College Residence Assistant

Duties
As a College Residence Assistant, GS-0303-5, your typical work assignments and/or responsibilities may include, but are not limited to the following:

• Participate in promoting student involvement opportunities in various engagements in campus student organizations.
• Assist in planning and implementation of various education and recreation programs for residential students and the larger college community.
• Provide guidance regarding college policies and procedures to college students.
• Participate in various college service activities with students, faculty and staff.
  Incumbent must be available for rotational work assignments and holiday staff coverage. Incumbent will be scheduled on rotating shifts as needed to provide residential hall coverage over a 24-hour period, seven days a week, with the possible exception of school breaks.
  Must be able to work in a male and/or female adult college residence.

Qualifications
Experience and Education Requirements: (OPM Operating Manual, Qualification Standards for Clerical and Administrative Support Positions, Miscellaneous Clerk and Assistant Series GS-0303)
GS-05 grade level: One year of specialized experience equivalent to at least GS-04 grade level OR 4 years of education above high school OR a combination of experience and education. Specialized experience may include performing basic, routine, functions of a residence life program, including residence life programming, housing operations, room assignments, student safety and security.
Education: Successfully completed education (4 years of education) above the high school level in any field for which high school graduation or the equivalent is the normal prerequisite is creditable at grades GS-03 through GS-05. This education must have been obtained in an accredited business, secretarial or technical school, junior college or university. One year of full-time academic study is defined as 30 semester hours, 45 quarter hours, or the equivalent in a college or university, or at least 20 hours of classroom instruction per week for approximately 36 weeks in a business, secretarial, or technical school. Transcripts must be submitted with application. Education cannot be credited without documentation.
Combination: You must have equivalent combination of successfully completed post-high school education (beyond the second year) and specialized experience that meets the total experience requirements. Transcripts must be submitted with application. Education cannot be credited without documentation.
All qualification requirements must be met by the closing date of this announcement.
Merit Promotion candidates must also meet time-in-grade requirements by the announcement closing date.

Education
Are You Using Your Education to Qualify? You MUST provide transcripts or other documentation to support your educational claims. Unless otherwise stated: (1) official or unofficial transcripts are acceptable, or (2) you may submit a list with all of your courses, grades, semester, year, and credit for the course. All materials must be submitted by the closing date of the announcement.
Pass/Fail Courses: If more than 10 percent of your undergraduate coursework (credit hours) were taken on a pass/fail basis, your claim of superior academic achievement must be based upon class standing or membership in an honor society.
Graduate Education: One academic year of graduate education is considered to be the number of credit hours your graduate school has determined to represent one academic year of full-time study. Such study may have been performed on a full-time or part-time basis. If you cannot obtain your graduate school's definition of one year of graduate study, 18 semester hours (or 27 quarter hours) should be considered as satisfying the requirement for one year of full-time graduate study.
Foreign Education: If you are using education completed in foreign colleges or universities to meet the qualification requirements, you must send a Certificate of Foreign Equivalency with your transcript in order to receive credit for that education which shows the education credentials have been evaluated by a private organization that specializes in interpretation of foreign education programs and such education has been deemed equivalent to that gained in an accredited U.S. education program; or full credit has been given for the courses at a U.S. accredited college or university.