Dorm Parent (Part-Time)

Position Summary

The Dorm Parent will work as a vital member of a closely based team of dedicated staff, providing oversight mentorship, and wellness support. Emphasize a Christ-like culture within the dorms by showing love and support for every individual and ensure the health and well-being of the boarding community. Enhance learning to establish good behavior within the international student boarding community. Nurture a diverse group of students from across the globe, fostering continuous engagement and supporting their daily lives. Build trust by overseeing and advocating for students. Focus on character development and promoting a safe and welcoming community. Actively participate in the life of the dorm, serving as a visible and engaged mentor and being prepared for emergencies.

Essential Functions

• Provide consistent oversight and wellness support for residents, ensuring a safe and nurturing environment.
• Aid students with their residential needs, study skills development, and resources to enhance learning.
• Support specific dorm meetings, formal dinners, activities, and special events organized for resident students.
• Collaborate and communicate with the International Student Program Director, Residential Life Director, residential staff, students, and other CRISTA staff (facilities, security, IT, Senior Living).
• Fulfill administrative tasks related to the dorm, including record keeping, communication, and reporting student progress.
• Participate in required staff meetings and engage in relevant training and orientations for staff at the start and end of the academic year (if required).

Community Building & Leadership

• Organize and lead engaging activities and events that promote community building, cultural exchange, and recreational opportunities when requested.
• Promote character education opportunities that emphasize the values of integrity, respect, and responsibility.
• Reinforce the importance of community leadership by modeling behavior consistent with the values of King’s Schools.
• Model and encourage Christ-like behavior, demonstrating support for others within the dorm community.

Additional Duties

• Fulfill all administrative tasks and other duties as assigned.
• Occasionally required to transport students to and from (Sea Tac Airport to campus).

Essential Qualifications

• CHRIST CENTERED:
  • Belief that Jesus Christ is Lord and Savior.
  • A committed Christian who is dedicated to continued spiritual growth and development as evidenced through a growing personal walk with God (e.g. daily spiritual rhythms of prayer, fellowship, Bible study, etc.).
  • Prayfully seeks God’s will in their own lives and in their ministry at CRISTA.
  • Engages our ministry including staff and colleagues through prayer, participation in spiritual practices, leading devotionals and other spiritual practices.
  • Affirms, aligns with and supports CRISTA’s Statement of Faith and Christian Community Representative Statement (CCC).
  • Carrries a track record of acting effectively and supervising students in a variety of potential emergency situations.
• EDUCATION:
  • Bachelor’s degree completed or in progress from an accredited college or similar advanced training in a relevant field.
• EXPERIENCE:
  • Working with young people as a mentor, as a dorm parent or higher, classroom teacher, camp counselor, youth group leader, or in a similar role.
• LICENSURE / CERTIFICATION:
  • Van Training (DOT),
  • CPR Certification,
  • Medical Admin Certification,
  • Food Handlers Permit (can be completed on the job)
• SOFTWARE / EQUIPMENT KNOWLEDGE:
  • Basics of Microsoft Office Suit
• REACH Dorm Software (can be completed on the job)
• VECTOR Software Training (can be completed on the job)

Other Considerations

• Ability to pass background checks relating to DSHS Secretary’s List of Crimes and Negative Actions. (WAC 388-113).
• Exhibit commitment to personal integrity, character development and community membership as well as broad emotional intelligence and a deep reserve of patience.
• Illustrate willingness to support and engage in programming specific to character development and community building, and recreational and cultural activities.
• Practice cultural humility in personal interactions.
• Maintain designated duty shifts, flexibility to cover afternoons to late nights, weekends and participate in additional school events and dorm activities outside regular duty hours.
• Is eligible to work in the United States.

STATEMENT OF NONDISCRIMINATION

CRISTA is a Christian, religious organization that lives out its faith-based mission through five ministries: CRISTA Camps, CRISTA Media, CRISTA Senior Living, King’s Schools, and World Concern. As permitted by Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, CRISTA reserves the right to prefer employees of a particular religion and to require its employees to hold certain religious beliefs, engage in certain religious observances, and engage in or refrain from engaging in certain behavior, based on CRISTA’s religious beliefs. CRISTA’s employees must agree with and support without reservation CRISTA’s Statement of Faith and must conduct themselves in accordance with the religious beliefs and practices that flow from that Statement of Faith and CRISTA’s Christian Community Policy. Among those employees and employment applicants who agree with and support without reservation and abide by the Statement of Faith and CRISTA’s Christian Community Policy, CRISTA does not unlawfully discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, age, sex, disability, genetic information, or any other protected characteristic.