Residence Life Student Employment

Residence Life is proud to offer the following employment opportuntiies to all students at CU Boulder. Below you will find information about each position as well as qualifications and payrates. For more information, please contact carmen.donohoe@colorado.edu or reslifestudenthiring@colorado.edu. 

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Residence Hall and Bear Creek Positions

Resident Advisor

As a Resident Advisor, you will be responsible for creating an inclusive community among residents under the supervision of the hall director. There are many benefits of being an RA at CU Boulder! You can gain exceptional leadership skills, learn how to manage conflict, and make a difference in your community!

  • Requirements: 2.5 GPA, good conduct standing, full-time enrollment status (12 credits for undergraduate students)
  • Remuneration: RAs are provided with room and board and a stipend for the length of their employment

Community Assistant

As a community assistant (CA) you will work at the community centers (front desks) in the residence halls. You'll help with day-to-day issues like room lockouts and checking out equipment, but also participate in and encourage community-building in your hall while focusing on customer service. Learn more in the CA Handbook. 

  • Pay Rate: $16 per hour

Community Center Lead

As a Community Center Lead (CCL) you will be responsible for the administrative operations and management of the community center (front desk) under the direction of the community center coordinator. Benefits of this position include gaining valuable leadership and supervision skills while working in a large team environment.

  • Payrate: $16.85 per hour

Senior Resident Advisor

Leadership: Senior Resident Advisors (SRAs) serve as a resource, positive role model, and peer mentor to new and returning RAs. SRAs assists new and returning RAs with confrontations, mediations, questions, and concerns under the direction of their hall director. It is important for SRAs to have a productive working relationship with their hall director and to be a positive influence on the RA team for Residence Life, and campus partner’s endeavors.

  • Requirements: 1 academic year completed as an RA, 2.5 GPA. Good conduct standing
  • Renumeration: SRAs are provided with room and board for the length of their employment. SRAs are provided a stipend of $3,600 for the extra 5 hours a week required of the role.

Graduate and Family Housing Positions

Student Assistant I. Admin position

Customer service duties including: Answering phones; answering questions at the counter; keep daily activity log, handle night/weekend move-ins – copying IDs; accepting payment via CC authorization form; taking Security Deposits via credit card authorization from or check and writing receipts. 

To apply please log into cuboulder.erezlife.com.

  • Payrate: $16 per hour

 

Apartment Assisants

The function of an Apartment Assistant is to facilitate interaction and communication among residents and the Graduate and Family Housing staff and to promote a sense of community among Graduate and Family Housing residents. We strive to develop and sustain a sensitive, tolerant, and humane community, which allows as much personalized flexibility for individual styles of living as possible. 

An Apartment Assistant plays a significant role in making this happen. This position description and agreement serves as an overview of the Residence Life expectations of the RA position with additional community-specific expectations provided by the RA’s supervisor.

  • Remuneration: Apartment Assistants are compensated in the form of a rent credit for a two-bedroom unfurnished apartment for each month of appointment.

Summer CUCS Positions

Residential Services Manager (RSM)

Live-In position. This Residential Services Manager position is responsible for the day-to-day housing operations of the Residence Halls. This paraprofessional job will have varied work responsibilities depending on placement and will be scheduled to work 40(+) hours a week. This is a full-time, live in, salaried, temporary job during the summer months only.

  • Remuneration: This Residential Services Manager position is a salaried position earning Room & Board plus a $250/week stipend. Hours will flex from week to week based on needs.

Residential Services Assistant (RSA)

This Residential Services Assistant positon is responsible for day-to-day support of the summer conference operations occurring within the residence halls. This position will work directly with the Residential Services Manager position to ensure all aspects for each conference are ready for the anticipated arrival. This job is involved in working with guest relations and must deliver a high-level of customer service. The successful candidates will have strong attention to detail and excellent customer service skills. The position starts in late May with training and ends in early August.

  • Remuneration: RSA $16, NRSA $15.50