Summer 2025 Residential Facilities Assistant

St. Olaf College Student Employee Job Description

 

Job Title: Residential Facility Assistant

Department Name: Office of Residence Life

Length of Position: 2025 - 2026 Summer Terms and Intersession. Initial training period tentatively set for April 26, 2025- September 5, 2025

Supervisor: Associate Dean of Students for Residence Life & Student Conduct/Designee

Pay Rate (Check One)     Standard Hourly Rate   x  Supervisory/Special Skills Hourly Rate 

 

Description/Purpose of the Position: The Residential Facility Assistant (RFA) is a student staff position in the Office of Residence Life and works in conjunction with the Department of Facilities. This position’s primary goal is to support Residence Life and the functional area, Housing Operations.  Housing Operations manages, oversees and/or liaison to the following areas: residential maintenance and custodial services, environmental health and safety, sustainability, break housing, summer transitions, and administrative tasks. The position requires comfort with reading instructions, assembly of items, organizations, inventory and audits. 

Summer Hours/week: 

• If academic class is taken
  • Minimum 12 - Maximum 20 
• If no academic class is taken
  • Minimum 12 - Maximum 40
• If the summer positions require student leaders to perform their role in the spring or fall semester, the hours above are negotiated. 

 

I. Compensation/Benefits:

1. Housing

• Double-occupancy room with a roommate of staff member’s choosing.
  • If a roommate is not chosen, this bed will be added to the vacancy list. 
  • Total housing cost for Summer 2025 is waived.

1. Wage

• Any administrative hours worked outside of the on-call rotation will be paid at an hourly rate

 

Disclaimer: Work award is not capped during the summer term.. If employment ends before the agreed upon date, payment

 

II. Position Responsibilities: 

1. Maintenance & Custodial Support
   1. Move, lift and transfer items within and between residence halls to meet operational needs
      1. Loft kits, bedding, storage rooms (including furniture)
   2. Build/construct items
      1. Bookcases, games, furniture. 
   3. Audit keys, pool tables, buildings supplies, etc. 
   4. Manage the work order reporting process ensuring maintenance is reported and completed in a timely manner
   5. Aid in monitoring the storage and use of all inventory in basements, rooms, and common areas in all residence halls.
   6. Control access to residence hall storage
   7. Appropriate documentation of items placed in or claimed from storage
   8. Ensure storage guidelines are followed
   9. Assist in storage room maintenance as assigned
   10. Provide custodial support including but not limited to sweep outs, wipe downs, room supply prep
2. Fire Health & Safety 
   1. Conduct building walk-throughs
   2. Conduct room inspections and inventories
   3. Assist HOC on fire drills and drug sweeps
   4. Escort vendors within the residence halls
   5. Support the evaluation of residential safety initiatives
   6. Identification, documentation, and reporting of maintenance/facilities/health and safety concerns or emergencies
3. Publications and Communication 
   1. Maintain supply of needed forms for facilities area:  sustainability and recycling materials and signage, cleaning checklists, fire safety checklists, check in-out forms, check in packet material, and fire safety brochures
   2. Aid in creating and updating files on health and safety
   3. Create signs for halls as needed to update on facility related issues
   4. Maintain marketing materials for facilities team
   5. Communicate with students and staff regarding facility and emergency situations in various media forms (email, signage, documents, letters, etc)
   6. Prepare opening/closing material pac