Student Care Graduate Assistant

About the role

The Student Care Graduate Assistant (SCGA) is a live-in position at Vanguard University. The primary functions include assisting with high-touch student care and conduct strategies, case management, campus outreach, Resident Director (RD) case support, Resident Assistant (RA) training and support, and student success initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Facilitate or assist in the student care and conduct process including serving as case manager and student advocate
• Develop curriculum for RAs and for students in the care or conduct process (topics related to: mental health, resilience, conflict management, self-care, owning one's impact, ethics-in-community, etc)
• Meet regularly for ongoing case management and student care and conduct trainings with the Assistant Director of Student Care & Conduct
• Collaborate with major stakeholders and campus experts who support and engage in student care and conduct processes such as Disability Services, Registrar's Office, Academic Resource Center, Campus Safety, Title IX, Title VII, Athletics, and the Counseling Center
• Perform administrative duties for case management: building and assigning cases, issuing warnings, sending letters, issuing sanctions, and tracking deadlines through Maxient
• Understand and winsomely communicate the rationale for Vanguard University Community Standards and code of conduct
• Develop & facilitate 12 major campus-wide initiatives for residential students based on current year Maxient trends (preventative mental health, relational conflict, etc)
• Support, develop, and lead programs partnership with RDs
• Facilitate wellness checks and room searches
• Lead occasional RA staff meetings and an RA support group
• Participate in weekly on-duty emergency rotation
• Participate in Residence Life staff meetings and supervision, Student Care & Conduct Interventions Team, and biweekly meetings with supervising Assistant Director
• Other duties as assigned

Requirements

• Completed bachelor's degree at start of employment
• Enrolled in an accredited degree-granting master's level graduate program for duration of employment
• Emerging demonstration of intercultural competency and understanding of diversity, inclusion, and equity issues that impact today's college student
• Experience with college students
• Emerging case management skill set (detail oriented, time management, question-driven conversations, emotional intelligence, compassionate, objective, ethically-minded)
• Able to uphold and abide by Vanguard University policies and residential living rules as similarly expected of resident directors
• Emerging willingness to learn and apply student leadership and student affairs theory and best practices
• Expressive Christian faith. Demonstrated commitment and agreement with the Vanguard University mission statement and goals

Qualifications

• Completed bachelor's degree at start of employment
• Enrolled in an accredited degree-granting master's level graduate program for duration of employment
• Emerging demonstration of intercultural competency and understanding of diversity, inclusion, and equity issues that impact today's college student
• Experience with college students
• Emerging case management skill set (detail oriented, time management, question-driven conversations, emotional intelligence, compassionate, objective, ethically-minded)
• Able to uphold and abide by Vanguard University policies and residential living rules as similarly expected of resident directors
• Emerging willingness to learn and apply student leadership and student affairs theory and best practices
• Expressive Christian faith. Demonstrated commitment and agreement with the Vanguard University mission statement and goals

Skills

None specified in the job posting.

Benefits

• $12,800 stipend for a ten-month appointment paid in equal bi-weekly installments
• An on-campus furnished apartment including utilities, washer & dryer access, basic cable access, and high-speed internet access
• $500 campus cash for use in campus dining facilities
• Professional development opportunities provided throughout the year

Pay

$12,800 stipend for a ten-month appointment paid in equal bi-weekly installments

Schedule

Approximately 20 hours per week for about 10 months