Residential Life Manager

Position: Residential Life Manager  
Work Site: ​Yale University – New Haven, CT  
Contract Duration: ​Monday June 16 (arrive 10am) – Friday August 1, 2025 (leave after 3 pm)  
Compensation: $​9,600 salary stipend (plus free housing and meals since this is a residential position) 

Work Schedule:

F​ull-time – The Residential Life Manager (RLM) is expected to work full-time on a shift rotation (including nights and weekends) established between the Assistant Director of Residential Life (ARDL) and the RLM during in person Orientation and are part of an overnight on-call rotation in case of high level emergencies throughout the duration of the program.   

Job Description  

Students and early career professionals interested in exploring global education while immersed in an inclusive community are invited to join our Yale Young Global Scholars (YYGS)’s summer team. YYGS is an academic summer enrichment program for outstanding high school students from around the world that is administered by Yale’s Office of International Affairs (OIA). In 2024, YYGS will host up to 600 high school students in a series of three in-person academic enrichment programs, each 2-weeks in length. Sessions will cover academic topics in STEM, humanities, social sciences, and cross-disciplinary areas. YYGS is a unique learning opportunity for both our participants and staff.  

Under the direct supervision of the Assistant Director of Residential Life (ADRL), 1 RLM is hired, this individual will directly supervise 3 College Leads, and 1 Special Events Lead. The Residential Life Manager and their team are responsible for maintaining a safe and welcoming YYGS community, ensuring the safety and security of YYGS participants, and ensuring that the facilitating program operations in each of the three respective college is happening. The RLM is responsible for maintaining a constant presence in the residential colleges throughout the program to respond and support staff/student needs and address them in a timely manner. Due to the nature of this program, the RLM may also be asked to help/fill in other duties as assigned to support the overall staffing needs. 

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Lead Residential Life Team of three unique YYGS residential colleges, including Residential Life Leads, and their respective Residential Fellows (total 25). Empower staff to work independently and together. Support their needs, monitor their work ethic and quality of work, ensure their schedules are adequately/equitably staffed, and provide ongoing constructive feedback.  

• Serve as a proxy for the ADRL in their absence, making decisions while also communicating with the Director.  

• Hold conversations around accountability to ensure staff are successful in their roles.  

• Ensure the college’s Program Office is well staffed, ensure all residential needs of participants are met (facilities and accommodation, etc.) and report any concerns.  

• Participants visit the Program Office for all their non-academic residential needs such as lost keys, roommate conflicts, maintenance issues, and participant sign in/out of game equipment.  

• Assist with coordinating participant check-in/check-out procedures. Responsibilities include ensuring that all participants successfully arrive at the program (and reporting students who are not accounted for to the ADRL) and overseeing prox card, nametag, room key distribution. Check-out procedures include facilitating room inspections and managing the return of prox cards, and room keys.  

• Work collaboratively as a team to ensure that all 600 participants are accounted for in every academic class session (lecture, breakout sessions, capstone project groups, and seminars), residential activity, and all other scheduled events. Actively seek out participants who are unaccounted for in these sessions.  

• Mentor participants and enforce program rules which include respect for the property of the residential college and all individuals in the vicinity, including Yale affiliates who share the space with YYGS.  

• Collaborate with leadership to make sure all participants understand and respect the evening curfew and program boundaries while being approachable, so participants are comfortable reaching out when in need. 

• Attending opening day Welcome & Orientation presentation by residential college. 

• Attend Residential Events by residential college. 

• YYGS Speaker Series, this event is a Ted Talk style of opportunity in which participants are invited to share on a special interest topic (can be academic or non-academic) to their peers.  

• YYGS Staff Speaker Series, this event is a Ted Talk style opportunity for staff to share insightful information on special interest topics (can be academic or non-academic) for participants.  

• Talent Show, this event is for participants to showcase their hidden skills in front of their respective residential college.  

• Last Night Party, this event is the celebration marking the end of the participants time at YYGS, staff will chaperone this event to ensure participant safety. 

• Adhere to and implement strategies as set forth by ADRL for disciplinary action of YYGS participants and staff alike, including proper documentation of all interactions (disciplinary, academic, or interpersonal in nature).  

• Be the primary point of contact during the sessions for residential staff including carrying and answering the program cell phone during the day and overnight (when on shift).  

• This may include speaking to concerned parents or having to go to the hospital with an injured student. 

• Communicate any concerns about participants to the ADRL in an appropriate and timely fashion.  

• By the end of summer programming, submit recommendations for edits to overall residential expectations, and other related programing.  

• Perform other related functions at the direction of the Leadership Team.  

​Skills and Specifications:

• Has excellent communication and interpersonal skills including comfort with public speaking to an audience of 200+ 

• Has experience in effectively managing a team.  

• Comfortable working with teenage children (ages 16-18)  

• Demonstrates superior organizational skills and ability to multitask.  

• Responds appropriately to stressful situations.  

• Demonstrates flexibility and willingness to help administer the program.  

• Enjoys working outdoors and doesn’t mind walking across campus several times per day and lifting ~20 pounds.  

• Is available for occasional coordination meetings (virtual) in Spring 2025 and available to arrive on June 16 for training and work full-time while in session June 21 (9:00am) — August 1 (3pm), 2025  

Experience and Training: