Residential Advisor (63626)

Adams and Associates; Brunswick (GA); On-site; USD 38,000 - 48,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance

ESOP

Matching 401(k)

Paid Vacation and Holidays

EAP

Job summary

Adams and Associates is seeking a Residential Advisor for the Brunswick Job Corps Center. You will guide and mentor students living on campus, promoting a positive living environment and helping them reach their personal and career goals.

Responsibilities include maintaining safety and order in dorms, conducting counseling sessions, and keeping accurate records. The role emphasizes leadership, documentation, and supportive engagement with students and staff.

Qualifications

• Must have high school diploma or equivalent.
• At least 1 year of Job Corps or related program experience.
• Ability to lift 40 pounds or assess load and request assistance.
• Willingness to work overtime with regular and predictable attendance.

Responsibilities

• Guide and mentor students to build positive attitudes and pursue goals.
• Maintain a safe, structured dormitory environment and ensure student safety.
• Prepare daily operations reports and maintain student files in the information system.
• Model standards, support career development, and promote positive peer leadership.

Skills

Mentoring

Counseling

Group sessions

Communication

Education

High School Diploma or equivalent

Advanced degree

Job description

DescriptionBe the Guide Students Remember. For students living on Center, you'll be a steady, everyday presence the person who helps them navigate group living, build positive relationships, and stay focused on their goals. As a Residential Advisor, you'll provide the guidance, structure, and role modeling that turn a dormitory into a supportive community where students feel safe and thrive. This is a role for someone with heart and patience: a natural mentor who leads by example, meets students where they are, and takes real pride in helping young adults grow into their best selves.

Why Join Us? Make a Real Impact!

Job Corps is a transformative program that provides education, vocational training, and career readiness to young adults. In this role, you'll be on the front line of student life shaping daily behavior, modeling positive leadership, and creating the kind of safe, encouraging living environment where achievement becomes possible.

What You’ll Do

Guide & Mentor Students

Provide guidance that helps students build a positive attitude and proper behavior in dormitory living and accomplish their goals. Deliver guidance, counseling, group sessions, and independent living skills; determine, recommend, and arrange student visits to counselors; and assist in unit activities, including unit government.

Ensure a Safe, Structured Environment

Patrol and monitor dormitories and the Center as required, ensuring the safety and proper behavior of students and resolving potential or occurring problems. Direct students and assist in the cleanup and maintenance of the dormitory, and recommend or requisition supplies to meet dorm living and student safety needs.

Maintain Records & Reporting

Prepare the daily operations report, pass list, and other administrative correspondence relating to students. Maintain dormitory and individual student files - ensuring they're complete, updated, and fully documented and enter student case notes in the Center information system.

Model Standards & Support Success

Participate in the career development services system by ensuring a safe living environment and modeling positive peer leadership. Promote the development of Career Success Standards by modeling appropriate behaviors, mentoring students, and monitoring both positive and negative behaviors through interventions. Provide positive, quality customer service to students, staff, and other Center customers, and support, promote, and enforce the Job Corps Zero Tolerance Policy, along with other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

What You’ll Bring

• High School Diploma or equivalent
• A minimum of one (1) year of Job Corps or related program experience
• Ability to lift 40 pounds, or to assess a load and request assistance as needed
• Willingness to work overtime when directed, with regular and predictable attendance

Preferred

• Advanced degree
• A valid in-state driver's license

Physical Requirements

This role involves sitting, standing, climbing, walking, lifting, pulling and/or pushing, carrying, reaching, stooping, and crouching. Candidates must demonstrate the ability to lift 40 pounds, or to assess a lift load and ask for necessary assistance.

Benefits & Perks

• Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP)
• Matching 401(k)
• Comprehensive Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance
• Prescription Drug Coverage
• Flexible Spending Accounts (Health and Dependent Care)
• Life and Disability Insurance
• Paid Vacation and Holidays
• Employee Discount Programs
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Additional Voluntary Benefits

About Us

Adams and Associates is a 100% employee-owned company that has helped young adults build brighter futures since 1990. As one of the nation's largest Job Corps operators, our 2,000+ employee-owners turn potential into opportunity recognized by Newsweek as one of America's Greatest Workplaces for Parents & Families.

The Brunswick Job Corps Center sits on a 39-acre campus on Georgia’s Golden Isles coast, home to roughly 315 students earning diplomas and credentials in healthcare, construction, and other in-demand trades a close-knit community where staff make a real difference every day.

Adams and Associates, Inc. abides by the requirements of 41 CFR §§ 60-300.5(a) and 60-741.5(a). These regulations prohibit discrimination against qualified individuals based on their status as protected veterans or individuals with disabilities, and prohibit discrimination against all individuals based on characteristics protected by federal, state or local laws. Moreover, these regulations require that covered prime contractors and subcontractors take affirmative action to employ and advance in employment individuals without regard to their protected veteran status or disability. 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.