Residential Life Student Workers serve as positive and professional representatives of the Office of Residential Life. Acting as an ambassadors to the WashU community, Residential Life Student Workers help maintain a welcoming, student-focused, and accessible office environment. They are often the first point of contact for students, families, campus partners, and other visitors to Residential Life. Residential Life Student Workers support a variety of office-related functions and responsibilities and are expected to work independently while handling sensitive information with a high level of discretion and confidentiality.

Primary Duties:

Below is a sampling of job duties. For a full description and application, please visit Handshake.

Serve as a first point of contact by greeting visitors and guests to Residential Life offices, answering incoming phone calls in a professional and courteous manner, responding to general inquiries, and accurately documenting and relaying messages to appropriate staff members in a timely fashion.

Support key distribution, access requests, and lockout assistance by following established security protocols, verifying identity as required, and documenting transactions in applicable systems.

Monitoring student printers/copiers located within residence halls and apartments to ensure paper and basic supplies are replenished to support student printing and copying needs.

Assisting Residential Life staff with clerical tasks such as distributing mail to Residential Life staff, delivering and picking up items from campus, equipment checkout, and other tasks.

Special projects as assigned by Residential Life staff.