In Housing … more specifically Residence Life there is a particular season when most institutions advertise job postings. You can count on it … actually I did. I was a December ’04 graduate and worked a food service job and played lots of gigs in my old band until “the first round” of Residence Life postings in April.
For someone new attempting to enter the field there are few things you should know about finding a Housing / Residence Life job in Ontario.
- 1) the community is quite small, everyone knows everyone. Fail to use your contacts – fail to get a job.
- 2) Many of the April postings will be snapped up by candidates already in professional positions at other Universities
- 3) Once they settle at a new University – their old position will be posted. The “second round” usually happens a little later in the summer
- 4) It’s not a rule – but generally competition is more intense for positions closer to Toronto. (For the brave and adventurous check out the St FX posting below.)
- 5) I am using absolutely no statistics in this Top 5. Simply the anecdotal observations of my colleagues and I.
April seems to be very heavy month for postings. Below I have captured a fair number of live postings. These links will likely only be valid for a short time. Some institutions have already posted while others will likely post closer to the OACUHO Spring Conference.
In order by distance from
Distance to Toronto: 69.6 km – about 52 mins
Manager, Training and Development, Residence Life
University of Guelph
Distance to Toronto: 91.6 km – about 1 hour 9 mins
Residence Programme Coordinator
Distance to Toronto: 114 km – about 1 hour 21 mins
Residence Life Area Coordinator
Waterloo University
Distance to Toronto: 115 km – about 1 hour 23 mins
Marketing Assistant – Housing and Residences
Brock University
Distance to Toronto: 117 km – about 1 hour 23 mins
University of Western Ontario
Distance to Toronto: 196 km – about 2 hours 18 mins
recently closed.
Queen’s University
Distance to Toronto: 265 km – about 2 hours 53 mins
Saint Francis Xavier University
Distance to Toronto: 1,809 km – about 18 hours 13 mins
Please add your comments! For those searching for jobs – good luck!
Director of Student Housing & Residence Life was posted this week at UTM.
The UofT HR site is annoying to link to. You are on your own.
C