RA Hiring

The Office of Residential Education & Dining Services is looking for applicants for Spring 2012 Resident Assistant (RA) positions. Please review this page for more information. If you have any questions about the application process, please email resapps@oberlin.edu.

Job Descriptions

ResEd In-Hall student staff are full-time sstudents who live in college-owned housing, aid in student safety, enforce college rules, recolve conflicts, and involve students in college programs.

RAs are Resident Assistants, LRAs are Lead Resident Assistants (with experience as RAs), VAs are Village Assistants, all who report to Professional In-Hall staff.

HLECs are OSCA Housing Loose End Coordinators who work with Professional staff in ResEd.

Eligibility

Applicants must be in good academic and disciplinary standing. Anyone on disciplinary probation may not hold a student staff position, and students may not start the position while on academic probation. The Office of Residential Education will verify each applicant’s academic and disciplinary standing as part of the application process. Additionally, applicants for the Village Assistant (VA) position must be eligible to live in Village Housing before becoming a VA.

Important Dates

Each year the Office of Resdiential Education hires approximately 76 students as RAs, VAs or LRAs for the residence halls and village housing. Below are important dates for these selection proceses. Note that the dates for deadlines and interviews are non-negotiable.

VA Selection for Spring 2013/Fall 2013*

Application Available: Friday, November 1, 2012
Application Due: Thursday, November 15, 2012

*The recruitment and selection process for Spring '13 and Fall '13 VAs happens simultaneously. You Must apply by Friday, November 12th if you are interested in being a VA for Fall '13.

RA and LRA Selection for Spring 2013

Application Available: Friday, November 1, 2012
Application Due: Thursday, November 15, 2012

RA and LRA Selection for Fall 2013

Application Available: Friday, November 16, 2012
Application Due: Friday, February 15, 2013

Residential Areas

On the application, you will be given an opportunity to indicate in which types of student staff positions you are interested. For more information on these buildings, please see the information in the housing section of our website. Our residential units fall into the following classifications:

Traditional Housing

These halls are traditional-style, large-community housing.