Assistant Director for Student Leadership, Recruitment, and Development

Company: The University of North Carolina Greensboro

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Category: Residence Life and Housing

Type: Full-Time

Housing and Residence Life provides safe, inclusive, and secure residential communities where a diverse and innovative team of professionals encourage students to pursue academic excellence, personal growth, civic leadership, and responsibility. Efficient and effective programs and services are provided by competently trained and reliable departmental teams in affordable, clean, comfortable, and sound facilities equipped with current technologies. Our diverse residence hall environments promote learning and personal growth through programs that enable students to acknowledge and appreciate diversity through open dialogue, establish a personal sense of interdependence, and prepare them for responsible service as members of the global community. UNCG Housing and Residence Life is committed to following sustainable principals and is rated a Green Office at the 3.0 level.

The Assistant Director for Student Leadership, Recruitment, and Development is a full-time, twelve-month, exempt position reporting to the Director for Residence Life. The Assistant Director for Student Leadership, Recruitment, and Development works closely with other professionals in the administration and management of a comprehensive housing and residence life program that serves 5700+ on-campus students. This position has the responsibility for general administration oversight and management of recruitment, training, and selection of student staff and student leadership programs (RHA & NRHH).

The position is responsible for:

Student Leadership Development

• Provide vision and development of the Residence Hall Association (RHA), National Residence Hall Honorary, and Hall Council operations.
• Coordinate recruitment, selection, and placement of student staff (Resident Assistants, Desk Assistants, etc.).
• Coordinate and implement training, and continuing development for student staff.
• Maintain staff resources (i.e. Manuals, Resource Room).
• Responsible for the vision and direction of a comprehensive student staff development plan based on core competencies.

Supervision and Leadership

• Supervise, train, and evaluate 3-4 full-time, live-in, master’s level coordinators for residence Life.
• Articulate vision, mission, and goals for the area, department, and division.
• Assist in the development, implementation, and assessment of departmental goals and initiatives.
• Conduct regular one-on-one meetings with staff.
• Provide appropriate referrals to other university departments/resources as needed.
• Oversee department committees.
• Serve on an on-call duty rotation for 5,700 residents.

Administration

• Assist in the overall direction and strategic planning of short- and long-term goals of Residence Life.
• Maintain accurate accounting of allocated funds and expenditures.
• Work cooperatively with other staff members, departments, and offices across the University to foster strong partnerships.

Other Duties

• Serve as a representative of Housing and Residence Life on various departmental, divisional, and university committees.
• Perform other duties as assigned by the Associate Director or Executive Director of Housing and Residence Life.

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