Fall 2025 Residence Life Residential Facilities Assistant III

St. Olaf College Student Staff Position Description

 

This position description is for general information purposes. It is not intended to list all duties and responsibilities of the position. This position description is subject to change at any time by St. Olaf College, with or without prior notice.

 

PositionTitle: Residential Facility Assistant

 

Name and Address of Employer: St. Olaf College, 1520 St. Olaf Ave, Northfield, MN 55057 

 

Department Name: Office of Residence Life

 

Length of Position: 2025-26 Academic Year

 

Training Dates:  Training Dates will be incorporated within the Length of the Position. 

 

Contact: Evan Fisher-Damsgard, Assistant Director of Housing Operations 

 

I. Compensation/Benefits:

 

1. Wage

•  $13.00 per hour

 

II. 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. 

 

Supervisor: Assistant Director of Housing Operations 

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 packets for staff and signage for students
4. Residential Support
   1. Community Development and Peer Advising
      1. RFAs shall support programming initiatives as requested by their professional supervisor
      2. RFAs shall develop positive positive relationships with the residents in through formal and informal engagement efforts
      3. RFAs shall role model appropriate behavior within the residence hall to students and colleagues, abiding by and upholding College policies on a campus-wide basis.
      4. RFAs shall provide assistance to residents in need within the scope of their training, including referral to various campus resources and triaging student concerns to the appropriate professional staff.
   2. Conduct Facilitation
      1. RFAs shall address breaches of College policy (as outlined in the student code of conduct) through the appropriate confrontation of the responsible parties and documentation of these incidents.
5. Commitment to Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Antiracism
   1. RFAs shall demonstrate a commitment to advance equity, inclusion, and antir