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Job Description
Coordinate activities in residential facilities in secondary and college dormitories, group homes, or similar establishments. Order supplies and determine need for maintenance, repairs, and furnishings. May maintain household records and assign rooms. May assist residents with problem solving or refer them to counseling resources.
Job Details
- The SOC (Standard Occupational Classification) code is 39-9041.00
- The Mean Annual Wage in the U.S. is $ 27,690.00
- The Mean Hourly Wage is $ 13.00
- Currently, there are 110,330 people on this job
☝️ Information based on the reference occupation “Residential Advisors”.
Also Known As…
- Residential Advisors
- Unit Coordinator
- Residential Life Director
- Resident Director
- Resident Assistant
- Residence Life Director
- Residence Life Coordinator
- Residence Hall Director
- Residence Director
- Hall Coordinator
- Student Development Coordinator
- Sorority Supervisor
- Sorority Mother
- Shelter Case Manager
- Residential Supervisor
- Residential Director
- Residential Counselor
- Residential Assistant
- Residential Advisor
- Resident Advisor
- Residence Supervisor
- Program Coordinator for Residence Life
- Housing Director
- Housing Assistant
- Housing and Residence Life Director
- Housefellow
- House Parent
- House Mother
- House Fellow
- House Father
- Head Resident
- Hall Director
- Dormitory Supervisor
- Dormitory Counselor
- Director of Residence Life
- Cottage Supervisor
- Cottage Parent
- Coordinator for Fraternity and Sorority Life
- Community Educator
- Associate Dean of Women
- Associate Dean of Students
- Assistant Hall Director
- Assistant Director of Student Activities and Housing
- Assistant Director of Residence Life
- Assistant Dean of Students
- Area Director
- Area Coordinator
Tasks for “Resident Advisor”
- Oversee departmental budget.
- Administer, coordinate, or recommend disciplinary and corrective actions.
- Confer with medical personnel to better understand the backgrounds and needs of individual residents.
- Observe students to detect and report unusual behavior.
- Supervise students' housekeeping work to ensure that it is done properly.
- Chaperone group-sponsored trips and social functions.
- Order supplies for facilities.
- Inventory, pack, and remove items left behind by former residents.
- Mediate interpersonal problems between residents.
- Develop program plans for individuals or assist in plan development.
- Answer telephones, and route calls or deliver messages.
- Counsel students in the handling of issues such as family, financial, and educational problems.
- Assign rooms to students.
- Develop and coordinate educational programs for residents.
- Compile information such as residents' daily activities and the quantities of supplies used to prepare required reports.
- Collaborate with counselors to develop counseling programs that address the needs of individual students.
- Direct and participate in on- and off-campus recreational activities for residents of institutions, boarding schools, fraternities or sororities, children's homes, or similar establishments.
- Determine the need for facility maintenance and repair, and notify appropriate personnel.
- Enforce rules and regulations to ensure the smooth and orderly operation of dormitory programs.
- Communicate with other staff to resolve problems with individual students.
- Provide emergency first aid and summon medical assistance when necessary.
- Supervise the activities of housekeeping personnel.
- Provide requested information on students' progress and the development of case plans.
- Sort and distribute mail.
- Hold regular meetings with each assigned unit.
- Process contract cancellations for students who are unable to follow residence hall policies and procedures.
- Provide transportation or escort for expeditions, such as shopping trips or visits to doctors or dentists.
- Supervise, train, and evaluate residence hall staff, including resident assistants, participants in work-study programs, and other student workers.
- Accompany and supervise students during meals.
- Make regular rounds to ensure that residents and areas are safe and secure.
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- Multiline telephone systems
- Emergency first aid kits
- Automated lock systems
- Video game consoles
- Smart phones
- Wet-dry vacuums
- Desktop computers
- Staple guns
- Cash drawers
- First aid ice packs
- Telephone answering machines
- 10-key calculators
- Laptop computers
- Computer inkjet printers
- Smoke detectors
- Laser facsimile machines
- Data entry software
- Word processing software
- Web browser software
- Microsoft Office
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- Microsoft Excel
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- Budgeting software
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