Graduate Assistant Student Life

Position: Graduate Assistant Student Life (29196)
OUR UNIVERSITY

Ottawa University (established in 1865), one of the oldest private liberal arts universities in the United States, is a multi-campus system serving approximately 4000 students through its campuses in Kansas (Ottawa, Kansas
- Residential Campus and Overland Park, Kansas
- Adult Programs);
Arizona (Surprise Residential Campus and OUAZ Adult Programs);
Wisconsin (Brookfield Adult Programs); and our OU ONLINE PROGRAM based out of Overland Park, Kansas.

Ottawa University is a regionally accredited, church-related, private university that strives to integrate faith, learning, and life in the academic experiences of students.

JOB SUMMARY

The Student Affairs Graduate Assistant (SAGA) is responsible for developing students outside of the classroom. The Residence Life program is an essential part of the living and learning experience for students. Providing both knowledge and support in social, educational and recreational areas is a key component of this position. This role serves to facilitate, lead and provide counsel to student staff and its residents.

This is an on-campus, live-in position on our residential campus, responsible for supervising 5-7 resident assistants (RAs).

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS AND REQRUIED DUTIES OF THE JOB (provide list of items which are essential to effective outcomes in this role):

• The evaluation, training and supervision of student staff
• General residence hall operations and maintenance
• Facilitation and support of programming within halls and around the greater campus community
• Enforcement of institutional policies
• Assistance in/with Student Affairs programming
• Including intramurals and student activities
• Office hours and on-call rotation coverage
• Active engagement in student outreach, both in and out of assigned residence hall.
• Manage social media accounts for Residence Life
• Hold a minimum of 1 one-on-one meeting for each RA per semester
• Maintain a safe, living-learning community. SAGA will conduct monthly health and safety checks in one of the on-campus residence halls, adhering to standards throughout Residence Life.
  Submit maintenance request and note any inventory changes
  Send changes to Director of Student Life
  Communicate with residents who failed health and safety by email within 24 hours
• Serves as a resource to residents and students. This may include making referrals for campus services, facilities, or activities, sending students to academic advisors, and making them aware of other OU personnel, functions, facilties, and activities.
• Work with students who have conflicts or problems (i.e. roommate conflicts, homesickness, adjustments to school, etc.) and knowing when annd where to refer students experiencing problems.
• Maintain a presence in the building and be available to students. SAGAs are expected to attend a minimum of 1 program/building per programming month (on-call weeks).
• Serve in on-call rotation with Professional Staff. On-call parameters include:
  Staying within Ottawa city limits
  Forward RD phone during weekly housing meetings
  Complete rounds within each residence hall (Fri/Sat expected, other night encouraged)
  Be confident/comfortable utilizing emergency protocol
• Supervise 1 weekend program per semester
  Supervise 1 community service program per semester
  Supervise 1 educational co-curricular program per semester
  Help manage budget
  Be sure RA's follow pre-program action plans to promote equal division of duties/reponsibilities
  Be present at event
• Ensure building staff is completing programs that complements and/or supports the living-learning community. Specific RA programming requirements are:
  o Wing Program (active)- Once a Programming Month
  o Wing Program (passive)- Once a Programming Month
  o Building Program
  - Once a Programming Month
  o Weekend Programming
  - Once a Semester
  o Mental Health Campaign - Once a Semester
  o Community Service Project
  - Once a semester
  o Intentional Program (Off-Campus housing RAs only)-Once a Programming Month
  o 1 bulletin board per programming month on assigned board (Pro Staff completes 1/semester minimum)
  o 1 door decoration/resident in building at the start of each semester.
• Enforcement of University and Residential Life policies. Conduct/incident…