Responsible and accountable for enforcing the policies and procedures of the University and the Office of Housing while preserving legal, moral, and ethical standards. Keep staff informed of campus events, programs, and activities through bulletin boards, personal contact, and regular staff meetings. Confront violations immediately in a positive, constructive, and consistent manner. Maintain the security and safety of the hall directly related to the students. Responsible for completing all paperwork in a timely and accurate manner. Effectively design, evaluate, update, maintain and assign duties for the 24-hour desk operation and its services, and supervise all student workers. Precisely report and account for the overall hours worked in the operation of the residence hall. Report time for bi-weekly employees, and keep up with each worker’s pay and hours worked.Responsible for the RHA equipment inventory. Routinely check on status and condition of inventoried items. Keep abreast of Hall conditions and activities by becoming familiar with residents and the staff by making an effort to meet their needs and attending appropriate floor programs and insuring personal availability to residents. Appropriately follow, understand and insure all campus and Housing policies and procedures in a respectable and professional manner by defining, applying and following set objectives. Work with and assist the Hall Director in a manner that would allow for comfortable substitution and a complete transition of the two if the need presented itself. Work with residents individually and in groups in such areas as programming, personal to academic counseling, advising, and discipline.

The Resident Assistant (RA) facilitates the social, academic, and personal adjustment of students to the residence hall and University. The RA develops a sense of community among residents as members of a floor, residents of a hall, and active participants in the residence life system. The RA serves as a positive role model to residents and peer staff members. The RA enforces the rules and policies of Residence Life, Housing and Dining Services and the University. The RA acts as a liaison between residents and the University administration.

Resident Assistants serve an important role in the educational and social life of students. They are responsible for developing a healthy residence community, acting as resources for the students, providing programming opportunities for the community, performing administrative tasks, enforcing institute policies, working as part of a residence leadership team, and assisting students. Resident Assistants are expected to know and work with all students in their area of responsibility and to be available and accessible to provide support and assistance on a variety of issues. They communicate compassion and openness and are perceptive listeners in an effort to affect positive change and growth. As staff members with whom students will have extensive daily contact, Resident Assistants assess the needs of the student community and design, develop, and implement extracurricular programs and activities to meet these needs. Very importantly, they inform students of and enforce rules and regulations. They must exercise initiative, take action to handle situations as they arise, and communicate observations and concerns promptly to the management staff. Resident Assistants also take shifts in the student life office and must be able to compile reports, conduct inventories, and complete other administrative tasks and projects such as answering telephones and sorting mail. As members of the BUTI team, these positions are expected to help bridge student life aspects of the program with the academic side of the Institute. A pro-active attitude and willingness to take initiative are necessary. The nature of these positions calls for individuals who are willing to work flexible hours.

The Resident Assistant (RA) facilitates the social, academic, and personal adjustment of students to the residence hall and University. The RA develops a sense of community among residents as members of a floor, residents of a hall, and active participants in the residence life system. The RA serves as a positive role model to residents and peer staff members. The RA enforces the rules and policies of Residence Life, Housing and Dining Services and the University. The RA acts as a liaison between residents and the University administration.