Position Title (Classification Title): |
OPS Summer 2025 Intern for Housing and Residence Life |
Working Title: |
Summer 2025 Intern for Housing and Residence Life |
Job Summary: |
The Summer Intern positions within the Housing & Residence Life department begins with training in May and typically runs through early August. All internships require some scheduled night and weekend obligations per semester. These obligations can be associated with, but not limited to: group move-in/move-out, training, duty rotation. As with any live-in position, staff members are also responsible for handling crises as they occur. This internship will average 29 hours per week over the course of the summer.
Three different openings are available for the Summer Intern position within Housing and Residence Life. The job responsibilities, staff expectations, and compensation are similar. However, each position has a different focus area. The following focus areas are below:
*Camps, Conferences, & Orientation: This Summer Intern reports to a Residence Life Coordinator (RLC) and collaborates with their supervisor to shape the environment and experiences of residents and guests through our Camps, Conferences, & Orientation summer experiences. Tasks can be associated with, but not limited to: directly supervising 6-8 undergraduate student staff members, welcoming incoming first year students, setting up building decorations, facility preparations for incoming groups.
*Residential Communities: This Summer Intern reports to a Residence Life Coordinator (RLC) and collaborates with their supervisor to shape the environment and experiences of residents and guests through our residential communities that have students enrolled in summer academic courses. Tasks can be associated with, but not limited to: directly supervising 6-8 undergraduate student staff members, developing events, implementing the summer engagement model, facilitating policy violations.
*Special Projects: This Summer Intern reports to a Residence Life Coordinator (RLC) and collaborates with their supervisor to shape the environment and experiences of residents and guests through our Special Projects throughout the summer. Tasks can be associated with, but not limited to: directly supervising 2-4 undergraduate student staff members, fall training development, key audits, facility walk throughs, fall move-in preparations.
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Department |
Housing Residence Life |
FLSA: |
Non-Exempt |
Minimum Qualifications: |
- This position requires a Bachelor's degree in any field
- This position requires independent thinking, good judgment, and decision-making ability with little supervision
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Position Qualifications: |
- This position requires a Bachelor's degree in any field
- This position requires independent thinking, good judgment, and decision-making ability with little supervision
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Preferred Qualifications |
The qualifications, major areas of responsibility, expectations for the Summer Intern position include, but are not limited to, the following items:
-Must be able to effectively work with university students, demonstrate a sense of job responsibility and maturity and show evidence of leadership skills -Preference will be given to candidates with prior residence hall leadership experience and/or are pursuing a graduate degree in student personnel or counseling. -Other qualifications include: --Ability to organize tasks, prioritize duties, and effectively complete the many components of the job --Skills to effectively lead and facilitate group discussions; understanding of ethical situations; ability to think critically, lead small-group training sessions, engage in public speaking, and design/conduct experiential learning programs; knowledge of residential living-learning philosophy --Ability to interact with a diverse student population |
Essential Functions / Job Duties: |
- 50% - Job Responsibilities The Summer Intern position is a 29-hour per week live-on graduate student staff position of the Department of Housing and Residence Life at the University of West Florida. The number of staff under the Summer Intern varies by year. The Summer Intern will be supervised by a Residence Life Coordinator (RLC) and will work closely with Central Housing and other various campus partners. Listed below are both specific job duties of the position as well as minimum professional standards expected of all Housing & Residence Life employees. These responsibilities encompass student and community development initiatives, both proactive and reactive, that directly influence the success of our residential students. They also detail administrative responsibilities, foundational to this success. Finally, they exhibit behaviors that demonstrate professionalism and a commitment to the values of the department. These responsibilities include: -Attending various Summer Intern sessions and meetings -Attend any training sessions required and assist with training summer staff and orientation leaders -Supervising student staff, including weekly staff meetings and individual supervision meetings -Organizing building operations including working with campus partners, working with guest and staff assignments, coordinating their check-in and check-out processes, room walkthroughs, key inventories, and communicating with maintenance staff regarding damages and necessary cleaning -Assisting with billing and paperwork -Setting the desk and duty schedules -Holding weekly office hours -Attending weekly department staff meetings and supervision meetings -Participating in the duty rotation for campus -Assisting with central office projects such as oversight of various summer facilities projects, being part of the Fall Opening Day committee, helping with assignments and marketing -Assisting with opening and closing of summer residential area(s) -Assisting with various other summer projects, committees, and tasks - (Essential)
- 50% - Overarching Staff Expectations -Maintain the everyday running of a designated residence hall/apartment complex(es) -Serve as an appropriate role model by following policies and procedures, accepting and completing assigned responsibilities, and encouraging participation in Housing and Residence Life activities -Practice ethical stewardship of university resources -Demonstrate a commitment to diversity by promoting and attending campus and community multicultural events, facilitating professional development with student staff, presenting on diversity, or implementing strategies. -Demonstrate a consistent willingness to work with individuals from a diverse variety of backgrounds and social identities. -Create and maintain positive professional relationships within the department and across the university -Perform all expected duties of the position and additional duties as assigned or related to community development by the RLC, AD and/or other departmental staff - (Essential)
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Physical Demands: |
- Physical Requirements: Occasional and/or light lifting required. Limited exposure to elements such as heat, cold, noise, dust, dirt, chemicals, etc., but none to the point of being disagreeable. May involve minor safety hazards where likely results would be cuts, bruises, etc.
- Impact of Deadlines: Work schedules, volume of work, or priorities seldom change. Able to anticipate new work. Minimum distractions or interruptions. Seldom involves conflicting demands on time.
- Standing: Daily
- Walking: Daily
- Sitting: Daily
- Reaching with hands and arms: Daily
- Climbing or balancing: Occasionally
- Stooping: Occasionally
- Use of hands to handle objects: Daily
- Lifting up to 10lbs: Frequently
- Lifting up to 25lbs: Frequently
- Lifting over 25lbs: Occasionally
- Talking as express or exchange of ideas verbally: Daily
- Hearing as perceive sound by ear: Daily
- Vision as distinguish colors & depth: Daily
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Special Requirements or Considerations of the Job: |
- This position requires a criminal background screen.
- This position requires fingerprinting.
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Number of Vacancies |
Multiple |
Work Hours |
10am to 4pm M-F (some evenings & weekends) |
Contract Period |
05/05/2025 to 08/09/2025 |
FTE |
.725 |
Salary Range |
$16.50 |
Pay Basis |
Hourly |
Preferred Response Date: |
02/17/2025 |
Special Instructions to Applicants: |
Candidates must apply online through the University of West Florida website: https://careers.uwf.edu. Applicants are required to attach a resume, cover letter and contact information for three references. References will be contacted upon submission of this application. An opportunity to upload these documents will be provided during the application process. For assistance, please contact Human Resources at 850-474-2694 or email jobs@uwf.edu. |