Residential Advisor

Job Corps is the largest nationwide no-cost residential career training program in the country and has been operating for more than 50 years. With a mission to “attract eligible young people, teach them the skills they need to become employable and independent and place them in meaningful jobs or further their education,” the program helps eligible young people ages 16 through 24 complete their high school education, trains them for meaningful careers, and assists them with obtaining employment.

Job Corps has trained and educated over two million individuals since 1964.

The Residential Advisor reports to the Independent Living Manager and is an hourly, non-exempt position. Provides a safe, supportive, and predictable environment in dormitory supervision of Job Corps trainees in their daily activities, monitoring their progress in attaining performance contract goals and objectives and utilizing behavior management and intentional and consistent Core-Value-driven practices. Conducts dormitory operations by center operating policy and procedures and by Aleut operation procedures.

Demonstrates ongoing commitment to preparing young people for the workforce by modeling, mentoring, and monitoring excellence in the eight Career Success Standards of workplace relations and ethics; information management; communications; multicultural awareness; personal growth and development; career and personal planning; interpersonal skills and independent living.

• Demonstratesandabidesby Aleut Core Valuesandoperatingprinciples .
• Assists students in adjusting to Center life by providing supervision, behavior modification, and acting as a mentor.
• Ensures students meet the required schedule, waking on time and arriving on time for school or work assignments.
• Serves as a Career Success Team (CST) member, developing and implementing student interventions.
• Ensuresstudentsareadequatelypreparedforthetrainingday,e.g.,dressedappropriately.
• Provides daily supervision or assistance in monitoring students in personal hygiene, room/chore assignments, andotheractivities.
• Ensures dorms are always clean and inspection-ready.
• Provides informal counseling related to stress management, personal problems, etc., and provides insight into responsible behavior and attitudes.
• DocumentsstudentrecordsaccordingtoPRH,inputtingallrelevantstudentdata.
• Preparesapplicablereportstoensureaccuratedocumentationofstudentprogress.
• Maintainsdormitorydream boardsandbulletinboardswithupdatedstudentandcenterinformation.
• Serves as a channel of communication between management, staff, and students.
• Facilitates groups in life skills, including budgeting, renters' rights, completing a lease, completing chores, etc.
• Facilitatessmallgroupdiscussionsonlifeskills,peermediation,conflict resolution,etc.
• Participates in ESPs for students in the assigned dormitory.
• Assessestheneedforconfidentialitybalancedwiththeneedtoreportsituationsonbehalfofstudentstoensurethesafetyandwell-beingofstudentsandstaff.
• Contact family members for consent for the pass system as warranted.
• Facilitates prompt and appropriate assistance to students in the event of injury, illness, emotional trauma, etc.

• Ability to operate office equipment, particularly computers.
• Ability to effectively rel at to the trainee population.
• I inspire and motivatestaffand students.
• Strong management skills.
• Ability to handle multiple priorities.
• Obtain and maintain CPR/First Aid and AED certification.
• Excellent communication skills, both oral and written.
• In addition, individuals must be able to interact with team members and maintain an effective working relationship with all facility staff and departments.

This position involves frequent sitting and occasional standing, walking, stopping, and squatting. Applicantmustbeableto see,hear,and speak.

• Ability to spend 5% of worktime outside and 95% ofworktimein door s.
• Ability to withstand moderate noise levels, including voice levels, 90% of worktime.
• Ability to work in high-temperature settings during the summer months.
• Ability to work in low-temperature settings in the winter month s.

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