Employment & Volunteer Opportunities

POSITIONS AVAILABLE: 1

IMMEDIATE SUPERVISOR: Director of Programming & Operations

POSITION TYPE: In-Person, Full-Time Temporary

DATES OF EMPLOYMENT: 6/11/23 – 7/31/23

Staff Arrival Date: 6/11/23

Training: 6/12/23 – 6/14/23

Summer Festival: 6/15/22 –7/30/23

Staff Departure Date: 7/31/23

The Student Life Coordinator will work in the Institute’s administrative offices & teaching facilities and, as such, is expected to dress in appropriate attire. Ripped jeans, mini skirts, halter-tops, tank tops, shorts, and t-shirts with graphics are discouraged during business hours and concerts.

Requirements for the Student Life Coordinator position are as follows:

• • Must be at least 21 years of age
  • Undergraduate degree in education, student affairs, music performance or related field, preferred
  • Experience working in Student Life in a university of summer program setting, required
  • Experience with event management and basic accounting skills, required
  • Background in classical music, preferred
  • Experience with conflict resolution, preferred
  • Experience with Residence Life on-duty responsibilities, preferred
  • Responsive and attentive to communications during expanded business hours (8:00 – 22:00)
  • Ability to healthily cope with stressful and demanding situations
  • A commitment to the principles of diversity, equity, and inclusion as they relate to the Heifetz Institute and its community
  • Adheres to the Heifetz Institute policies and procedures in accordance with the mission and philosophy of the program

Responsibilities of the Student Life Coordinator are as follows:

• • Provide full logistical organization of student events
  • Student Life budget oversight
  • Oversee team of Resident Assistants
  • Manage duty rotation
  • Hold weekly Residence Hall meetings to convey important information
  • Help facilitate weekly or bi-weekly recreational student activities
  • Holding residents accountable for their behavior
  • Educating residents on the policies and procedures of the Institute
  • Role modeling positive attitudes and behaviors
  • Helping to facilitate an environment that allows students to meet their goals
  • Mediating disputes and thereby providing opportunities to for residents to look at the world from different perspectives
  • Serving as a resource and liaison for all studios, with particular focus to students in the 21+ dormitory
  • Providing helping skills for residents in need
  • Supporting and enforcing the policies and procedures of the Faculty and Administration
  • Keeping track of resident occupancy
  • Responding to all requests and emergencies during duty hours
  • Documenting policy violations
  • Reporting maintenance, health, safety, and facility concerns
  • Other duties as assigned

Compensation

Compensation is $3,000 for the contracted period. Housing and meals will be provided for the duration of the contract. Employment is contingent upon the signing of a contract by the Student Life Coordinator and the Heifetz Institute, as well as passing a background check. The Student Life Coordinator will be responsible for their own transportation costs to and from the Institute.