Hall Advisor Qualifications
Education and Experience
- Bachelor's degree is preferred or equivalent work experience in youth leadership and interpersonal relations.
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Additional experience in student development and programming, personnel supervision, facilities management,
and teaching is preferred.
Professionalism
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Must be mature and emotionally stable, and uphold the standards of The Church of Jesus Christ
of Latter-day Saints and of Brigham Young University.
- Must be willing to represent BYU and Housing Services to students and visitors.
Dress Standards
Hall Advisors are expected to observe high standards in modesty, taste, judgment and appropriateness of
dress and grooming, in line with the Dress & Grooming Standards found in the BYU Employee Handbook.
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For female Hall Advisors, slacks and skirts or dresses are to be modest and neat, with skirt
hemlines below the knee; hairstyles are to be clean and neat - avoiding extreme styles and colors;
and excessive ear-piercing (more than one earring per ear) and all other body piercing are not
acceptable.
- For male Hall Advisors, hairstyles are to be neat, clean and trimmed, and men are expected to be
clean-shaven. Beards are not acceptable, except for medically documented reasons, and mustaches are
not encouraged. If mustaches are worn, however, they are to be neat and trim. Earrings, and all other
body piercing, are not acceptable for male employees.
- Apparel for non-office personnel of both genders should be neat, clean, modest, and appropriate for
the work being performed.
Health
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The employee must be able to physically fulfill all regular duties including frequent negotiation
of stairs to visit rooms and inspect facilities, as well as the ability to actively respond to
emergency situations.
Family Status
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Hall advisor family size is limited to three or four family members (hall advisor, spouse, and two
children) due to apartment size and nature of responsibilities.
- Dependant children must be under the age of six.
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Normally a hall advisor will be permitted to complete the academic year (September-April) if family
status changes during that time.