Summer Work Opportunities
A great summer awaits with Residential Life & Learning!
Residential Life & Learning offers three dynamic roles for Tufts University students to engage with the campus community during the summer. Click the links below to visit the position description for each role:
- Summer Community Builder (SCB)
- Summer Operations and Response Team (SORT)
- Summer Residential Life Assistant (SRLA)
Application timeline
Applications are open from 2:00PM on Wednesday, February 26, 2025 through 12:00PM on Friday, March 14, 2025.
Applications will be reviewed between Friday, March 14, 2025 and Tuesday, March 18, 2025.
Successful applicants will be invited to an interview between March 19, 2025 and March 28, 2025.
Final decisions will be shared on Friday, April 4, 2025.
Support and assistance
Please direct any questions about working with Residential Life & Learning this summer or any challenges you encounter with your application to Zach Tepper, Associate Director of Residential Education (zachary.tepper@tufts.edu).
Summer Roles
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Summer Community Builder (SCB) are live-in, part-time, student employees in university housing at Tufts University. Primary responsibilities of the position include building relationships with summer residents, facilitating community meetings, confirming resident occupancy, and facilitating social and educational opportunities for residents.
This role begins May 20, 2025 and ends August 9, 2025.
This role is compensated with a single-occupancy bedspace in Tufts University housing, an 80-meal meal plan for the summer, and $100 in JumboCash for times when the dining hall is closed.
Click here to submit an application for Summer Community Builder!
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Summer Operations and Response Team (SORT) are live-in, part-time student employees in university housing at Tufts University. Primary responsibilities of the position include performing lockouts, responding to situations where summer residents need support, supporting emergencies and crisis situations, supporting high-volume move-in and move-out periods, and performing walkthroughs to assess and report community conditions.
This role begins May 20, 2025 and ends August 9, 2025.
This role is compensated with a single-occupancy bedspace in Tufts University housing, an 80-meal meal plan for the summer, and $100 in JumboCash for times when the dining hall is closed.
Click here to submit an application for Summer Operations and Response Team!
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Summer Residential Life Assistants (SRLA) are part-time student employees who support university housing operations at Tufts University. Primary responsibilities of the position include performing lockouts, supporting Residential Life & Learning office coverage for walk-in visitors, and assessing room and building conditions.
This role begins May 12, 2025 and ends September 5, 2025.
This role is compensated at $15.00/hour.
Click here to submit an application for Summer Residential Life Assistant!