Residence Life Area Coordinator

Job Summary

The Area Coordinator is responsible for promoting student learning and success and works collaboratively with fellow Housing and Residential Programs staff and other campus departments to maximize the potential of residence halls to impact student growth and development. The Area Coordinator assists in providing overall administration of one or more residence halls, including enforcement of University regulations/policies, student staff selection, training, and supervision, educational programming, conflict resolution, and administrative/facilities management.

Note: All positions are considered a part of the larger team Office of Housing & Residential Programs team. In the event of a vacancy, staff may be asked to fulfill a role or have other job duties added to their position to meet the needs of staff and the department. Every effort will be made to recruit and fill positions as quickly as possible to allow staff to return to the duties for which they were originally hired.

Essential Duties

1. Provides leadership and direction in developing, implementing, and evaluating student development based programming to ensure intentionality and compliance with departmental and university goals for student success and retention.
2. Day to day supervision and administrative operation of a residence hall or residence hall area serving between 500 – 800 primarily first and second year residential students. Direct supervision of between approximately 9 – 20 student staff members.
3. Assess student development needs and concerns; implements program initiatives to address student needs, ensuring compliance with departmental learning objectives.
4. Be visible and available to residents; meets with students, parents and other constituents to discuss personal and academic needs.
5. Coordinate residence hall opening and closing at the beginning and close of each semester and during other officially scheduled breaks; responsible for checking of all rooms to determine readiness for occupancy, and coordination of the room inventory system.
6. Participate in on-call rotation with other Area Coordinators; work cooperatively with University Police, University Health Clinic, Counseling Center and other campus and community resources to provide assistance during emergency or crisis situations.
7. Adjudicate residence hall-level conduct incidents, including notice and hearing of documented incidents; implementation of appropriate sanction; assist with the review of the Residence Hall Handbook and other departmental policies governing student conduct and expectations in the residence halls. Ensures compliance with professional and legal standards of due process, risk management, Clery reporting, etc.
8. Oversee work order process including follow up to ensure appropriate completion and customer satisfaction; work cooperatively with custodial and facilities management staff to monitor and maintain the physical appearance and functioning of the residence halls; submit billing for student damages as appropriate.
9. Lead a departmental major project(s), initiative, or collateral. This can include but not limited to: utilization of new media technologies (Facebook, X, Web page), residence hall programming, advising residence hall student groups or committees, student staff training, student staff selection process, etc. These projects and additional assignments will vary based on the size of the area the Area Coordinator oversees.
10. Other Duties as Assigned.