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Employment Opportunities

Employment
:: Residence Life Student Staff (RA, DA, AHC)
:: Hourly Student Staff
:: Summer Student Employment
:: Professional Staff

The Department of Housing and Residence Life offers many exciting opportunities for students and professionals.

Hourly Student Staff Positions

If you are considering employment and have been granted FWS eligibility, we ask that you take a look at us! If you do not have FWS Status, you may still apply, but may not receive preference. Our positions will offer you certain benefits:

  • You will have the convenience of arranging your on-campus work schedule around your classes.
  • You won't have to worry about transportation to work.
  • You will be a key part of the Housing and Residence Life team, providing other residents with a safe and educational environment.
Positions Available (Spring 2008):
  • <apply now>Security Desk Worker: Welcome visitors, distribute information, coordinate security efforts, enforce policy, and perform minor clerical duties, including answering phones. The hourly wage begins at $6.65 per hour.
  • <apply now> Hall/Apartment Office Assistant: Assists in various administrative and clerical tasks. Duties include typing, duplicating, filing, processing forms, completing inventories, and delivering materials on campus. The hourly wage begins at $6.50 per hour.
  • <apply now>Housing & Residence Life Office Assistant: Answers questions from students, staff, and parents. Other duties include filing, data entry, and mailing information. The hourly wage begins at $6.65 per hour.
  • <apply now>Furniture Crew: Inventory current and new furniture. Straightening storage rooms. Moving, assembling, & disassembling furniture in campus housing. The hourly wage begins at $7.00 per hour.

If you are interested in an hourly student staff position, you may apply online or visit the Housing and Residence Life Office. If you have questions or problems, e-mail Dawn Aldrich at daldric1@slu.edu.

Residence Life Student Staff

The application deadline for RA/ CA positions for 2008-2009 was December 18th, 2007. We do accept applications on a rolling basis, although this would be for openings that are not filled through our formal process. For more information on this process, click here.

Summer Employment for Students

<apply now>The application deadline for summer staff positions for 2008 was March 14th, 2008. We do accept applications on a rolling basis, although this would be for openings that are not filled through our formal process. For more information on this process click here for complete descriptions or download them.

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Security Desk Workers / Summer Conferences
Staff the security desks for summer school and conferences held on campus. Attend training and scheduled meetings. Welcome visitors, distribute information, coordinate security efforts, enforce policy, and perform minor clerical duties, including answering phones. Issue and collect keys per established protocols. Call the CA “on call” for any minor crisis situations, facilities issues and lock-outs. All security desk workers will be responsible for both daytime and late evening/early morning desk hours, no overnight hours. FWS is preferred, but not required.
Compensation: $6.65 per hour/ Minimum of 25 hours per week required for free campus housing
Dates of Employment: May 14, 2008 - August 16, 2008 (flexible on end date after July 31)
Conference Assistants CA’s / Summer Conferences
1) CA’s Provide customer service support to guests. Serve as a resource to University guests, rotating 24 hour “on-call” schedule, with responsibility to respond to crisis situations, facilities issues, lock-outs & enforce conference policies. Issue and collects keys for conference guests per established protocols. Prepare buildings for opening/closing of summer conference season / places clean linen and strips used linen from sleeping rooms. Assists Lead CA in transporting linen for laundering.
2) Lead Linen CA transports clean and used linen, to and from laundry locations with other CA’s assistance, maintains and tracks linen inventory to assure adequate supply of clean linen. Takes “on-call” rotation.
BOTH: Provide Event Services with any additional assistance during their summer events. Unable to hold employment outside of this position or attend summer school classes. FWS is preferred but not required.
Compensation: $6.65 per hour/for up to 40 hours a week / free campus housing
Lead Linen CA (1 position): $7.00 per hour/for up to 40 hours a week / free campus housing
Dates of Employment: May 14, 2008- August 8, 2008 (flexible on end date after July 31)
Administrative Assistants AA’s/ Summer Conferences
1) Desk Worker/Time Sheet/ Payroll: Oversee administration and scheduling of personnel for the security desk. Administer student worker timesheets / payroll. Perform daily audits of security desk to stock forms and attend to room key issues.
2) Key Wizard: Organizes, inventories, tracks and packages room keys for each conference.
BOTH: Cross Trained to assist as needed. Participate in rotating 24 hour “on-call” schedule with other 9 CA’s – with responsibility to respond to crisis situations, facilities issues, lock-outs & enforce conference policies. Assist in organization of check-in and check-out processes, issuing and collecting keys per established protocols. Unable to hold employment outside of this position or attend summer school classes.
FWS is preferred but not required.
Compensation: $7.00 per hour/ for up to 40 hours a week / free campus housing
Dates of Employment: May1, 2008- August 16, 2008
Conference Assistant-Laundry Workers / Summer Conferences
Primary responsibilities include laundering conference linens (sheets, towels, washcloths, pillow cases) and folding said linens in preparation of pick-up to take back to Frost Campus. Half laundry functions will take place at the Water Tower Inn, other half will be processed at Walsh Hall Laundry room. Extensive training will be provided. Applicants should have few to no other outside commitments (classes mainly), and cannot have another job. FWS is preferred but not required. Must be able to work evenings after 4pm at Salus-WTI.
Compensation: $8 per hour/ up to 40 hours a week / free campus housing
Dates of Employment: May 12, 2008- August 15, 2008 (flexible on end date after August 8)
Office Assistant / HRL
Perform light clerical duties such as filing, typing, answering phones, returning phone calls, errands, routine paperwork, and small projects. All positions need to be FWS.
Compensation: $6.65 per hour/ for up to 40 hours a week
Dates of Employment: May 13, 2008 - August 23, 2008
Furniture Mover / HRL
Inventory current and new furniture. Setting up and breaking down room and lounge furniture. Straightening storage rooms. Receiving new furniture and transporting miscellaneous items to assist with departmental operations.
Compensation: $8.25 per hour/ for up to 40 hours a week
Dates of Employment: May 12, 2008 - August 24, 2008
Resident Advisor / HRL
Participate in on-call duty rotation. Provide programming for summer students. Confront & document policy violations. Be available to attend disciplinary hearings when necessary. Maintain confidentiality with sensitive situations. Be available to assist with all major check in/check out days for summer school residents. Respond to a variety of crisis and emergency situations. Make referrals to appropriate campus offices and personnel when necessary. Assist with administrative tasks for summer school. Help with emergency maintenance or housekeeping concerns. Demonstrate the willingness to complete other reasonable tasks requested by the AC, CDC, or GA.
Compensation (Summer 07): $1800.00 for the summer paid in three monthly installments
Dates of Employment: May 12, 2008 - August 17, 2008

Professional Staff Positions

Currently, we have professional staff positions open in our department beginning July 2008.

For 2008-2009 openings, we will be searching at OPE and ACPA. For more information on our open positions, please click here.

If you are looking to join the professional staff team at Saint Louis University in the Department of Housing and Residence Life, you may want to look at our job descriptions as well as some helpful links to other websites.

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