FT Staff Residence Life Coordinator
FT Staff Residence Life Coordinator
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Job Description
Reporting to the Residence Manager for the assigned Residence Hall Residence Life Coordinators assist Residence Life Management and Student Success Coaches in establishing and maintaining a strong living and learning multicultural residential community for University students. This includes the effective coordination of the assigned residence hall environment; ensuring departmental and institutional policies procedures and guidelines are followed; providing appropriate residence hall programming relative to orientation/campus life integration and problems of scholastic educational and personalsocial nature; providing effective upward communication and collaboration with other University personnel and provide professional customer service. Residence Coordinators serve as ethical adult leaders role models and mentors for students. Residence Life Coordinator shifts consist of 4 PM 12 AM and 12 AM 8 AM covering 7 days per week; PT Coordinators may work rotating shifts to cover specific open availability needs.
Essential Job Functions:
- Monitors student behavior within the residence halls to promote positive living/learning situations.
- Initiates appropriate response to crisis/conflict/violation situations.
- Suggests remedial or corrective actions.
- Provides emotional support guidance and mentoring for students to facilitate social and emotional development.
- In the event of a threatening residence hall situations contacts appropriate emergency responders:
- Creates a sense of community within the residence halls by supporting student growth and development and life skill education.
- Assists students in making better adjustments/decision and in planning intelligent life goals.
- Serves as an ethical adult leader and role model.
- Following room assignments by Residence Manager appropriately issues room keys and residence life manuals.
- Provides appropriate residence hall programming relative to orientation/campus life integration and problems of scholastic educational and personalsocial nature
- Serves as an effective customer service resource and referral agent.
- Other duties as assigned.
Minimum Job Qualifications
Education and/or Experience
- High School diploma or GED required.
- Bachelors degree preferred.
- Minimum of three years related work experience working with young adults such as residence life advisor/coordinator student mentor etc. OR combination of education and equivalent work experience.
- Must be responsive quickthinking and possess an innate ability to anticipate and respond to issues.
- Establish priorities and work in an organized manner with emphasis on detail and accuracy.
- Ability to handle multiple tasks and assignments and meet competing deadlines.
- Ability to work independently without close supervision and as a member of a team.
Five Specific Competencies
Achieving Results
Sets challenging goals tracks progress towards them solves performance problems and demonstrates urgency and drive towards achieving them.
Collaboration
Builds constructive working relationships with clients/customers other work units community organizations and others to meet mutual goals and objectives. Behaves professionally and supportively when working with individuals from a variety of ethnic social and educational backgrounds.
Communication
Clearly and respectfully conveys and receives information and ideas through a variety of media to individuals or groups in a manner that engages the listener helps them understand and retain the message and invites response and feedback. Keeps others informed as appropriate. Demonstrates good written oral and listening skills.
Customer Service
Makes customers/clients and their needs a primary focus of ones actions; shows interest in and understanding of the needs and expectations of internal and external customers (including direct reports); gains customer trust and respect; meets or exceeds customer expectations.
Strategic Focus
Understands how an organization must change in light of internal and external trends and influences; keeps the big long range picture in mind; builds a shared longrange organizational vision with others. Committed to course of action to achieve longrange goals and influences others to translate vision into action.
Other Competencies (skills abilities behavior)
Must have a philosophy that is consistent with the Mission Vision and Core Values of the organization. Vision commitment and experience in achieving goals and pursuing excellence is critical. Strong oral and written presentation skills. Ability to work well independently and as a member of a team. Excellence in organization decisionmaking problemsolving and creating a collaborative environment. Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously. Must be able to read write and speak fluently in English.
Physical Demands
Ability to sit or stand for up to 8 hours/day and climb stairs as required. Some lifting (up to 25 pounds occasionally) bending and carrying. Specific vision abilities include the ability to use close vision. The employee is regularly required to talk and hear and to use hands and fingers to handle or feel.
Required Experience:
IC
Employment Type
Full-Time
