General Residence Life Job Responsibilities and Requirements
- Review, educate, and adhere to, residential policies, University policies, as well as federal, state and local law.
- Enforce all federal, state, local laws, and University policies as needed according to procedures in the WLU Student Handbook.
- General knowledge of all aspects of the WLU Student Handbook and Student Conduct process.
- Maintain a minimum GPA that maintains academic good standing, varies based on position.
- Maintain full time student status, 12 credit hours for undergraduate and 6 credit hours for graduate level, each semester. Exceptions to this policy must be reviewed and approved or denied by the Executive Director of Housing & Student Life.
- Assist in building operations as assigned/needed (i.e. check in, check out, inventory/maintenance reports, emergency response and training, etc.)
- Notes and reports maintenance concerns, and then follows up on those concerns.
- Complete weekly report detailing specific information to submit to direct supervisor.
- Complete specified number of hours in the Wellness Center and/or Krise Fitness Center as desk worker, weekly.
- Is responsible for and takes pride in the appearance of the residential area of management and takes appropriate steps to ensure it is properly cleaned and maintained.
- Maintains confidentiality regarding student records, student behavior and residence life information.
- Maintains regular communication with direct supervisor and central staff as needed/appropriate.
- Assists/Coordinates residential programming events as required.
- Remains on campus for closed weekends, including but not limited to: Homecoming, Open House, etc.
- Spends no more than 2 weekend per month and 1 night per week away from assigned residential facility.
- Attends weekly staff meetings for building
- Attends monthly all-staff meetings as required by central staff.
- Attends bi-weekly meeting with direct supervisor.
Graduate Assistant Specific Responsibilities
- Maintain a minimum 2.25 GPA each semester and overall in order to maintain academic good standing with the University.
- Participates in central staff duty weeknight and weekend rotation.
- Manages emergency situations.
- Remain on campus through closing at breaks and end of semesters.
- Assist in opening of residential facilities for fall and spring semesters.
- Facilitate roommate/suitemate/floormate mediation as needed.
- Complete lockouts as needed.
- Serve as an information resource for residents.
- Serve as a student advocate for residential students.
- Build community within residential area.
- Develop and facilitate training sessions for residence life staff.
- Complete 20 office hours in Housing Office weekly.
GA for Social Media Specific Responsibilities
- Daily management and support for social media for Enrollment and Student Services (ESS) Division, including but not limited to Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and Snapchat.
- Create student, faculty and staff spotlights to use on web and social media and email communications for ESS Division.
- Implement and coordinate recruiting effort through social media (i.e. Snapchat takeovers, etc.)
- Assist with recruitment event social media contests.
- Create content for social media and other marketing efforts for ESS.
GA for Housing & Wellness Specific Responsibilities
- Assist in management of Wellness Center and Krise Fitness Center.
- Coordinate staff and schedules for Wellness Center and Krise Fitness Center.
- Assist in ADA Compliance for Housing & Student Life, especially record keeping, coordination of services, and communication to appropriate staff and with students.
- Implement and coordinate campus wellness programs with Counseling and Student Health Services.
- Assist in Counseling Services and Student Health Services Offices as needed.
GA for Student Conduct Specific Responsibilities
- Assist in data collection and analysis for federal and state record keeping, i.e. Clery Act Compliance and HEPC reports.
- Conduct research on best practices and make suggestions for changes to student conduct processes.
- Assist in investigations and interviews regarding violations of University policy, federal, state or local law.
- Conduct student conduct administrative meetings regarding student violations that occur both on and off campus.
- Assist in coordinating and facilitating student conduct hearings.
- Assist in training student conduct hearing boards and other relevant campus entities.
- Assist in managing records and requests for background checks of student conduct files.