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The RA Position
General Information
- There are ~175 RA positions across campus during the academic year. This includes the roughly 53 Living Learning Community Resident Advisors.
- RA positions are available on North Campus and South Campus for the academic year.
- The academic year RA benefits includes room and board (housing and meal plan) valued at a total of $8,115.00 a semester (as of 2019). If you are a Living Learning Community RA, there is the opportunity to earn additional compensation.
- All candidates interested in participating in the RA recruitment process, may not have an active disciplinary status at the time of application and/or time of employment, and must be in good academic standing with the University.
Become a Living Learning Community Resident Advisor
We invite you to consider applying to be a Living Learning Community Resident Advisor! From planning programs, interacting with the faculty, and helping student successfully transition to Syracuse University, Living Learning Community Resident Advisors (LLCRAs) have a huge impact on the experience of the learning community students.
LLCRAs are just like other RAs, but with a few added tasks and responsibilities at an additional 50 hours a year, which include but are not limited to:
- Attend LLC Palooza with LLC Residents
- Assist with providing 6 additional LC engagement opportunities a year
- Fall Bonding event
- Faculty Experience event
- Experiential Enrichment event
- Spring Re-connect event
- Diversity & Inclusion event
- End of the year closure event
- Interact with LLC Faculty/Staff at team meetings or when planning programs
- Serve as a teammate to peer mentors and those serving on a LLC team
- Serve as an on-going recruitment ambassador to potential LLCRAs and incoming first-year LLC residents
- Complete administrative tasks and responsibilities associated with the LLCRA role
To compensate for the extra responsibility, LLCRAs receive a maximum of approximately $625* per year.
*For the 2021-2022 Academic year.