Join the EDWINS Team as Our Resident Advisor (RA)
EDWINS Leadership & Restaurant Institute is growing our professional family, and we have an opportunity for a motivated, responsible, flexible and community-building individual to join us as a Resident Advisor at our student housing campus, the EDWINS Second Chance Life Skills Center.
The Resident Advisor will be an important part of everyday residential life, working to create a safe and secure environment that promotes learning, enforcing residential rules and carrying out maintenance and cleaning. EDWINS’ students have diverse backgrounds and range in age from 18 to 65.
Room and board at our residence in Cleveland is included in this live-in position, along with salary compensation for duties performed.
Duties include
- Live on site and have a 4 p.m.-12 a.m. shift five days a week with two full weekend shifts a month. Some flexibility will be required.
- Attend a weekly mandatory staff meeting
- Tasks include, but are not limited to:
- Staying on EDWINS campus and enforcing all rules for the students
- Holding student orientation at move-in
- General upkeep and cleaning of the property
- Help transporting restaurant inventory to and from campus
- Managing the opening and closing of the student activity center
- Ensure students observe curfews
- Perform random dorm room checks
- Be on-call certain hours to help ensure student safety in case of an emergency
- Promote a drug and alcohol-free environment
Skills required
- A strong desire to provide support to EDWINS’ students on campus and make them feel at home while ensuring they are following EDWINS’ guidelines
- Excellent communication and people skills
- Ability to handle difficult situations and remain calm and under pressure
- Ability to remain professional and authoritative while maintaining a friendly attitude
- Flexibility regarding work hours
- Creative problem solver
- Ability to perform basic maintenance and repairs (drywall, painting etc.)
- Able and willing to take initiative and ownership of RA roles with minimal supervision
- Sensitivity to student needs
- Valid driver’s license
Please submit resumes to Gerry Grim at Gerry@edwinsrestaurant.org with the subject line “Resident Advisor”.