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Student Employment

The Office of Housing & Residential Education offers several student employment opportunities. Students may work up to 20 hours per week during the fall and spring semesters. During May and summer terms, some students may work up to 40 hours per week. Exceptions to these hour-per-week maximums are rare.

 

Front Desk Assistant

Front Desk Assistants currently staff the desks in nine of Vanderbilt’s residence halls.  They serve as customer service resources for residents, guests and visitors to the halls. Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

  • Arriving at least 5 minutes early to each shift
  • Signing in and out at the beginning and end of each shift
  • Filling out the Activity Log
  • Checking out equipment, such as vacuums, and Common Area Keys
  • Answering the phone
  • Observing traffic within the entrance areas of residence halls
  • Offering assistance to those who appear to need help

FDAs are able to schedule their own hours and are expected to be at the desk at all times during their shifts, attend monthly staff meetings and get substitutes for their shifts when needed. FDAs are required to work a
minimum of 8 hours and a maximum of 20 hours per week. Missed shifts are not tolerated. Contingent upon the shift, compensation is between $7.25 – $9.00.

RAs and HRs need not apply, but should send an email to their supervisors stating their interest in working a shift at the desk.

2012 Recruitment Timeline
March 28, 2012 Applications available online
April 3rd , 2012 (Tuesday) Applications due to Branscomb Front Desk by 12pm
April 4-5th, 2012 (Wednesday and Thursday) Interview Sign up at Branscomb Quad
April 9-13th, 2012 (Friday to Friday) Interviews (times and locations to be announced via email)

Front Desk Assistant Application 2013

 

Resident Adviser and Head Resident

Upper-class, graduate, and professional students may apply for these paraprofessional, part time, live-in
positions in University residence halls. HRs and RAs are responsible for:

  • community development
  • social, educational and other programming
  • enforcing University policy
  • administrative tasks
  • peer counseling

Intensive, mandatory, pre-employment training is provided. Resident Adviser and Head
Resident positions are filled in the spring for the following academic year, but applications are
received at other times when vacancies occur. In most cases, Head Residents have at least a year’s
experience at Vanderbilt as an RA.

Peabody graduate students interested in being a Head Resident in The Martha Rivers Ingram Commons should contact Scott Rausch at scott.k.rausch@vanderbilt.edu with any questions. HRs must have at least one year of RA experience.

Resident Adviser & Head Resident Application

Graduate Assistants

Graduate Assistants in the Office of Housing and Residential Education work and conduct research in the following areas:

  • living/learning communities
  • faculty in residence programs
  • housing assignments.

Preference is given to candidates with relevant experience and/or skills in any of the following areas:

  • writing
  • research methodology
  • statistics
  • database management

Generally, masters and doctoral candidates in higher education at Peabody College are preferred. Positions are filled in the spring for the following academic year.

Contact: ResEd@vanderbilt.edu, 615.322.2591.

Undergraduate Student Clerks

Duties include running errands and making deliveries on campus, picking up mail, making and collating copies, assisting in bulk mailings, and other clerical duties.

Contact: ResEd@vanderbilt.edu, 615.322.2591.

Graduate Student Clerks

In addition to tasks listed under Undergraduate Student Clerk, duties include working with undergraduate student files and other confidential information, assisting with answering phones on occasion, and with scheduling appointments, completing other clerical and secretarial tasks, and restocking supplies.

Contact: ResEd@vanderbilt.edu, 615.322.2591.

Conference Assistants

Conference Assistants, under the direction of the Director of Conferences, are responsible for the daily success of the summer conference program. CA’s serve as hosts to visiting not-for-profit groups, guests of University departments, and participants of University programs, and are involved in every element of the conference program, from pre-arrival preparations and post-departure duties, to fulfilling specific program requirements and needs. Positions are normally filled by mid February for the following summer. The term of the position runs from mid-May to mid-August. Campus housing is provided, and living on campus is mandatory.

Contact: conferences@vanderbilt.edu, 615.343.8699.

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