Executive Director of Housing Residential Life- Search Firm

Job Summary

Under the general direction of the Assistant Vice President of Student Success & Engagement who provides broad guidelines the Executive Director independently determines schedules work assignments planning staffing directing controlling and managing operations; manages construction and alteration projects facility and program improvements and maintains the infrastructures of the HRL facilities and its programs. The Executive Director for Housing Residential Life leads the Housing Department and Residential Life Program including expanding the housing residence facilities to increase housing residents. This position will provide overall management of the Housing & Residential Program. Incumbent is responsible for building community partnerships and proposing solutions for the development and implementation of a comprehensive program for housing and residential life including living/learning communities dining and resident occupancy levels. This position ensures that proposed solutions are based on collected evidence of need and best practices in the nation. Moreover this position utilizes leadership and management skills to ensure high employee performance and the maintenance of an inclusive respectful work environment that impacts enhanced learning and developmental environments for students.

Furthermore the incumbent provides services that are equitable inclusive and culturally sensitive to enhance the quality of campus life. This position uses a studentcentered and equityminded approach in all communications and service efforts.

CSULB has been recognized as one of the Most Promising Placed to Work in Student Affairs in 2024.

Key Responsibilities

• Leadership & Management HRL Operations: Work closely with the Director HRL Facility Operations and HRL Leadership Team for building maintenance and renovations to maintain all Housing Facilities and ensure proper staffing.
• Human Resource and Budget Management Oversee the recruitment training supervision and evaluation of staff.
• Develop and implement a comprehensive strategic plan for housing and residential life including living/learning communities dining and resident occupancy.
• Customer Relations Management: Frequently and or on a regularly scheduled basis communicate with building representatives to establish close working relationships to share mutual goals and objectives to resolve any potential conflicts or problems.

Knowledge Skills and Abilities

Skilled in managing all administrative and technical aspects of construction and alteration projects in a housing and residential life environment. Ability to exercise sound judgment and handle confidential matters with tact and diplomacy and to maintain confidentiality of information as needed or to protect the rights of individuals or the University. Proficient in managing an efficient and effective residential life program. Possesses working knowledge of all phases of repair construction and alteration work performed by skilled trades and custodial personnel to include knowledge of methods tools equipment and materials of the construction trades and custodial services in general to organize work evaluate progress ensure craft and custodial work assignments and meet stated standards.

Skilled in planning staffing monitoring controlling and directing projects for quality control and accurate budgeting of various construction projects. Ability to oversee a construction project and provide excellent customer service to the campus community vendors and other outside agencies. Proficient in performing customer service in a polite and timely fashion identifying customer needs and rerouting them to the correct department accurately relaying customer requests and complaints and describing and conveying services provided by Housing Residential Life & Auxiliaries.

Possesses the ability to read blueprints and has excellent organizational skills to maintain projects names dates and places accurately. Must have a general understanding of building maintenance trades custodial and grounds operations. Capable of exercising sound time management skills controlling projects and working proactively to mitigate delays legal confrontations budget problems and additional complications that may jeopardize project or HRL goals and objectives.

Has working knowledge of human resources management principles to coach train motivate evaluate and discipline as needed. Ability to coordinate organize and demonstrate command of a complex and continuously changing array of information dates places and people in a systematic way to optimize efficiency and minimize duplication of effort in the process of completing administrative support projects. Demonstrated experience working in a union workforce environment. Skilled in writing concise logical and grammatically correct correspondence and analytical reports.

Proficient in analyzing information problems situations procedures etc. to define the problem identify relevant issues and generate reasonable and appropriate alternatives. Computer literate with knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite (e.g. Word Excel Outlook Access etc. and Internet applications. Ability to learn and use resident management application (StarRez). Knowledgeable in building and fire codes including Occupational & Health Administration general safety rules equipment and clothing and California Administrative Codes include Titles 19 22 and 24 when overseeing projects. Experience with Title 5 highly preferred. Familiar with ADA requirements. Experienced with cleaning products equipment and procedures. Skilled in mathematical calculations sufficient to prepare budgets estimates reports and projects to monitor project costs. Ability to work under fluctuating workload conditions with frequent interruptions distractions and emergencies.

Ability to communicate with an ethnically and culturally diverse campus community. Ability to follow all university policies procedures and guidelines including but not limited to safety civility information security and nondiscrimination policies and procedures. Ability to contribute to a positive university experience for each and every student and assist in achieving the universitys commitment to a vision of excellence.

Education and Experience

Masters degree required or equivalent work experience Doctorate degree preferred.
Minimum of 8 years Housing student services or other related university experience strongly preferred.

Physical Summary

• Medium work Job involves lifting heavyweight objects 2040 pounds) and/or 20 40 of the job involves standing squatting kneeling or walking. May require pushing or pulling objects within the weight limits.

Licenses

Valid California drivers license and ability to drive a university vehicle required.

Department

Housing & Residential Life

Compensation

Hiring Range: The hiring range for this position is $12500 $14333 per month commensurate with candidates education experience skills and training.

CSU MPP Compensation Summary Range: The MPP Comp Summary Range for this position is $11597 $17396 per month.

Salary placement is determined by the education experience and qualifications the candidate brings to the position internal equity and the hiring departments fiscal resources.

Benefits

This is a management level position with an attractive benefits package which includes a vacation accrual rate of 16 hours per month and excellent choice of medical dental and vision insurance long term disability coverage life insurance educational fee waiver and retirement benefits.

Classification

Administrator III

How to Apply

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It is important that all sections of the online application are filled out completely and accurately. Please include all relevant education and experience.Your application will be used to determine whether you meet the minimum qualifications for this position.

Additional Information

The person holding this position is considered a mandated reporter under the California Child Abuse and Neglect Reporting Act and is required to comply with the requirements set forth in CSU Executive Order 1083 Revised July 21 2017 as a condition of employment.

A background check (including a criminal records check) must be completed satisfactorily and is required for employment. CSU will make a conditional offer of employment which may be rescinded if the background check reveals disqualifying information and/or it is discovered that the candidate knowingly withheld or falsified information. Failure to satisfactorily complete the background check may affect the continued employment of a current CSU employee who was conditionally offered the position.

Due to the nature of this position current CSULB employees are subject to a criminal record check unless they have successfully completed a criminal background check through CSULB within the past 12 months.

CSULB is not a sponsoring agency for staff and management positions (i.e. H1B Visas).

California State University Long Beach expects respectful professional behavior from its employees in all situations. Acts of harassment or abusive conduct are prohibited. Demonstrated appropriate professional behavior treating others with civility and respect and refusing to tolerate abusive conduct is expected of all employees.

Accommodations

We provide reasonable accommodations to applicants and employees with disabilities. Applicants with questions about access or requiring a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application or hiring process should contact .

Out of State Employment Policy

California State University Long Beach as part of the CSU system is a State of California Employer. As such the University requires all employees upon date of hire to reside in the State of California.

As of January 1 2022 the CSU OutofState Employment Policy prohibits the hiring of employees to perform CSUrelated work outside the state of California.

Equal Employment Statement

Consistent with California law and federal civil rights laws CSULB provides equal opportunity in employment without unlawful discrimination or preferential treatment based on race sex color ethnicity national origin or other protected status. CSULB complies with Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act the California Equity in Higher Education Act Californias Proposition 209 (Art. I Section 31 of the California Constitution) other applicable state and federal antidiscrimination laws and CSUs Nondiscrimination Policy. We prohibit discriminatory preferential treatment segregation based on race or any other protected status and all forms of discrimination harassment and retaliation in all university programs policies and practices.

Conflict of Interest

The duties of this position will include participation in decisions that may have a material financial benefit to the incumbent. Therefore the selected candidate will be required to file Conflict of Interest Form 700: Statement of Economic Interest on an annual basis complete ethics training within 6 months of appointment and attend this training every other year thereafter.