberal arts subjects that reflect the breadth of Brown's undergraduate Open Curriculum while strengthening their connection to a robust community of peer scholars from around the world. Students develop personal and social skills that are critical to success in the college setting and get a feel for what college life is like - the responsibility, the freedom, and the new friendships. Students enroll in programs with courses that vary in length offered both on-campus and online. More information about the programs can be found at .
ABOUT GRADUATE POSITIONS:
The graduate positions with Brown's Pre-College Programs offer an opportunity for graduate students, and others with an equivalent combination of education and experience, to meet the expectations of a full-time professional role, gain practical experience in student life, develop leadership abilities, and hone supervision skills. In addition, graduate staff will gain many other transferable skills that prepare them to excel in any future position in higher education.
The graduate positions serve as an active contributor and educator within the Division of Pre-College and Undergraduate Programs. The large size of the Brown Pre-College Programs lends itself to a unique opportunity to engage with a diverse group of participants from around the world. These roles work closely with colleagues and other offices to deliver an intentional co-curricular living-learning environment for Pre-College students. These positions include a significant amount of responsibility and the staff hired are treated as professional staff with autonomy and independent problem-solving opportunities. These positions require that staff display professionalism, maturity, positive role modeling behavior, and good judgment at all times. This is an intense and fast-paced environment with atypical working hours that requires flexibility and constant attention. Graduate positions will supervise a team of primarily undergraduate staff, referred to as "seasonal staff," and work collaboratively with a team of professional colleagues to provide an exceptional experience for our students. Staff are expected to be models for productive, inclusive, and engaged behavior for the pre-college students enrolled in our programs and the seasonal staff members. A cohort is hired in various positions to support the summer programs. Night and weekend work is required. These are live-in positions (single room provided) with a meal plan.
GRADUATE STAFF PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES:
Promote Pre-College student development, engagement, holistic growth and well-being:
- Facilitate a vibrant student life experience for Pre-College participants that is developmental, memorable and fun.
- Build and maintain a welcoming, safe, and inclusive student community while addressing student needs.
- Learn about the Pre-College programs in order to better support student success in and out of the classroom.
- Demonstrate acceptable standards of conduct within the residence hall and larger campus communities.
- Enforce Pre-College policies and procedures for Pre-College students, including addressing participant behavior directly with participants and ensuring appropriate documentation, communication and accountability.
- Intervene with unsafe, inappropriate and concerning behavior and ensure proper follow-up and documentation.
- Provide developmental advising for participants and make appropriate referrals to colleagues and/or emergency support personnel, as necessary.
- Assist seasonal staff with individual and group concerns regarding conflict resolution and mediation.
- Serve as a primary administrator for non-academic student conduct cases, as needed.
- Serve as a case manager for student wellness concerns, as needed.
Support seasonal staff development and retention:
- Supervise a cohort of undergraduate seasonal staff as paraprofessionals in critical residential roles, ensuring that a comprehensive and consistent program of support and accountability for staff is maintained.
- Build and maintain supportive professional relationships with and within your cohort.
- Facilitate weekly staff meetings to provide updates on behalf of the Pre-College Student Life professional team, review community trends and issues, and address questions and concerns for staff members.
- Meet individually with assigned staff to provide guidance and support regarding staff and student needs and to provide holistic mentorship, contributing to staff's professional development and skill development.
- Provide guidance and support to assigned staff in their work with seasonal staff and students to ensure that student engagement is developmentally appropriate, student-centered and supports inclusive communities.
- Oversee staff appreciation efforts, including managing related budgets.
- Delegate tasks and share pertinent information with appropriate staff.
- Provide ongoing verbal and written feedback to assigned staff regarding their overall job performance and professional development, including student support competencies, customer service abilities, supervisory skills, project management skills, and contributions to the larger staff team.
- Enforce Pre-College Program policies and procedures for seasonal staff.
- Intervene with and report unsafe, inappropriate, and/or concerning behavior by seasonal staff to appropriate professional staff members.
- Manage time off for assigned seasonal staff and assist professional staff with seasonal staff time tracking.
- Support seasonal staff training by:
- Attending all sessions and ensuring attendance of assigned staff.
- Holding seasonal staff accountable for actively engaging in sessions and completing all relevant quizzes and other assessment tools.
- Participating in the planning and implementation of training sessions along with professional staff.
- Supporting professional staff with communication to seasonal staff, logistical needs, and other needs as they arise.
- Facilitating pre-planned on-going training sessions for seasonal staff during staff meetings throughout the duration of employment.
- Developing supplemental training resources for staff to refer to throughout the summer.
Support Pre-College Student Life operations:
- Respond to inquiries quickly, thoroughly, and productively to ensure participants continue to have trust in the program's ability to support them toward successful completion.
- Be visible, available and approachable to support participants and their families and other support systems.
- Serve on a rotating on-call schedule as part of a multi-level crisis response team aimed at supporting Pre-College students when programs are in session. On-call coverage spans daytime, evening, weekends and holidays.
- Support seasonal staff in their enforcement of a 10:00pm Pre-College curfew for participants in the program and remain in your residence hall(s) until 6:00am the next morning for continued supervision overnight.
- Be available to assist in case of emergency or unplanned student need with little to no prior notice.
- Complete administrative paperwork, including but not limited to health and safety forms, facilities work orders, media services work orders, duty logs, payroll sheets and program forms, in a timely manner.
- Assist with the collection of documents, forms and waivers from students.
- Facilitate all Sunday check-ins for residential programs and orientation sessions as a visible member of the Pre-College Student Life team.
- Coordinate logistics and provide assistance with the Pre-College check-out processes.
- Complete tasks and training for Pre-College Student Life during weeks when Pre-College students are not in your residence hall(s).
- Work collaboratively with various University departments such as Media Services, Brown Card Office, Facilities Management, Conference Services, Dining Services, the Office of Residential Life and the Department of Public Safety.
- Manage at least one auxiliary assignment (these may include, but are not limited to, Room Inspections, Health Services Support, Fire Drills, Weekly Check-In, Staff Evaluation and Student Conduct) throughout the summer.
- Maintain appropriate levels of privacy, confidentiality, discretion, and diplomacy at all times.
- Staff may be required to move their room assignment to accommodate pre-college student housing.
- Complete other duties as assigned, as the summer is a fast-paced and dynamic work environment.
Effectively communicate and collaborate with other Pre-College Student Life Staff:
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