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Become a CA: Pave Your Own Path! Community Advisor Recruitment and Selection Season Begins Now!
We begin the process of looking for talented, creative, thoughtful and interpersonally strong Brandeis students to become Community Advisors — and starting today our New CA 2021-2022 application is open!
Community Advisors are educators, community builders, connectors to campus resources, DCL team members, peer mentors, paraprofessionals and so much more! Becoming part of the Community Advisor program gives you access to a second family at Brandeis and an amazing leadership opportunity that provides transferable skills that will serve you for a lifetime! We pride ourselves on being one of the most diverse and talented group of student leaders at Brandeis, and we are eager to bring more amazing people into the fold to take their places in our residential communities across campus!
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The Community Advisor is the main paraprofessional staff position within DCL; Community Advisors work with our on-campus student population in all of our residence halls and wear many "hats": community builder, residential educator and programmer, community standards educator, peer advisor, and team player within DCL.
Here is the full CA job description for 2021-2022.
- All of our application forms are hosted on Qualtrics — these forms allow you to go back and forth between pages and will save your progress provided you are using the same computer each time you access the form. Completing multiple copies of the application will create issues in our system, so please print out a PDF copy of the application you wish to complete, prepare your answers in Word or a program of your choice, and then use the online form to submit once. If you find that you need to submit twice, or if you are having issues, please let us know via email. Please note that we do not accept applications on paper, in e-mail or any other method other than submission via Qualtrics.
- New candidates are required to submit a copy of their resume as part of the process. Please submit a PDF copy of your resume as formatting may not look the same should you submit a .doc, .docx or other type of file. We strongly encourage all candidates submitting resumes to have them reviewed by staff members at the Hiatt Career Center.
- Upon completion of the online application, you should receive an email confirmation from our team including information related to next steps and containing your application submission. If you do not receive this email, please check your spam folders first before contacting us. If you still can't find a confirmation from us, please make sure to reach out via e-mail.
The New CA 2021-2022 application can be found here and is due Wednesday, December 9th at 12pm. A PDF version of the application can be found here.
All completed applications will be reviewed by professional staff members of the Department of Community Living. Please note that completing and submitting the application does not guarantee moving forward in the process. Candidates will be notified the week of December 21st about the next steps of the process.
Individual Interviews will take place before the start of the Spring 2021 semester during the week of January 11th-15th.
The Community Advisor Recruitment and Selection Team is still finalizing further steps of the process which will include a group process interview for those candidates who move on in the process. Information will be made available soon.
Each year as part of our recruitment process for Community Advisors, DCL hosts a series of information sessions across campus and in the residence halls where students can interact with DCL professional staff
members and current CAs, learn more details about the CA role, and find out more about how to apply for the position. Please RSVP to one of the following information sessions:
- Thursday, October 29th over Zoom at 12:00pm
- Monday, November 2nd in the Polaris Lounge in North Quad at 7:00pm
- Thursday, November 12th in Shapiro Lounge in Massell Quad at 7:00pm
- Monday, November 16th in Skyline Commons in Skyline Quad at 12:00pm
- Monday, November 30th over Zoom at 12:00pm
Know an amazing Brandeis student who you think can be a great CA? Fill out the above form and let us know today! The CA Nomination Form found here allows us to identify talented students and send them a note personally inviting them to learn more about the CA role and to apply for the position. The form will be open through the application process until applications for new students close. Any questions about how our nomination form works can be directed to the CA Recruitment and Selection Team at CASelection@brandeis.edu.
Each year, DCL hires Head Community Advisors to serve as leaders within the CA Program and supports to the Area Coordinators for each of our residential areas. Head CAs are students who have served in the CA role for at least one year and who have performed exceptionally well, thus earning them a senior leadership position within the program. Our Head CA process for 2021-2022 will begin shortly!
Additionally, information for returning to the CA role will be available in the coming weeks!
