Residence Supervisor #3775 Job in Washington, DC

Other Duties/ Responsibilities

• Maintains Floor privileges in case of emergency pertaining to pages in the Senate Chamber.
• On-call Responsibilities.

Required Work Experience

• 3-5 years of experience overseeing student populations, managing residence halls, and supervising staff.

Required Special Skills/ Knowledge

• Training in Emergency Response; Mandatory Reporting; CPR Certification; Investigations.
• Understanding of responsible decision-making processes within a supervisory and program management context.
• Awareness of best practices for managing both professional staff and adolescent population.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills to effectively engage with staff, adolescents, and leadership.
• Leadership skills to manage, motivate, and develop professional staff and adolescent pages.
• Ability to make responsible, informed decisions under pressure.
• Ability to balance the needs of diverse groups, including managing adolescent behavior and supporting staff performance.

As part of our hiring process, we may conduct a skills assessment to better understand an applicant’s proficiency in key areas relevant to the role. 

Desired Qualifications

The residence supervisor role is strictly non-partisan, and candidates must be able to maintain efficient communication on a team of eight page program staff, with Senate pages, and with our partners in the Senate Page School, party cloakrooms, and other Senate offices.

• The residence supervisor guides and supervises the work of each evening shift in the page dormitory and assigns and monitors the progress of daily tasks to proctor team members.
• Quality candidates must have at least three to five years of strong residence life experience working with adolescent or college age student populations. Candidates are preferred to have at least one to three years of experience managing direct reports.
• Candidates must have excellent written and verbal communication skills and be able to document and report about concerns and events that occurred during their shifts.
• The residence supervisor must be able to actively assign tasks to proctors while remaining a reliable member of a team that works collaboratively on planning and scheduling page program field trips and coordinating meals for pages.
• The residence supervisor must ensure that tasks are completed, and they must follow up on daily assignments or concerns with pages throughout the work week.
• Successful candidates will act selflessly and be focused on the larger mission at hand, ensuring that the utmost care and supervision is given to young, impressionable Senate Pages.
• Candidates must be extremely detail-oriented and have strong initiative and drive.
• Must model appropriate behavior for pages and proctors while actively providing feedback to proctors to develop and maintain a strong and consistent team. 

Working Conditions

• Since this position requires onsite presence in support of the U.S. Senate when in session, this position requires the employee to be available and prepared to work during government shutdowns, in inclement weather, on holidays, and during late night, overnight, and weekend sessions. In the context of government furloughs, this position is considered excepted.
• This position directly supports essential services of the U.S. Senate. As such, this position requires the employee be available and prepared to work during government shutdowns, in inclement weather, on holidays, weekends, and during late nights to ensure essential services to the Senate continue without interruption.
• Work outside regular work hours (evenings, weekends & holidays).
• Ability to lift objects up to 25 lbs.
• Moderate activity, biohazard exposure.

The Sergeant at Arms is an equal opportunity employer in accordance with the requirements of Senate rules, regulations, and applicable Federal Laws. This agency provides reasonable accommodations to applicants with disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application and hiring process, please notify the agency. Decisions to grant reasonable accommodations will be determined on a case-by-case basis. Please email SAARecruitment@saa.senate.gov with “Applicant Accommodation” in the subject line. No moving, relocation or pre-employment travel expenses will be paid for this position, or while in application for this position.

Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more information on the specific benefits offered.

If you are relying on your education to meet qualification requirements:

Education must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Education in order for it to be credited towards qualifications. Therefore, provide only the attendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Education.

Failure to provide all of the required information as stated in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible rating or may affect the overall rating.

Email

SAARecruitment@saa.senate.gov

Address

U.S. Senate Sergeant at Arms
SH-142 Hart Senate Office Building
Washington, DC, Washington, DC 20001