Residential Advisor

Shriver Job Corps Center provides students aged 16-24 with free hands-on vocational training and the opportunity to earn their High School Diploma or Equivalent. Our academic and career training programs are accredited and lead to national industry-recognized credentials. 

Our 21-acre campus is nestled away minutes off of Route 2 in Devens, MA. We service between 200 and 300 students at any given time with rolling admissions weekly. Most students reside on campus, while some commute daily. Our staff value the student experience and often cite the personal impact of what we do as a major factor of employment satisfaction. In addition, we have amenities that are open for staff to utilize such as a gym, basketball courts, full-service cafeteria, and more as well as full benefits packages offered to eligible employees.

Job Description

• Responsible for providing proper guidance to students to ensure positive group living relations and achievement in the Job Corps program.
• Provide guidance for students to achieve a positive attitude and proper behavior in dormitory living situation and to accomplish their goals and objectives.
• Determine, recommend, and arrange student visits to counselor.
• Assist in unit activities, as designated, including unit government.
• Patrol and monitor dormitories and center as required ensuring safety and proper behavior of students; resolve potential or occurring problems.
• Prepare the daily operations report, pass list, and other administrative correspondence relating to students.
• Direct students and assist in the cleanup and maintenance of the dormitory.
• Recommend or requisition supplies to provide needs for dorm living and safety of students.
• Maintain dormitory and individual student files; ensure files are complete, updated and contain all required documentation.
• Enter student case notes in the center information system.
• Participate in career development services system by ensuring a safe living environment and creating positive peer leadership role modeling techniques within the dorm.
• Provide guidance, counseling, group sessions and independent living skills.
• It is expected the incumbent will work overtime when directed to do so.
• Regular and predictable attendance is required.
• Provide positive, quality customer services to students, staff and other center customers.
• Support, promote, and enforce the Job Corps' Zero Tolerance Policy.
• Promote the development of career success standards by modeling appropriate behaviors, mentoring students where necessary and monitoring both positive and negative behaviors through interventions.
• Other duties as assigned.'

Required Qualifications

• High School Diploma or equivalent required. Advanced degrees preferred.
• A minimum of one-year Job Corps or related program experience required.
• A valid in-State Driver’s License preferred.
• Physical requirements include sitting, standing, climbing, walking, lifting, pulling and/or pushing, carrying, reaching, stooping and crouching. Demonstrates the ability to lift 40 pounds and / or the ability to assess the lift load in order to ask for necessary assistance.

Important applicant information: While many states, including Massachusetts, have legalized marijuana for medical and recreational use, it remains classified as an illegal controlled substance under federal law, specifically the Controlled Substances Act. We are a federal contractor and subject to DOL regulations which requires us to maintain a drug-free workplace and prohibit the use of federally illegal substances. This role is subject to pre- and post-employment drug screening.

About Adams and Associates 

The DOL contracts the administration of Shriver Job Corps to Adams and Associates, a 100% employee-owned company that is service-focused and outcome-driven. We began as a small business formed in 1990 with the sole mission of operating at-risk youth and children's programs for local, state, and federal governmental agencies. Today, we are one of the largest workforce providers involved in the federal Job Corps program! 

Adams and Associates, Inc. abides by the requirements of 41 CFR §§ 60-300.5(a) and 60-741.5(a). These regulations prohibit discrimination against qualified individuals based on their status as protected veterans or individuals with disabilities, and prohibit discrimination against all individuals based on characteristics protected by federal, state or local laws. Moreover, these regulations require that covered prime contractors and subcontractors take affirmative action to employ and advance in employment individuals without regard to their protected veteran status or disability.” 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.