Fast Facts

Amerigo Education is seeking a part-time Resident Assistant in Santa Ana, California, to oversee the residential experience for international students, fostering a safe and engaging environment.

Responsibilities: Oversee daily operations of the residential facility, ensuring student welfare, managing the meal program, and coordinating activities and events.

Skills: Organizational and interpersonal skills, resilience, sound judgment, and familiarity with technology and social media applications.

Qualifications: Bachelor’s Degree preferred or relevant experience, with strong communication skills and an ability to work well in a multicultural environment.

Location: Santa Ana, California, United States

Compensation: Not provided by employer. Typical compensation ranges for this position are between $15 - $25 per hour.

ABOUT US

Amerigo Education is a U.S.-based education company that helps international students in the United States achieve their full potential. As a growing number of students from around the world seek to advance their education in American high schools, Amerigo is setting a new standard in educating international students by combining the established practices of nurturing, supportive environments from traditional American boarding schools with innovative approaches to language development and college guidance. 

Backed by the Sterling Partners Education Opportunity Fund, Amerigo forms strategic partnerships with private day schools in the United States to provide a seamless academic experience for our students. Through the Amerigo model, we collaborate with our partner schools as they provide the core preparatory high-school curriculum while our team on-the-ground delivers a suite of academic, language, and cultural immersion programs in a well-staffed residential environment based in our local boarding campus. Amerigo seeks partners that our aligned in our mission to energize American educational communities through the diversity of students from around the world.

job Overview

The Resident Assistant Position is a part-time position (part-time hours/week, ten months per year) that oversees all tasks and activities related to the student residential experience at the Amerigo campus location. Resident Assistants work with the campus team to maintain a safe, healthy, and engaging residential atmosphere. Developing strong relationships with the residential students and members of the partner school teams is essential to this position. Resident Assistants must be willing to take a proactive, hands-on approach in working with students to solve problems and conflicts and to offer academic, disciplinary, and moral guidance as needed.

Success in this role will be demonstrated by:

• Establishing nurturing and trusting relationships with students
• Creating and implementing processes, procedures, and policies related to the academic, residential, supervisory, and safety elements of theprogram
• Implementing an organizational focus on delivering exceptional student outcomes and satisfaction
• Aligning oneself and the team around a set of organizational values and standards

Anticipated Start Date: The anticipated start date for this position is January 2026. While we are actively recruiting now, the selected candidate will tentatively begin their role at the start of the new year. 

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

Resident Assistants will be responsible for implementing all operational elements of the program and overseeing the day-to-day student experience.

On a day-to-day basis, the resident assistant will:

• Oversee all aspects of the residential welfare of our students within the construct of the policies of Amerigo and theschool
• Cultivate a safe, nurturing, structured, and comfortable environment forstudents
• Oversee daily operations of the residentialfacility
• Communicate residential issues to the Full-Time Dorm Parents and Director of Campus Operations
• Supervise and coordinate evening and weekend organization andactivities
• Manage the residential student mealprogram
• Promote the image of the residential program within the school and localcommunity

KEY QUALIFICATIONS

The successful candidate will be a caring, energetic member of the school community with a love of working with people, particularly adolescents. This person will be organized and have excellent interpersonal and communication skills. Further, this person must be resilient and reliable while demonstrating an ability to build a strong community culture within a global environment. This candidate will demonstrate sound judgment and thoughtful decision-making skills.

• Bachelor’s Degree or a third-year student at a 4-year institutionpreferred
• Relevant experience in lieu of formal education isacceptable
• Excellent communication skills; strong interpersonal skills
• Willingness and ability to work evenings, weekends, andholidays
• Experience working within a residential, camp, or youthsetting
• Comfort working within a multiculturalcommunity
• Familiarity with technology and social media applications (Microsoft Office, Excel, and PowerPoint)

Physical Requirements

• Occasionally move equipmentweighing50 pounds across campus for various campus needs
• Frequently move about inside the residence hall to access different parts of thebuilding
• Frequently ascend/descend stairs to access different parts of thebuilding

For additional information, please contact[email protected]