Resident Attendant (Temporary)

Aloha mai! Mahalo for your interest in Kamehameha Schools. If you are looking for an opportunity to utilize your skills and talents and grow in your profession, while serving and strengthening our Native Hawaiian community, we would love to have you join our ʻohana!

About the role

Kamehameha Schools Kapālama Campus is seeking a Temporary Resident Attendant to support our Campus Residential Life Program from approximately September 2026 through January 2027. This temporary assignment may offer up to 40 hours per week, based on program needs.

Resident Attendants play an important role in fostering a safe, supportive, and positive living environment for our haumāna (students) residing on campus. Working closely with residential staff, the Resident Attendant helps supervise students, supports daily residential operations, promotes student well-being, and assists in creating a respectful community that reflects Kamehameha Schools' values. This opportunity is ideal for individuals who enjoy mentoring youth, building positive relationships, and contributing to student success in a residential setting.

Under the direction of the Dean of Student Well Being, the Resident Attendant (RA) manages overnight safety of residents and presence in assigned building(s). The RA is vital in creating a safe and secure living learning environment that fosters students' educational success and personal development. The RA supervises students who reside in the Residential Life Facilities during overnight shift hours, models and guides appropriate student behaviors, and exercises discretion and independent judgment within the programmatic framework.

Flexibility to work evenings, weekends, overnight shifts, and holidays may be required based on operational needs.

Responsibilities

• Serves as an educator for students’ development of life skills, social emotional learning, Hawaiian culture, and Christian values.
• Provides reinforcement of positive behaviors through encouragement and praise.
• Provides correction and redirection for students and holds them to high standards.
• Actively listens to students' thoughts, ideas, and concerns.
• Provides opportunities for student exploration of independence by providing developmentally appropriate options and choices within programmatic parameters.
• Practices active supervision during shift to ensure the safety of all students.
• Is available and accessible to students in the event of an emergency.
• Maintains open and ongoing communication with their respective staff teams.
• Participates in staff professional development and team building activities.
• Follows policies and protocols to ensure the safety of students and staff.
• Monitors facilities for all safety concerns and enters work orders as needed to address issues.
• Monitors duty logs for residents to keep updated on student behavior, community climate, and overall well-being.
• Provides opportunities for students to practice leadership and critical thinking skills.
• Intervenes impartially during emergency situations.
• Provides basic first aid care by adhering to medical training.
• Immediately reports signs of student mental health concerns to the appropriate persons.
• Follows all child abuse reporting protocols with urgency and accuracy.
• Maintains an awareness of student whereabouts at all times during overnight shift.
• As needed, reinforces lessons about safety including fire safety, chemical usage, internet safety, etc.
• Logs all student and perimeter checks.
• Prohibits visitors and keeps an awareness of all emergency personnel and/or staff that may enter the dorms during their overnight shift.
• Maintains accurate/reviews check out records and follows check out procedures.
• Provides an organic living learning environment that fosters learning and encourages students to seek self-improvement through their studies.
• Reinforces appropriate study skills, and provides environments that are conducive to learning.

Requirements

• High School Diploma/GED.
• Minimum 2 years of experience in a directly related field.
• Ability to obtain certification in CPR, First Aid, and AED within 2 months of hire.
• Skills in judgment and decision-making, problem solving, identifying measures of system performance and the actions to improve performance.
• Ability to work cooperatively, effectively and efficiently with students and other professionals.
• Skilled in organizing and prioritizing workload while working independently in campus-wide and off-campus spaces.
• Ability to maintain confidentiality and interact in sensitive situations in a professional manner.

Preferred Qualifications

• Working understanding of Hawaiian language and cultural values.
• Thorough knowledge of advising and counseling techniques.
• Able to assess and mediate individual and group conflicts with basic counseling, including but not limited to listening, reflecting, and summarizing skills.
• Demonstrated skill in handling crises and emergency situations involving student welfare and safety.
• Strong knowledge of common institution-wide computer application programs, including web-based meeting platforms.

Physical and Mental Requirements

• Frequently sits, performs desk-based computer tasks, and light or fine manual dexterity.
• Frequently communicates verbally, electronically, and in writing with stakeholders, including the ability to clearly see, hear, and speak to aid in the conversation.
• Frequently stands and/or walks for extended periods of time.
• Frequently ascends/descends multiple flights of stairs throughout the buildings to effectively supervise residents.
• Frequently twists, bends, stoops, squats, kneels, crawls, reaches, or works above shoulder, or grasps forcefully.
• Ability to lift, move, position, and/or transport 30 pounds.

Working Conditions

• This position may involve traveling to various locations, including neighbor islands to conduct business.
• Work is conducted in an office environment and may require work to be conducted in non-standard workplaces.
• Work is typically conducted Monday through Friday at normal business hours but may be conducted in evenings and weekends, to meet goals and objectives.
• Work may involve exposure to extreme temperatures and contact with hazardous materials, dust, dirt, smoke, unpleasant odors, loud noises, etc.

Pay

$23.83 - $31.98 hourly.