Area Coordinator

Area Coordinator

Employee Type
Regular

Office/Department
Residence Life and Housing

Work Environment
Remote and hybrid positions are open to applicants based in states identified here: Work at Loyola | Loyola University Maryland.
Loyola University Maryland Main Campus

Job Type
Full time

Benefits at Loyola
https://www.loyola.edu/department/people-culture/benefits/

Compensation Range
Final compensation offers are determined by a variety of factors, including but not limited to job-related experience, internal equity, and alignment with organizational budget.
$53,040.00 - $66,300.00

Anticipated Start Date
03/13/2026

If Temporary or Visiting, Estimated End Date
08/01/2026

Position Duties
The Area Coordinator (AC) is an full time live-in professional staff member reporting directly to the Director Residence Life and Housing and responsible for direct supervision of student staff, including their training and development. The AC will supervise a Senior Resident Assistant, Resident Assistants, and Desk Attendants (the number of employees ranges based on community assignments). In addition, the AC will oversee 300 - 600 residents across individual or multiple residence halls.

Essential Functions

Leadership, Development, and Support: Build a culture of personal responsibility within their residential community. Ensure a high level of care, student development and customer service. Establish rapport with residents through daily interactions and consistent presence and role modeling. Assist students with academic, social, spiritual, and personal needs Mediate conflicts and resolve issues as they arise. Act as a resource, by maintaining knowledge and referring students to campus resources Participate in the selection, training, and mentorship of student staff for student success. Maintain knowledge of and educate students, of university policies and what it means to be a good neighbor. Investigate incident reports and take appropriate actions, which includes working with the Office of Student Integrity.

Department Operations: Under the direction of the housing operations team, support housing operations processes, hall openings and closings, and report facilities/hall concerns. Actively respond to student emergency contact(s) / family calls and outreach. Provide budget management for staff development, team building, and the execution of educational hall programming. Actively participate in the after-hours on-call rotation. Complete accurate and timely administrative reports and paperwork. Support committee work
Supervise area staff including SRA, RAs through regularly scheduled staff meetings, one-on-one meetings, and additional/ongoing training for hall staff, as needed.

Provide leadership during times of crisis and emergencies: ACs are Essential Staff when the campus is experiencing a crisis or other emergency that may require an in-person response.

Essential Worker: Performs all other duties and responsibilities as assigned or directed by the supervisor. This may include attendance of and participation in required training for role and times outside of typical office hours.

Physical/Environmental Demands
Specific physical requirements or environmental exposures.

Physical/Environmental Example
Area coordinators serve on call and may have to respond to all areas of campus. They may have to use stairs, elevators or ramps to access buildings. While on call, they need to be able to respond to campus issues in approximately 20-30 minutes. Position lives on campus, in either a dorm, apartment, town-home, or house.

Additional Information
N/A

Education Required
Bachelors Degree

Education Preferred

Field of Study
N/A

Other Professional Licensures
N/A

Work Experience
1 - 3 years

Describe Required Experience
Minimum of 1 year experience in student affairs or as Resident Advisor is required.

Required Knowledge, Skills and Abilities
Experience requires a minimum of one year of professional experience in studnet affairs or greater than one year as a Resident Advisor (or equivalent). Some experience with responding to and providing support to students in crisis. Strong written and verbal communication, organization, problem-solving skills, ability to work collaboratively with others, and the ability to motivate others and build cohesive teams. Ability to effectively communicate with a variety of constituents. Ability to support the University's goals for institutional diversity, as well as the goals and values of a Catholic, Jesuit education. Ability to work autonomously and interdependently as needed.

Final compensation offers are determined by a variety of factors, including but not limited to, job-related experience, internal equity, and alignment with organizational budget.

Successful candidates for any staff, faculty, or administrative position at Loyola University Maryland will be subject to a pre-employment background check. Note: Experience and/or education may be substituted for requirements.