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Amerigo Education Resident Assistant Position

Amerigo Education is a U.S.-based education company that helps international students in the United States achieve their full potential. As a growing number of students from around the world seek to advance their education in American high schools, Amerigo is setting a new standard in educating international students by combining the established practices of nurturing, supportive environments from traditional American boarding schools with innovative approaches to language development and college guidance.

Backed by the Sterling Partners Education Opportunity Fund, Amerigo forms strategic partnerships with private day schools in the United States to provide a seamless academic experience for our students. Through the Amerigo model, we collaborate with our partner schools as they provide the core preparatory high-school curriculum while our team on-the-ground delivers a suite of academic, language, and cultural immersion programs in a well-staffed residential environment based in our local boarding campus. Amerigo seeks partners that our aligned in our mission to energize American educational communities through the diversity of students from around the world.

The Resident Assistant Position is a part-time position (part-time hours/week, ten months per year) that oversees all tasks and activities related to the student residential experience at the Amerigo campus location. Resident Assistants work with the campus team to maintain a safe, healthy, and engaging residential atmosphere. Developing strong relationships with the residential students and members of the partner school teams is essential to this position. Resident Assistants must be willing to take a proactive, hands-on approach in working with students to solve problems and conflicts and to offer academic, disciplinary, and moral guidance as needed.

Success in this role will be demonstrated by:

• Establishing nurturing and trusting relationships with students
• Creating and implementing processes, procedures, and policies related to the academic, residential, supervisory, and safety elements of the program
• Implementing an organizational focus on delivering exceptional student outcomes and satisfaction
• Aligning oneself and the team around a set of organizational values and standards

Key responsibilities

• Overseeing all aspects of the residential welfare of our students within the construct of the policies of Amerigo and the school
• Cultivating a safe, nurturing, structured, and comfortable environment for students
• Overseeing daily operations of the residential facility
• Communicating residential issues to the Full-Time Dorm Parents and Director of Campus Operations
• Supervising and coordinating evening and weekend organization and activities
• Managing the residential student meal program
• Promoting the image of the residential program within the school and local community

Key qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree or a third-year student at a 4-year institution preferred
• Relevant experience in lieu of formal education is acceptable
• Excellent communication skills; strong interpersonal skills
• Willingness and ability to work evenings, weekends, and holidays
• Experience working within a residential, camp, or youth setting
• Comfort working within a multicultural community
• Familiarity with technology and social media applications (Microsoft Office, Excel, and PowerPoint)

Physical requirements

• Occasionally move equipment weighing 50 pounds across campus for various campus needs
• Frequently move about inside the residence hall to access different parts of the building
• Frequently ascend/descend stairs to access different parts of the building

For additional information, please contact ...@amerigoeducation.com