Resident Advisor

Resident Advisor - Summer Student Program

The Summer Student Program is a signature education program of The Jackson Laboratory. The Resident Advisor(s) implements the residential life program within the JAX Summer Student Program including day-to-day logistics and recreational activities. With oversight and guidance from the Resident Supervisor and the Program Director of the Summer Student Program, the Resident Advisor fosters programmatic harmony through communication and problem-solving, and ensures student safety through awareness and compliance with JAX policies. By organizing social and recreational activities, the RA team. SSP RA positions are open at The Jackson Laboratory (Bar Harbor ME).

Key Responsibilities:

• Implement day-to-day logistical components of the residential life program, with a focus on student safety. These include but are not limited to: leading sessions during student residential orientation, shared oversight of daily student arrivals and departures from the student residence, transportation of students in JAX-provided vans, facilitating routine and emergency medical care, participation in on-duty supervision schedules, and facilitating student compliance with residential policies, procedures, and traditions.
• Participate in a shared 'on-call' schedule, which will include evening and weekend hours.

• Maintain informal communication, rapport, and personal presence, leading to a high level of awareness of individual student needs and challenges, with a focus on student well-being.
• Implement recreational components of the residential life program, with a focus on risk management. These include but are not limited to: whitewater rafting, a camping trip in Maine, program-sponsored travel to Boston or New York City, and other ad hoc activities.

Requirements:

• Candidates must demonstrate ability and strong desire to work in a residential education and research environment, including outstanding near-peer communication, leadership, organization, and mentoring skills.
• Must be a self-motivated, team-oriented, patient and disciplined problem solver and solution builder.
• Must have prior experience as a JAX intern including either the Summer Student Program or research internship, however you may apply for an RA position in ME regardless of where your previous research was based.
• Due to legal requirements for vehicle operation, candidates must be 21 or old to be considered for this opportunity.
• Must hold a valid US drivers license and be able to transport groups of students in a van provided by JAX.
• Must reside at the student residence for the full period of the Summer Student Program, approximately May 22th through August 9th, 2025, including orientation and other activities that occur before and after the students depart.

Preferred experience includes: prior work as a residential life staffer in a college or university setting, service as a peer mentor or teacher, and experience organizing recreational or residential programs. The ideal candidate is a recent or near college graduate pursuing a career or higher education in a STEM field. Please submit letter of interest and resume as one document to complete application process. Please carefully review the above information for eligibility.

Pay Range: $16.16 - $20 per hour

About JAX:

The Jackson Laboratory is an independent, nonprofit biomedical research institution with a National Cancer Institute-designated Cancer Center and nearly 3,000 employees in locations across the United States (Maine, Connecticut, California),Japan andChina. Its mission is to discover precise genomic solutions for disease and empower the global biomedical community in the shared quest to improve human health.

Founded in 1929, JAX applies over nine decades of expertise in genetics to increase understanding of human disease, advancing treatments and cures for cancer, neurological and immune disorders, diabetes, aging and heart disease. It models and interprets genomic complexity, integrates basic research with clinical application, educates current and future scientists, and provides critical data, tools and services to the global biomedical community. For more information, please visitwww.jax.org.

EEO Statement:

The Jackson Laboratory provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment in all job classifications without regard to race, color, religion, age, mental disability, physical disability, medical condition, gender, sexual orientation, genetic information, ancestry, marital status, national origin, veteran status, and other classifications protected by applicable state and local non-discrimination laws.