The Residence Life Graduate Assistant (GA) is a live-in graduate assistant that reports to the Director of Residence Life or their designee. This GA has responsibility for assisting with leadership of a residential community and supporting the mission of Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts (MCLA). Responsibilities include assisting with supervision of departmental student staff, developing community, assisting with advising student organizations within Residence Life & Housing, educational and social programming, responding to student behavioral concerns, providing academic and personal support for students, assisting with the facility management responsibilities and administrative responsibilities.
This position requires an interest in working one-on-one with students, participating in department and college functions, and taking leadership roles for activities. The GA will attend department staff meetings, trainings, and professional development opportunities. Additionally, this position will assist with department initiatives, staff selection & training and assessment. Due to the nature of this position this role does require night and weekend responsibilities that are outside college business hours.