Residential Life Mentor — Boarding School

Automatic Data Processing, Inc.; Willoughby (OH); On-site; USD 32,000 - 43,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

On-campus housing

Job summary

Andrews Osborne Academy in Willoughby, OH seeks Residential Educators to mentor boarding students and support welfare, safety, and development within the on-campus living community.

The role combines educational programming, student mentorship, and residential supervision, promoting independence, responsibility, and community engagement while supporting events and daily residence operations.

Qualifications

• Experience working with adolescents in education or residential life.
• Strong judgment, reliability, interpersonal and communication skills.
• Ability to build trust with students while maintaining boundaries.
• Ability to manage responsibility in a structured boarding environment.
• Comfort with technology and communication tools (Orah, Google Chat).
• Willingness to live on campus and fulfill evening/overnight/weekend duties.

Responsibilities

• Lead or co-lead weekly house meetings aligned with Residential Curriculum and current student needs.
• Facilitate educational activities and discussions that support leadership, life skills, wellness, personal responsibility, community engagement, and global awareness.
• Build meaningful relationships with boarding students and provide regular mentorship and guidance.
• Help students develop independence, accountability, self-discipline, and positive habits of residential community life.
• Partner with proctors, residential staff, and student leaders to build house culture and student belonging.
• Participate in important boarding and school events that support the overall student experience.
• Maintain a visible and engaged adult presence in the residence during assigned duty periods.
• Share responsibility for day-to-day operation of the residence with a co-Residential Educator, using the rotation and coverage model.
• Support evening, overnight, weekend, break-period, snow-day, and special-event coverage when scheduled.
• Monitor attendance, check-ins, movement, passes, and accountability through Orah and other Academy systems.
• Conduct wake-up rolls, study hall supervision, curfew checks, lights-out procedures, room checks, and house inspections as required.
• Administer and document student medication as trained and directed.
• Respond to student concerns, emergencies, and house conflicts, escalating as needed.
• Support student travel, arrival, departure, and other operational aspects of the boarding program.
• Help maintain a residence that is clean, orderly, welcoming, and aligned with Academy expectations.

Skills

Experience with adolescents

Interpersonal communication

Reliability

Boundaries and expectations

Tech literacy (Orah/Google Chat)

Tools

Orah

Google Chat

Shared reporting systems

Job description

Andrews Osborne Academy in Willoughby, OH seeks Residential Educators to mentor boarding students and support welfare, safety, and development within the on-campus living community.

The role combines educational programming, student mentorship, and residential supervision, promoting independence, responsibility, and community engagement while supporting events and daily residence operations.