Residential Seasonal 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 SEASONAL STAFF POSITIONS:
A seasonal position with Brown's Pre-College Programs offers an opportunity for staff members to gain practical experience in community development, workshop programming, social justice education, administrative tasks, and customer service. All of our positions allow staff members to hone their leadership abilities and provide an opportunity to enhance supervision skills, in addition to many other transferable skills that prepare staff to excel in any future position.
The seasonal staff positions require an interest in working with college-bound high school students and engaging with them both intellectually and in a residential context. A successful staff member will have excellent organizational, communication, and leadership skills; attention to detail; the ability to follow through with assignments, thrive in a constantly changing work environment, manage an irregular working schedule with some hours shifting on a weekly basis; and work collaboratively as part of a team. In addition, staff members will approach their work with a positive attitude, energy, enthusiasm, flexibility, and an interest and ability to work with students and staff from different backgrounds and identities. Ideal candidates will have a commitment to social justice and an ability to communicate with younger people, appreciating their developmental level, about these critical topics. These positions require staff to display professionalism, maturity, and good judgment at all times. Staff are expected to be models for productive, inclusive, and engaged behavior for the pre-college students enrolled in our programs. A cohort is hired in various positions to support the summer programs. These are live-in positions (single room provided) with a meal plan.
SEASONAL 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.
- Assist with staffing of all-campus programmatic events, including but not limited to: Excursions, Movie Nights, Activities Fairs and the College Fair.
- 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.
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.
- 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.
- Provide flexible support for a variety of academic, enrollment, and operational needs that overlap with student life, as needed.
- Facilitate all Sunday check-ins for residential programs and orientation sessions as a visible member of the Pre-College Student Life team.
- Support residence hall check-in and check-out operations, including but not limited to key distribution/collection, room inspections, and building preparations for your building/area.
- Create and post informational signage for the residence hall.
- Complete tasks and trainings for Pre-College Student Life during weeks when Pre-College students are not in your residence hall(s)
- 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.
- Completing 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:
- Assist in building a sense of team and collaboration within the staff.
- Attend and participate in all applicable training sessions.
- No outside commitments are allowed during the training period: June 11th-18th, 2026.
- Participate in ongoing training opportunities throughout summer.
- Attend and participate in all required staff meetings (typically 2-3 per week), as well as weekly one-on-one meetings with your supervisor.
- Participate in debrief meetings and evaluations at the conclusion of your employment.
- Log hours worked in a timely manner and provide supervisors with adequate documentation.
This description reflects assignment of essential functions; it does not prescribe nor restrict the specific tasks that may be assigned.
REQUIREMENTS:
- Employment dates are June 11 - July 27, 2026
- It is estimated that seasonal staff members will work on average, 35 hours per week, including required evening and weekend hours. Some weeks, with assigned tasks, the position may exceed that average.
- Seasonal staff must have a phone with a data plan and a computer.
- Demonstrate cultural competence and inclusiveness; sensitivity to and understanding of diverse perspectives that students and staff bring to their work, including those of academic, socioeconomic, culture, race and ethnicity, ability, gender, sexuality, and intersectional identities.
- Demonstrate ability to work collaboratively, and to manage multiple tasks effectively.
- All seasonal staff are expected to abide by all staff policies throughout your employment.
- All seasonal staff are expected to maintain confidentiality regarding all student information.
- All offers of employment are contingent upon successful completion of background check and education requirements, and, for current undergraduate students, additional review of any institutional conduct violations will be required.
- Move about inside the office and throughout all residence halls - encompassing 2.1 million square feet.
- Occasionally work in outdoor weather conditions.
- Due to safety concerns with minors, seasonal staff members are not permitted to have guests visit and/or stay in their residential spaces. Staff members will need to seek alternative options for hosting guests.
COMPENSATION & BENEFITS:
- Compensation is taxable, paid bi-weekly and will be prorated in the instance of early departure. Compensation differs by position and if a staff member is new or returning.
- Resident Assistant
- New Staff: $21.50/hour
- Returning Staff: $21.75/hour
- Program Assistant
- New Staff: $21.00/hour
- Returning Staff: $21.25/hour
- Housing Assistant
- New Staff: $21.50/hour
- Returning Staff: $21.75/hour
- /STEM Resident Assistant
- New Staff: $21.50/hour
- Returning Staff: $21.75/hour
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