ABOUT GREYSTAR

Greystar is a leading, fully integrated global real estate company offering expertise in property management, investment management, development, and construction services in institutional-quality rental housing. Headquartered in Charleston, South Carolina, Greystar manages and operates over $300 billion of real estate in nearly 250 markets globally with offices throughout North America, Europe, South America, and the Asia-Pacific region. Greystar is the largest operator of apartments in the United States, manages over 1,000,000 units/beds globally, and has a robust institutional investment management platform comprised of nearly $78 billion of assets under management, including over $35 billion of development assets. Greystar was founded by Bob Faith in 1993 to become a provider of world-class service in the rental residential real estate business. To learn more, visit www.greystar.com.

JOB DESCRIPTION SUMMARY

As a part-time, paraprofessional, student employee, Resident Assistants (RAs) have the ability to greatly influence the student experience at Cleveland State University (CSU). Resident Assistants are live-in student leaders who support the residential student experience through community engagement, program facilitation, relationship building, leadership development, academic connection, policy enforcement, and crisis management. RAs are a meaningful and influential part of the residential life program. RAs help provide students who live in our residential communities with a dynamic, interactive, and community-based holistic experience while cultivating academic success, mature decision making, and institutional pride. The RA position is a unique opportunity to impact the lives of fellow students and make a difference in the lives of students at Cleveland State University.

JOB DESCRIPTION

Student Responsibilities

Resident Assistants are required to follow all policies outlined in the Resident Assistant position description and contract. A full copy will be provided to all Resident Assistants.

• Plan, implement, and evaluate various programs and engagement activities in the residential communities, based on outlines provided in the Residential Curriculum, as well as the needs of the community. This includes participation in larger “all community” and community-wide programs and initiatives.
• Be aware that the RA position is considered the principal out-of-class activity. Other time commitments are limited to 10-15 hours per week. Any competing interests or activities that would keep the RA out of the living area on a regular basis, and/or impacts the performance of their responsibility, must be approved by their Community Director in consultation with the Director for Residential Education.

• RAs are limited to 12 nights away from campus a semester. These should be reported to their Community director in whichever manner the CD has requested. Additional nights away for extenuating circumstances require approval from their Community Director in consultation with the Director for Residential Education
• RA staff are required to work the front desks of the residential communities and will be assigned a regular desk shift (4 hours per week).
• RAs must be available to assist with all openings and closings of the residential communities and stay until all communities are closed at the end of each semester.
• All RAs must assist with the RA selection process for new staff members. This may require weekend participation in recruitment processes. Selection duties RAs are responsible for participating in are individual interviews, tabling, Information sessions hosted for potential employees, etc.
• RAs must be full time students at Cleveland State University (12 undergraduate credit hours OR 8 graduate credit hours OR 12 law credit hours each semester). If an RA drops a class, they must notify their Community Director.
• All RAs must register for classes on time. All registrations must be completed prior to move-in for the fall semester and prior to the start of the spring semester.

Job Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain an effective working relationship with immediate supervisors (Community Director and Assistant Community Director) for the purpose of sharing continuous communication regarding all areas of the RA position. These areas will include assignment-related information, area and individual student needs, activities, problems or concerns, and personal issues related to performance of RA functions. RAs report to and are directly accountable to the Community Director and Assistant Community Director.
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