Residential Advisor - Military veterans preferred

Aleut Federal, LLC


Job Category: Operations
Requisition Number: RESID003078

Posted: May 6, 2025
Schedule: Full Time
Location: El Paso, Texas 79901, United States

Job Corps is the largest nationwide no-cost residential career training program in the country and has been operating for more than 50 years. With a mission to “attract eligible young people, teach them the skills they need to become employable and independent and place them in meaningful jobs or further their education,” the program helps eligible young people ages 16 through 24 complete their high school education, trains them for meaningful careers, and assists them with obtaining employment. Job Corps has trained and educated over two million individuals since 1964.

Residential Advisor- David Carrasco Job Corps

Reports to the Independent Living Manager and is an hourly, non-exempt position. Provides a safe, supportive, and predictable environment in dormitory supervision of Job Corps trainees in their daily activities, monitoring their progress in attaining performance contract goals and objectives and utilizing behavior management and intentional and consistent Core-Value-driven practices. Conducts dormitory operations in accordance with center operating policy and procedures and in accordance with Aleut operation procedures. Demonstrates ongoing commitment to preparing young people for the workforce by modeling, mentoring, and monitoring excellence in the eight Career Success Standards of workplace relations and ethics; information management; communications; multicultural awareness; personal growth and development; career and personal planning; interpersonal skills and independent living.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Demonstrates and abides by Aleut Core Values.
• Assists students in adjusting to Center life by providing supervision, behavior modification, and acting as a mentor.
• Ensures students meet the required schedule, waking on time and arriving on time for school or work.
• Serves as a Career Success Team (CST) member.
• Ensures students are adequately prepared for the training day, g., dressed appropriately.
• Provides daily supervision or assistance in monitoring students in personal hygiene, and room/chore assignments.
• Ensures dorms are always clean and inspected.
• Provides informal counseling related to stress management, and personal problems, and provides insight into responsible behavior and attitudes.
• Documents student records according to PRH, inputting all relevant student information.
• Prepares applicable reports to ensure accurate documentation.
• Maintains dormitory dream boards and bulletin boards with updated student and center information.
• Serves as a channel of communication between management and staff.
• Facilitates groups in life skills including budgeting, renter's rights, completing a lease, completing chores, etc.
• Facilitates small group discussions on life skills, peer mediation, conflict resolution,
• Participates in ESPs for students in assigned groups.
• Assesses the need for confidentiality balanced with the need to report situations on behalf of students to ensure the safety and well-being of students.
• Contact family members for consent for the pass system.
• Facilitates prompt and appropriate assistance to students in the event of injury, illness, emotional trauma, etc.
• Provides CPR/First Aid as warranted.
• Meets individually a minimum of once a month with students in assigned dorms.
• Performs and documents regular perimeter checks of the dorm and outside perimeter to ensure safety.
• Facilitates weekly dorm meetings which include accountability.
• Facilitates daily Morning Accountability Checks (MAC's)
• Ensures all equipment and facilities are clean and maintained following center, Aleut, and DOL standards.
• Creates a warm, welcoming atmosphere.
• Ensures student rooms, dream boards, and bulletin boards are maintained.
• Ensures the assigned dormitory and its outdoor area are maintained in good repair.
• Ensures use of federal equipment is within DOL, Aleut, and center guidelines.
• Attends all required training.
• Maintains a work environment of zero accidents and injuries including no lost time.
• Ensures a work environment that provides an equal opportunity.
• Cultivate and maintain a positive climate in the center that is free of harassment, intimidation, bullying, and disrespect to provide a safe place for staff and students to work.
• Communicates and consistently models appropriate CSS and employability skills including personal responsibility.
• Maintains accountability of staff, students, and property, and adheres to safety practices in all areas of responsibility.

• Performs other duties as needed.

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work performed by a person in this position. They are not to be construed as an exhaustive list of all duties that may be performed in such a position.

Education and Experience Requirements:

• High School graduate required.
• Prefer two years' experience in a related field such as counseling, education, social work, rehabilitation, or vocational.
• Able to complete all mandated training requirements per government and management.
• Able to read email daily and reply to messages promptly based on urgency.
• Valid driver's license in the state of employment with an acceptable driving record.

Additional Requirements: Must be able to compose descriptive reports; use appropriate techniques to implement programmatic activities; verbally direct individuals and groups; remedy dysfunctional behavior; intervene with students in crisis with aggression control/safe physical management restraint techniques; complete mandated training courses. Knowledge of methods needed to instill appropriate behavior as well as work and study habits in adolescent students, housekeeping techniques, and management. Ability to read, comprehend, interpret, communicate, and execute instructions fluently in English. Ability to effectively relate to the trainee population. Excellent communication skills, both oral and written. The position requires the ability to operate office equipment. In addition, individuals must be able to interact with team members and maintain an effective working relationship with all facility staff and departments.

Working Conditions: This position involves occasional standing, walking, stooping, carrying, and lifting to 50 pounds. Applicant must be able to see, hear, and speak.

Environmental Demands: The position requires the ability to spend 65% of work time outside and 35% of work time indoors; the ability to withstand moderate noise levels, including voice levels 90% of work time; the ability to work in high-temperature settings during the summer months; and ability to work in low-temperature settings in winter months.

Aleut offers the following benefits to eligible employees:

• Health insurance
• Dental/Vision insurance
• Paid Time Off
• Short- and Long-Term Disability
• Life insurance
• 401k and match

Aleut Federal, LLC provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity or genetics. In addition to federal law requirements, AF complies with applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facilities. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training. AF prohibits any form of workplace harassment based on race, color, sex, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, genetic information, disability, or veteran status.

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