Employment

Dining

RISD Dining is as exciting and rewarding a career as you can find in the food service industry. Operating four on campus eateries, a mobile food truck and a full service catering company, RISD Dining is always pushing the creative limit. Flexible scheduling makes RISD Dining an ideal part time position for students and other busy people. Teamwork, diversity, and creativity make RISD Dining a rewarding experience for everyone.

Our mission: To provide an exceptional dining experience.

Are you warm and optimistic? Do you possess a strong work ethic, committed to growth, integrity and thoughtfulness? If so, RISD Dining is looking for you!

Some of our positions include:

Culinary Production
Bakery
Dining Service Attendants
Pantry Cooks
Catering
Utility and Dishwashing
On Call Service Staff

Student Employment

Dining Ambassadors (DAs) are paid student positions, who help to build and promote student community in the dining halls. DAs help to create a vibrant and active student dining community for the residents by promoting wellness, healthy eating, sustainability, residential life through community building activities and educational experiences, while being part of a team proudly serving great food.
DAs will promote stewardship, understand and communicate university policies, be a point of contact and promote events and activities in the dining halls. DAs are residents of their local dining community and work directly with the dining hall staff to foster respectful, two way communications.

Eligibility to Work at RISD

Students work for a variety of reasons. Some need their earnings to meet the basic costs of a RISD education or provide for social activities. Some recognize that the skills and work habits gained on the job will benefit them when they seek full-time employment. While non-financial aid students are able to participate in employment at RISD, it is RISD’s policy to give priority in hiring to Federal Work-Study (FWS) students or RISD Work-Study (RWS) students for work on campus. Many times there are occasions when a student who has not received FWS or RWS possesses a special skill that is essential to the operation of a department or office. Or, sometimes, a supervisor is unable to find a work-study student to work at a specific time. In such cases, the supervisor may request that a certain non-work-study student work on a regular basis.

In order to work on campus at RISD, a student must meet the following requirements:

Be enrolled in a degree program at RISD
Be maintaining satisfactory academic progress
Be registered for the following Fall semester (full time) if working during the summer
Have a W4 Form and I9 Form on file in the Work-Study Office (see page 6, Payroll Procedures)
Have permission from the Office of International Programs if he/she is an international student

A student's employment status is temporary and part-time, does not contain any provisions for fringe benefits, holiday pay, does not qualify for unemployment insurance, and is contingent upon available funds.
Once a student withdraws or graduates from RISD, he/she may no longer work in a student job on campus.
International students may work a maximum of 20 hours per week (Sunday through Saturday) during periods of enrollment and not more than 40 hours per week during periods of non-enrollment (i.e. summers and holidays).
Brown University students taking courses at RISD may not be employed in student jobs at RISD.

Eligibility for the Student Employment Program

First preference for all jobs on campus will be given to students who have received a Federal Work-Study or RISD Work-Study award from the Financial Aid Office.
Students seeking student employment awards for an academic year must submit a RISD Financial Aid Application and the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) no later than February 15th of the preceding academic year.
These forms are available in the Financial Aid Office or on-line at www.fafsa.ed.gov and must be re-filed each year.
Late applications will be considered only if there are available resources. A student must demonstrate financial need in order to receive an employment award, which is part of a student’s total financial aid package. Written notification will be sent to each applicant.

In order to qualify for a Federal Work-Study or RISD Work-Study award, a student must be a citizen or permanent resident of the United States, or must be residing in the United States with the intention and purpose of becoming a citizen.

Student Employment Jobs

Available job opportunities are posted on the work-study job website at http://apps.risd.edu/workstudy.
Contact information for supervisors is listed with each job. Preference will be given to Federal or RISD work-study students.