Graduate Life Hospitality Team Member

## Description

**Position Type:** Seasonal Hourly Role

**Term Length:** One semester (approx. 16 weeks)

**Time Commitment:** Average of 2 hours per week

**Semester Pay:** $350 a semester

**Reports/Coordinates With:** Community Life Assistant

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## **Role Purpose**

Hospitality Team Members serve as neighborhood-based connectors who support Graduate Life’s mission by cultivating relational community among local graduate students. Through events, intentional relationship-building, and communication, team members help foster welcoming, mission-minded neighborhoods.

## **Core Responsibilities**

### **1. Neighborhood Community Events**

Each Hospitality Team Member is responsible for coordinating **three (3) neighborhood-wide events per semester** within their assigned neighborhood.

This includes

• Planning and preparing for each event
• Coordinating logistics (location, supplies, setup, cleanup, etc.)
• Recruiting and coordinating volunteers to assist with planning, preparation, or execution
• Hosting events in a way that is welcoming, relational, and aligned with Graduate Life’s mission

Events may vary in size and format (e.g., cookouts, social gatherings, outreach-oriented activities).
### **2. Communication & Promotion**
To support neighborhood engagement, Hospitality Team Members are responsible for clear and consistent communication, including:

• Maintaining regular communication with their neighborhood through the neighborhood GroupMe chat
• Promoting events and opportunities via word of mouth and physical flyers
• Ensuring neighborhood residents are aware of upcoming events, activities, and opportunities

Hospitality Team Members should represent Graduate Life well through timely, hospitable, and mission-aligned communication.
### **3. Community Connections**
Hospitality Team Members are expected to cultivate **a new community connection each month** within their neighborhood.

A *community connection* is defined as

A substantive, intentional conversation with a neighborhood resident for the purpose of building a new relationship, deepening an existing relationship, or providing care, spiritual formation, or discipleship.

These connections may occur organically but should be pursued intentionally and prayerfully.

### **4. Planning & Coordination**

Hospitality Team Members are expected to

• Meet periodically with the Community Life Assistant for planning, check-ins, and coordination
• Maintain clear, proactive communication regarding events, challenges, and needs
• Coordinate volunteer involvement

### **5. Monthly Reporting**

Each Hospitality Team Member will submit a **monthly report** that includes

• An update on event planning and execution
• A summary of community connections made that month
• Reflections on neighborhood engagement, momentum, and challenges

Reports are intended to support accountability, discernment, and strategic planning for Graduate Life.
## **Time Commitment & Flexibility**

• The role averages **approximately 2 hours per week over the course of the semester**.
• Time commitment may fluctuate week-to-week depending on event timing and planning needs.
• Hospitality Team Members are responsible for managing their time to meet expectations across the semester.

## **Professional & Relational Expectations**

• Maintain reliable communication with the Community Life Assistant
• Fulfill responsibilities independently and with initiative
• Represent Graduate Life with integrity, hospitality, and mission-mindedness
• Serve residents with care, respect, and a Gospel-oriented posture

## Qualifications

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## Required Qualifications

• Supports the mission, values, and community standards of SEBTS.
• Strong interpersonal and relational skills with the ability to initiate and cultivate meaningful relationships with residents from diverse backgrounds.
• Reliable, self-motivated, and able to work independently with limited supervision.
• Strong organizational and time-management skills.
• Effective written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to coordinate and lead events, including planning, logistics, volunteer coordination, and follow-through.
• Dependable in meeting deadlines.

## Preferred Qualifications

• Previous experience planning events, coordinating volunteers, or leading community-building initiatives.
• Comfortable using communication platforms such as GroupMe and other basic digital communication tools.
• Familiarity with the SEBTS neighborhoods and community.