Salary: $50,000
Description:
Coordinates the operations of a major area of the Residence
Hall, which includes office administration, property management,
community development, policy enforcement, programming, and
personnel administration.
1. Manages the administrative processes for the facility, which
includes room assignments and room changes, contract releases,
student files, key control and work orders.
2. Selects, trains, supervises and evaluates administrative staff
and student assistants.
3. Plans and evaluates programs and educational and community
building initiatives for the student staff.
4. Responsible for on-call emergencies and duty rotation for the
campus student population.
5. Enforces Residential Life & Housing and university policies
and procedures, rules and regulations.
6. Counsels students concerning conduct, safety, sanitation or
behavior improvement.
7. Provides student leadership development for hall and floor
council members through training and mentoring.
8. Maintains daily office hours; ensures high visibility with
students and staff at department and university functions.
9. Serves as liaison with other departments to coordinate student
leadership and educational opportunities. 10. Performs other
job-related duties as assigned.
MQ: Education: Requires a thorough understanding of both
theoretical and practical aspects of an analytical, technical or
professional discipline; or the basic knowledge of more than one
professional discipline. Knowledge of the discipline is normally
obtained through a formal, directly job-related 4 year degree from
a college or university or an equivalent in-depth specialized
training program that is directly related to the type of work being
performed. Experience: Requires a minimum of one (1) year of
directly job-related experience. Preferred: Three (3) years of
experience.
Student Support and Behavioral Intervention:
-Serves as a liaison to the Dean of Students office and the
University CARE team for low level follow-up regarding student of
concern.
-Follows-up with residents involved in incidents related to
behavioral concerns or mental health, and wellbeing related
matters.
-Meets with residents to determine the needs, formulates goals, and
designs plans to resolve problem areas.
-Mediates conflict between community members.
Wellbeing:
-Collaborates with campus partners, such as Wellness, CAPS, Health
Center, Dean of Students, and Launch, to assist intentional
curriculum driven initiatives, advocacy, and referrals.
-Is knowledgeable about health-related community resources
available to students including but not limited to, financial and
food insecurity, mental health and wellness, and social
services.
Student Success, Residential Engagement, and Assessment:
-Develop, implements, and assesses student learning based on the
outcomes of the Residential Engagement Model (curricular approach)
and leads social engagement opportunities for the community. Foci
will be belonging and wellbeing initiatives.
-Leads student success initiatives for the community by utilizing
assessment data, identifying students at risk, and providing
interventions by developing meaningful relationships, with
residents, student advocacy, and campus resource and
referral.
-Creates a shared vision for student success with the Faculty in
Residence and facilitates engagement with residents and
staff.
-Promotes the development of a multicultural community by assisting
students in establishing a genuine respect for, and appreciation
for personal differences.
-Creates an environment that encourages students to grow
intellectually, socially, emotionally, physically, interpersonally,
and ethically toward personal autonomy and interdependence.
Crisis Management:
-Serves on 24-hour duty (day, evening, holiday, and weekend) 365
days a year in rotation with other live-in professionals responding
to a variety of emergencies including, but not limited to crisis
and emergency response, facility maintenance, direction, and
support for student staff members, and conflict resolution for
residents living in on-campus housing facilities (approximately
6,500 students).
Facilities Management & Supervision:
-At times when there is a Residence Life Coordinator vacancy, will
assist with staff supervision and facilities management for the
community. Supervision includes staff of 12-18 Resident Assistants,
a Community Mentor, who may be a graduate student and Conference
Assistants.
-Monitor physical condition of residence hall, suite, apartment
areas, working collaboratively with maintenance and custodial staff
to report and follow-up on work order requests, damages, and
facilities emergencies to ensure the environment is conducive to
student success.
-Opens and closes community; assists with conferences.
-Department is willing to accept education in lieu of
experience.
- Department is willing to accept experience in lieu of
education.
All positions at the University of Houston-System are security sensitive and will require a criminal history check.
The University of Houston System and its universities are Equal Opportunity Institutions. Everyone is encouraged to apply.
