Resident Advisor Resume Examples

Resident Advisor

Directed 30+ students as live-in advisor and resource and represent BGSU [company name].

• Communicated and collaborated with a hall staff of 22 students to establish a united leadership team.
• Created and coordinated 24 programs that promote campus resources and community building.
• Utilized problem-solving skills and mediated discussion during ambiguous and/or unexpected situations.
• Created monthly informational boards that promote diversity, academics, engagement, and health.
• Ensured supervisors were informed of activities, issues and concerns in a timely and professional manner.
• Upheld university policy and consistently followed up with residents.

Resident Advisor

Promoted a positive living environment by coordinating events aimed at having residents interact and work together

• Communicated effectively within a group to help ensure that action plans were executed for the implementation of planned events
• Responsible for enforcing college policy and documenting incidents of college policy violations
• Collaborated with other Resident Advisors to plan joint programs as well as to communicate any concerns regarding the safety and security of residence halls
• Assisted in the training and evaluation of new Resident Advisors

Resident Advisor

Work exclusively with the housing department (bettering the living conditions for all 1,400 students on-campus)

• Assisted the Professional Staff (Resident Directors), and made organizational decisions
• Worked with an exclusive six member team of other resident advisors to plan community building programs
• First responder to the Spelman College Campus Police in cases of emergency (crisis management)
• Mentored, tutored, counseled, and advised a group of over 180 female residents

Resident Advisor

• Communicated with supervisors and co-workers to correct any university policy violations.
• Collaborated with supervisors, professional staff, and resident advisors on a regular basis to solve mutual problems, to promote consistency and to offer suggestions to help improve the on-campus living environment.
• Trained in Myers-Briggs personality type indicator which prepares me to resolve residents' problems and conflict manage.
• Planned, implemented and conducted activities and programs to build community and help meet residents' social, academic, and developmental needs.
• Created advertisement using MS Word, PowerPoint and Excel.

Resident Advisor

Advised and mentored 55 residents

• Enforced hall policy and performed conflict and crisis management for 600 residents
• Counseled 7 peer leaders to help build community on the floor and building
• Organized and executed a weekly alcohol alternative community building program
• Coordinated winter and fall training sessions for 14 staff members
• Initiated programs to promote social justice and solutions for multicultural issues

Resident Advisor

Built a community of students in a residence hall occupied by 200 residents

• Conducted on call duty rotation, monitoring the building by addressing and reporting incidents
• Planed, budgeted, and marketed 22 programs, including academic and professional development series
• Populated content of monthly hall meeting agendas and monitored attendance and building fines
• Oversaw philanthropy efforts of Fulton Hall staff as related to the organization GOAL USA
• Served on specialized committee for staff recruitment, developing screening process interviewing candidates
• Developed mission, marketing, and programing for the Pace University Civility initiative

Resident Advisor

First point of contact for students living in the Residence Halls for any social, academic, or personal problems that they may experience.

• Organized educational and social community building events for both Residence Halls individually and through collaboration with the Residential Academic Program, the Study Abroad Office, and the Careers Services Office
• Assumed primary responsibility for the safety and security of all Residents in the Residence Hall while on call (approximately 1 night a week).
• Responsible for making purchases for events using a CU purchasing card and the CONCUR expense system.
• Effectively managed large groups
• Identified and resolved conflicts between students
• Interviewed and assessed new candidates for the RA position.
• Assisted in on the job training for new RAs.

Resident Advisor

Managed crises that arose within a building of up to 860 residents

• Fostered personal exploration and development among residents through educational programming
• Created and maintained a positive living environment
• Provided customer service to first and second year residents living in suite style residence halls
• Served in an on-call rotation of up to 18 Resident Advisors serving a population of up to 860 residents
• Lead staff development efforts to increase collaboration amongst team members
• Facilitated mediation through intentional conversations with residents to ensure safety and optimal living conditions within the residence halls
• Enforced University Housing and University policies and procedures to residents and their guests

Resident Advisor

• Ensured mental and physical well-being of 20 first year students in residential hall, plus over 200 residents in other halls.
• Programmed hall events to create inclusive, welcoming, and fulfilling community within dorm, and often engaged other university personnel and organizations to coordinate such events.
• Provided career advice, academic counseling, writing tips, and help with personal conflicts.
• Frequently coordinated with superiors and fellow RAs to address resident concerns.
• Applied and honed mediation, counseling, and administrative skills.

Resident Advisor

Designed, prepared, and implemented education, diversity, and health and wellness programs

• Created and distributed effective advertisements for programming drawing the highest number of attendees
• Supervised and provided personal and academic counseling to more than 30 students
• Executed administrative assignments such as room inspection, incident, and weekly reports
• Maintained and enforced university policies among residents