On-Call Residential Advisor

Aleut Corp; Chicago, Northern (IL, KY); Hybrid; USD 17,000 - 25,000; Full time

Job summary

Aleut Federal, LLC invites applications for a Residential Advisor - On-Call to supervise dormitories, mentor trainees, and ensure daily routines align with center policies and the eight Career Success Standards of workplace relations and ethics. You will communicate with management and staff while supporting students in life-skills and personal growth.

The role requires strong interpersonal abilities, CPR/First Aid and AED certification, and flexibility to work within an on-call, hourly

Qualifications

• Ability to effectively relate to the trainee population.
• Inspire and motivate staff and students.
• Strong management skills.
• Ability to handle multiple priorities.

Responsibilities

• Assists students in adjusting to Center life by providing supervision, behavior modification, and acting as a mentor.
• Ensures students meet the required schedule, waking on time and arriving on time for school or work assignments.
• Provides daily supervision or assistance in monitoring students in personal hygiene, room/chore assignments, and other activities.
• Ensures dorms are always clean and inspection-ready.
• Provides informal counseling related to stress management, personal problems, etc., and provides insight into responsible behavior and attitudes.
• Prepares applicable reports to ensure accurate documentation of student progress.
• Maintains dormitory dream boards and bulletin boards with updated student and center information.
• Serves as a channel of communication between management, staff, and students.
• Facilitates groups in life skills including budgeting, renter's rights, completing a lease, completing chores, etc.
• Facilitates small group discussions on life skills, peer mediation, conflict resolution, etc.
• Participates in ESPs for students in the assigned dormitory.
• Assesses the need for confidentiality balanced with the need to report situations on behalf of students to ensure the safety and well-being of students and staff.
• Contact family members for consent for the pass system as warranted.
• Facilitates prompt and appropriate assistance to students in the event of injury, illness, emotional trauma, etc.

Skills

Relate to trainees

Inspire staff and students

Management skills

Multitasking

Education

High School or better

Job description

Job Corps is the largest nationwide no-cost residential career training program in the country and has been operating for more than 50 years. With a mission to “attract eligible young people, teach them the skills they need to become employable and independent and place them in meaningful jobs or further their education,” the program helps eligible young people ages 16 through 24 complete their high school education, trains them for meaningful careers, and assists them with obtaining employment. Job Corps has trained and educated over two million individuals since 1964.

Summary

The Residential Advisor- On- Call reports to the Independent Living Manager, an hourly, non-exempt position. Provides a safe, supportive, and predictable environment in dormitory supervision of Job Corps trainees in their daily activities, monitoring their progress in attaining performance contract goals and objectives and utilizing behavior management and intentional and consistent Core-Value-driven practices. Conducts dormitory operations following center operating policy and procedures and following Aleut operation procedures. Demonstrates ongoing commitment to preparing young people for the workforce by modeling, mentoring, and monitoring excellence in the eight Career Success Standards of workplace relations and ethics; information management; communications; multicultural awareness; personal growth and development; career and personal planning; interpersonal skills and independent living.

Position Functions

• Assists students in adjusting to Center life by providing supervision, behavior modification, and acting as a mentor .
• Ensures students meet the required schedule, waking on time and arriving on time for school or work assignments.
• Provides daily supervision or assistance in monitoring students in personal hygiene, room/chore assignments, andotheractivities.
• Ensures dorms are always clean and inspection-ready.
• Provides informal counseling related to stress management, personal problems, etc., and provides insight into responsible behavior and attitudes.
• Preparesapplicablereportstoensureaccuratedocumentationofstudentprogress.
• Maintainsdormitorydream boardsandbulletinboardswithupdatedstudentandcenterinformation.
• Serves as a channel of communication between management, staff, and students.
• Facilitatesgroupsinlifeskillsincludingbudgeting,renter'srights,completingalease,completingchores, etc.
• F acilitatessmallgroupdiscussionsonlifeskills,peermediation,conflictresolution,etc.
• Participates in ESPs for students in the assigned dormitory.
• Assessestheneedforconfidentialitybalancedwiththeneedtoreportsituationsonbehalfofstudentstoensurethesafetyandwell-beingofstudentsandstaff.
• Contact family members for consent for the pass system as warranted.
• Facilitates prompt and appropriate assistance to students in the event of injury, illness, emotional trauma, etc.

AdditionalRequirements:

Ability to effectively re lat e to the trai nee population. I nspire and motivatestaffand st udent s . Strong m a na gement sk ill s. Ability tohandlemultiplepriorities.

Obtain and maintain CPR/First Aid and AED certification and excellent communication ski ll s, both oral a nd w r itt en . The position requires the ability to ope rate office equ ipment. In ad d ition, individuals must be able t o interact with team members and maintain an effect i ve working rela t io n s hip with all facility sta ffa nd departments .

WorkingConditions:

This po s ition i n vo l ves frequent sitting and occasiona l stan d ing , walki n g, stoo p ing , and sq uatt i ng . Applicantmustbeableto see, hear, and speak .

The position requires the ability to sp e nd 5 % o f wo r k time outside and 95 %ofworktime in doo rs; the a bilit y t o withstandmoderatenoise levels , i n cl udin gvoice levels 90 % o f work t ime; the ability to work in high-temperature settin g s duringthe s u mmermo nth s;andability to work in low-temperature settings inwint e r month s.

Aleut Federal, LLC provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, or genetics. In addition to federal law requirements, AF complies with applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment in every location where the company has facilities. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training. AF prohibits workplace harassment based on race, color, sex, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, genetic information, disability, or veteran status.

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Qualifications

Education

Required

High School or better.

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