Student Employment

The Campus Living Community Assistant (referred to as CA) is an academic-year live-in student leadership position primarily focused on helping students enjoy a positive campus living experience that reflects our departmental mission and foundational value areas. The CA is an upper-division student who plays a critical role in creating an inclusive environment where students develop independence while learning to live cooperatively with others. The CA is responsible for connecting with 38 community members on average in a designated floor or area of a campus living community.

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The Campus Living Operations Assistant (CLOA) is a 15-20 hour per week student position focused primarily on facilitating housing operations, business processes, and services that support prospective, incoming and current students, families and guests. Each CLOA manages operations of a front desk located in a Campus Living Community (CLC), Campus Living Resource Center (CLRC), or the Campus Living main office. CLOAs work collaboratively with CAs, CLIPPS, and the housing operations team. CLOAs facilitate additional campus living operations including student communications, room key and resource management, term transition tasks, and department representation at NAU Admissions events.

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The Campus Living Initiatives and Partnership Peer Supporter (CLIPPS) is an academic-year student position focused primarily on providing on-site academic and career resources and support to residents in our campus living communities. CLIP Peer Supporters help students utilize academic resources, build strong study habits, explore majors, attend career events, search and apply for jobs, and benefit from a supported academic transition to and through college.

In partnership with Athletics, University Advising, Career Development, Office of Inclusion, First Year Experience, Health Promotions, and other campus offices, CLIP Peer Supporters bring resources and support on-site in our campus living communities in direct support of our departmental mission and foundational values . Reporting directly to a CLIP Graduate Assistant, and indirectly to a CLIP Coordinator, each CLIP Peer Supporters promotes our foundational value areas to support key
initiatives and campus resource/academic college partnerships. Additionally, CLIP Peer Supporters share work as a team to support emerging and/or complex departmental/university initiatives.

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Consider spending your summer in Flagstaff in a dynamic and fun position!

Summer on campus feels very different from the academic year. Campus Living serves a variety of populations for the summer months including, but not limited to, NAU students registered for summer and/or fall classes, summer bridge program groups, workshop participants, and summer camps and conference groups from all over the state, country and world. Groups range in size from five participants to nearly 4,000 participants. Some groups stay for just a few days, while other stay on campus for multiple weeks. The diverse size and needs of our summer groups, community members, and guests create a fluid and fluctuating summer schedule. Summer Housing Assistants (SHAs) work as a team in primary housing clusters to manage and staff all of the CLCs that serve summer populations.

The SHA position is a 30-36 hour/week position on average, with a fluctuating weekly schedule including work on evenings, weekends and holidays. The actual number of hours worked per week will vary based on the weekly occupancy and needs of the summer buildings, and can range from 24-40 hours. Summer responsibilities include a high-level of customer service, front desk staffing, building preparation, check-in/check-out of individuals and groups, occupancy transitions, room turnover and cleaning, programming/activities, regular meetings, and on-call responsibilities. Please note that the SHA position includes a significant amount of physical labor including lifting and moving up to 50 lbs., cleaning, vacuuming, sanitizing, etc.

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Campus Living Facility Assistants represent NAU and Campus Living through extensive customer service. CLFA’s work independently and small teams with minimal supervision in specialized assignment, requiring developed skills, specialized training, and safe practices. We offer part-time employment during the academic year with some self-scheduling and flexible hours.

All students in this position will be cross-trained in all tasks; all necessary training is provided. This is a physical labor position that includes lifting, moving, cleaning, etc. You will be asked to complete any/all of the outlined tasks and responsibilities with or without reasonable accommodation throughout the academic year.

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As a student photographer and videographer you will work with your supervisor and other students on creating compelling and professional visual communication materials that are used for a variety of recruitment or educational processes within Campus Living. You will take part in conceptualizing, drafting, and finalizing designs; Content curation, drafting, and scheduling social posts on Campus Living social accounts. As part of this role, individuals are expected to learn and explore new skills and creative styles, improve the production quality, and maintain the NAU
brand standards.

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As a student graphic designer and social media coordinator you will work with your supervisor and other students on creating compelling and professional visual communication materials that are used for a variety of recruitment or educational processes within Campus Living. You will take part in conceptualizing, drafting, and finalizing designs; Content curation, drafting, and scheduling social posts on Campus Living social accounts. As part of this role, individuals are expected to learn and explore new skills and creative styles, improve the production quality, and maintain the NAU brand standards.

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All Campus Living Student Employees are required to:

• Have and maintain a minimum cumulative and semester grade point average (GPA) of 2.0 at the time of the application. Additional details in the Campus Living Student Employee Agreement address steps taken if the semester and/or cumulative GPA fall below 2.00.
• Have completed at least 24 credit hours (from NAU or another institution) by the end of the semester prior to beginning the role. (Ex: 24 hours completed by end of Spring 2022 for a Campus Living Student Employee hired to start in Fall 2022)
• Be a full-time NAU student (12-18 credits for undergrad, and 9-15 graduate credits). Taking more than 18 credits or fewer than 12 credits must be approved by the Supervisor prior to class registration.
• Maintain a minimum 67 percent pace of progress.  The total sum of your successfully completed credit hours divided by your total attempted credit hours measures your pace of progress.  Transfer hours are counted as both completed and attempted.
• Be available for the full academic year.
• CCC2NAU students are ineligible to hold Campus Living student staff positions. In the event a CCC2NAU student will be a fulltime NAU student for the upcoming academic year they may reach out to campuslivingstudentemployment@nau.edu to inquire about the hiring process.

• Due to the nature of Campus Living student employment positions, it is essential for the student employee to maintain a balance between classes and extracurricular activities, serve as academic role models and be available to support the students in our communities.  To accomplish that, the following guidelines apply:
  • Campus Living student employment roles have priority over other activities with the exception of academic work.
  • Campus Living student employees may be employed in part-time jobs outside of the position for up to a total of fifteen (15) hours/week based on performance and supervisor approval.
  • On-campus student employees may work up to 30 total/combined hours/week when classes are in session and up to 40 hours per week during winter and spring breaks or summer session. Exceptions apply for Minors or International students based on Visa status.  For those with Federal Work Study, it is recommended that you do not exceed 20 hours per week in total.
  • Activities and employment outside of Campus Living positions require supervisor approval at the beginning of each semester and/or prior to adding an activity.
  • Campus Living student employees who will be completing internships, clinical or practicum hours, or student teaching, will be required to develop an action plan with their supervisor prior to the semester the academic requirement begins.

Background Checks

A criminal background investigation and employment history investigation will be completed prior to employment. Employment is contingent upon clearance by the NAU Human Resources office.

 Student Conduct Standing

All Campus Living Student Employees are required to be and remain in good standing as it relates to student conduct as outlined in the Student Code of Conduct. A conduct check will be completed prior to the employment offer.