Housing Assignment Coordinator
Housing Assignment Coordinator
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Job Description
Position Function:
Provides leadership and direction in the client services functions of the department: housing applications housing assignments contracts billing and central office operations.
Salary Grade:12
Please see Staff Compensation Structure or Skilled Crafts and Service Maintenance Compensation Schedule for salary ranges. For salary grade UC these positions are Unclassified and salary ranges are determined by the hiring department.
Department Profile:
The Department of Housing and Residence Life strives to create a home away from home where students are individually and collectively challenged and supported in the journey to become mature contributing citizens in a global community.
In support of the mission of Mississippi State University and the Division of Student Affairs the Department of Housing and Residence Life cultivates an oncampus environment that promotes student success engages students through intentional interactions and challenges them to learn and grow beyond the classroom.
Duties and Responsibilities:
1. Serves as a member of the departments occupancy management and communications team.
2. In collaboration and with authorization from the Executive Director or Associate Director communicates with external clients to coordinate special housing needs such as student support services students livinglearning communities and athletes.
3. Ensures maintenance of residents housing files and records over 8000 applications annually.
4. Coordinates the generation of periodic position reports on occupancy and demographics for internal and external distribution.
5. Supervises and manages the receipt and processing of housing applications and housing assignment related requests such as housing appeals.
6. Coordinates the generation and distribution of residence hall room assignments for new and returning students.
7. Ensures proper entry of residence hall room assignments and applicable information within the housing management system StarRez for housing assignments appropriate billing needs and housing appeals.
8. Oversees the operation of the central housing front desk operations including customer service and routing client needs to the appropriate staff member as needed.
9. Coordinates periodic audits of central office procedures and records to ensure policy and procedure compliance and accountability.
10. Works with the departmental leadership to develop occupancy management strategic goals and objectives.
11. Coordinates inventory of important forms for housing such as emergency cards room inventory forms lock out forms lock change forms etc.
12. Serves on departmental divisional and/or universitywide committees as needed.
13. Actively involved with state regional and/or national professional associations.
14. Trains staff on policies procedures and housing software as needed. Evaluate departmental administrative policies and procedures and recommend revisions to the Associate Director.
15. Perform related duties as assigned.
Minimum Qualifications:
Bachelors Degree
Substitution allowed:
An equivalent combination of related education and related experience may be considered for this position.
Preferred Qualifications:
Two years of related experience
Experience working with the StarRez student housing software
Knowledge Skills and Abilities:
1. Knowledge of computerized information systems and Microsoft Office suite specifically Word and Excel
2. Ability to supervise train manage development and evaluate staff
3. Execute excellent customer service skills verbally and in writing
Working Conditions and Physical Effort
No unusual physical requirements. Requires no heavy lifting and majority of work is performed in a comfortable indoor facility.
Externally imposed deadlines set or revised on short notice frequent shifts in priority numerous interruptions requiring immediate attention unusual pressure on a daily basis due to accountability for success for major projects or areas of operation.
Job frequently requires sitting reaching talking and hearing.
Job occasionally requires standing walking climbing or balancing stooping/kneeling/crouching/crawling handling objects with hands and lifting up to 25 pounds. Vision requirements: Ability to see information in print and/or electronically.
Instructions for Applying:
Link to apply: Employment Opportunity Statement:
Mississippi State University is an equal opportunity institution. Discrimination is prohibited in university employment programs or activities based on race color ethnicity sex pregnancy religion national origin disability age sexual orientation genetic information status as a U.S. veteran or any other status to the extent protected by applicable law. Questions about equal opportunity programs or compliance should be directed to the Office of Civil Rights Compliance 231 Famous Maroon Band Street P.O. 6044 Mississippi State MS 39839.
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Required Experience:
IC
Employment Type
Full-Time
