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The Office of Housing & Residence Life (OHRL) employs over 150 trained and talented professional and student staff members who work together to ensure the overall needs, values, and mission of the department are met. Offering exceptional training, personal and professional growth opportunities, and a team-oriented organization; the OHRL is a great place to work! Learn more about professional and student positions and how you may join us by clicking on the tabs below.

Student Staff

Resident Assistant
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The Resident Assistant (RA) position plays an integral role within the Office of Housing & Residence Life and within the lives of our residents. Students who are selected to assume this leadership role will have significant, focused responsibility for residential life in an assigned area. Studies show that students who invest in an active on-campus life have better academic performance and stronger connections to their peers. What better way to become actively involved and gain leadership skills than applying to become an RA?

Applications open during the fall semester.

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Desk Assistant
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The Desk Assistant (DA) position is an hourly student OPS position. DAs work at the reception desks located in North Lake Village, South Village, and West Lake Village. DAs are primarily responsible for providing excellent customer service and assistance to residents, prospective students, parents, and other guests at the designated reception desk. DAs are directly supervised by the area Housing Specialist.

Applications open during the spring semester.
Conference Assistant
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The Summer Conference Assistant (CA) position is a live-in position responsible for assisting with preparation and delivery of conference accommodations services. The CA position is a part-time, student leadership opportunity. The duties consist of, but are not limited to: set up and break down of apartments, inventory of supplies and apartments utilized, administrative duties, customer service relations, and assistance with facilities issues. This work is often fast-paced and sometimes challenging because summer attendee numbers are often large but accommodations are mostly short-term. CA's are expected to be flexible, deal successfully with change and reflect a customer-service attitude.

Applications open during the spring semester.
Maintenance Assistant
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The Maintenance Assistant (MA) position is a part-time live-in Summer position responsible for assisting the Office of Housing and Residence Life in a wide variety of maintenance and construction trades.

Applications open during the spring semester.