Manager, Residence Life, Housing & Conduct
Manager, Residence Life, Housing & Conduct
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The State of Californias Affordable Student Housing grant program was instrumental in facilitating a significant expansion of Sierras student housing capacity effectively tripling our housing availability. This transformational initiative addresses the pressing need for affordable housing among students providing a supportive and conducive living environment. The grants impact extends beyond mere expansion fostering a vibrant campus community that enhances the overall student experience and promotes academic success.
Under the general direction of the Dean of Student Services the Manager of Residence Life Housing & Conduct oversees all aspects for the Districts Residence Life Housing and Conduct program including both student development and operations components. Areas of responsibilities include but are not limited to fiscal oversight; marketing; programming and student development; student support; enforcement of policies and supervision of employees. The responsibilities of the Manager of Residence Life Housing & Conduct require a combination of managerial and interpersonal skills aimed at supporting the housing staff and residents while running a fiscally efficient operation.
Residence Life Housing & Conduct is committed to the total development of the student within an inclusive community through restorative practices community standards community development intentional conversations and encouraging personal growth and academic success. The Manager of Residence Life Housing & Conduct must collaborate with internal staff and external campus partners and vendors employ a student-centered approach to provide a safe and quality living environment to a diverse student population. This position will directly supervise two full-time professional staff (Supervisors).
Sierra College has a strong commitment to the achievement of equity and inclusion among its faculty staff and students and values the rich diverse backgrounds that make up the campus community. The Manager of Residence Life Housing & Conduct must demonstrate a profound understanding of successfully supporting individuals with varying and diverse backgrounds including persons with disabilities various gender identities and sexual orientations individuals from historically underrepresented communities and other groups. The Manager of Residence Life Housing & Conduct will effectively ensure the district develops and provides strategies for justice-impacted student success as well as proactive student-centered practices and policies committed to eliminating equity gaps.
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- Applicant Support is available between 6 a.m. and 5 p.m. Pacific Time Monday through Friday.
If you have any questions about this position please contact the Human Resources Department at.Examples Of Functions and Tasks
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
Duties include day-to-day oversight of Residence Life Housing & Conduct.
Supervises various levels of staff members both professional and student staff.
Hiring training and evaluating staff; including correcting deficiencies; implements discipline procedures.
Develops goals and objectives as well as policies and procedures; initiates and implements changes and improvements to existing standards policies and procedures; implements adopted policies and procedures; monitors work activities to ensure compliance with established policies and procedures.
Engages in long range planning activities regarding student housing; research industry trends patterns in student interest cost of service and other areas related to the development of student housing including affordable student housing.
Takes part in national statewide or local professional development meetings and conferences to stay up to date on market trends and development changes as needed for residence life.
Residence Life:
Guides the development and execution of residential life program student programing within the residential community.
Provides leadership and oversight to the residence halls including the direct supervision training recruitment hiring and evaluation of two full-time professional staff and indirect supervision of all live-in resident assistants.
Recruit hire train supervise evaluate and provide leadership to the full-time supervisors.
Develops and administers residence life policies and procedures
Works collaboratively with other Departments individuals or agencies to address issues of mental health financial literacy crimes and potential homelessness
Workings in partnership with Community Safety to ensure the safety of the community.
Housing Operations:
Serves as the property manager and landlord for District student housing; negotiates and oversees all lease agreements and vendor contracts.
Oversees occupancy management strategy for the department.
Develops and administers housing processes and procedures.
Oversees the Housing Accommodation process
Conduct Community Standards & On-call Response:
Serves as departmental lead responsible for the administration of the student conduct process for residents within the residence halls (i.e. manuals training ongoing review etc.).
In collaboration with the Dean of Student Life CARE team Community Safety and other departments on campus develop and leads effort regarding the Standards of Student Conduct support for referred and impacted students and coordinated care of resources for students.
Serves as a housing conduct officer; reviews and investigates reports of mid-to-high-level student misconduct initiating disciplinary action as warranted.
Serves as an appeals officer for cases heard by the supervisors.
Develops implements and reviews annually education sanctions to promote restorative justice education and community development.
Enforces residence hall rules and regulations; mediates student conflicts and assists in developing processes for problem/conflict resolution.
Evaluates student academic and behavioral progress coordinating disciplinary and corrective processes with other managers as needed.
Coordinates the Student Conduct database (Maxient) for Housing conduct cases.
Facilities and Maintenance:
Ensures execution of daily facilities maintenance preventative maintenance plan grounds and custodial.
Assesses facility fixture and furnishings conditions and maintenance needs; plans and coordinates replacement and repair schedules to meet short and long-range department facility and equipment need within the residence hall.
Identifies vendors and negotiate contracts for services provided.
Oversee the annual turn of units between contracts including communication with vendors housing and contract maintenance staff and walking units for final preparation prior to student move in.
Works directly with maintenance staff to ensure completion of work orders in a timely manner.
Marketing and Communication:
Directly coordinates marketing initiatives which includes the development and execution of a marketing plan and timeline aligns with occupancy timelines.
Participates in various recruitment events to market the Residence Life experience to prospective residents and students.
Budgetary Operations:
Provides fiscal oversight by managing the operating and capital budgets which includes developing annual budget proposals presenting budgets to the institution for approval.
Ensures all expenditures fall within budget expectations.
Plans for unexpected expenses.
Tracks and approves expenditures accounts payable functions.
Other Duties:
Requires a regular workday with additional responsibilities in the evenings and weekends as needed.
Participates in professional staff on-call rotation including after-hours emergency response.
Other duties as assigned.Minimum Qualifications
Education and Experience Guidelines:
Any combination of education and experience that would likely provide the required knowledge and abilities is qualifying. A typical way to obtain the knowledge and abilities would be:
Experience: Three to five years of professional experience in a student housing program.
Education/Training: A Bachelors degree from an accredited college or university.
QUALIFICATIONS: The following generally describes the knowledge and ability required to enter the job and/or be learned within a short period of time in order to successfully perform the assigned duties.
Knowledge of:
Facilities operations
Services and activities of a college residence life program.
Principles and practices associated with student development.
Laws and regulations relative to student residence hall housing.
Student educational programming.
Principles of supervision training and performance evaluation.
Basic principles and practices of budget preparation and administration.
Principles and procedures of record keeping.
Principles of business letter writing and basic report preparation.
Modern office procedures methods and equipment including computers.
Computer applications such as word processing spreadsheets and statistical databases.
English usage spelling grammar and punctuation.
Pertinent federal state and local laws codes and regulations.
Ability to:
Coordinate and support college residence life programs
Supervise organize and review the work of assigned staff involved in administering residence life programs.
Select train and evaluate staff.
Recommend and implement goals objectives policies and procedures for providing student residence hall housing.
Understand the organization and operation of the District as necessary to assume assigned responsibilities
Understand interpret and apply general and specific administrative and departmental policies and procedures as well as applicable federal state and local policies laws and regulations.
Prepare clear and concise reports.
Participate in the preparation and administration of assigned budgets.
Apply collaborative decision-making processes.
Evaluate and solve administrative student relations problems and independently take corrective actions.
Plan and organize work to meet changing priorities and deadlines.
Effectively represent the District to outside individuals and agencies to accomplish the goals and objectives of the unit.
Work cooperatively with other departments District staff and outside agencies.
Respond tactfully clearly concisely and appropriately to inquiries from the public District staff or other agencies on sensitive issues in area of responsibility.
Demonstrate an awareness and appreciation of the cultural diversity of the District.
Communicate clearly and concisely both orally and in writing.
Establish and maintain effective working relationships with those contacted in the course of work.
PHYSICAL DEMANDS AND WORKING ENVIRONMENT:The conditions herein are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential job functions.
Environment: Work is performed primarily in a standard office setting.
Physical: Primary functions require sufficient physical ability and mobility to work in an office setting; to stand or sit for prolonged periods of time; to occasionally walk stoop bend kneel crouch reach and twist; to lift carry push and/or pull light to moderate amounts of weight; to operate office equipment requiring repetitive hand movement and fine coordination including use of a computer keyboard; and to verbally communicate to exchange information.
Vision: See in the normal visual range with or without correction; vision sufficient to read computer screens and printed documents; and to operate assigned equipment.
Hearing: Hear in the normal audio range with or without correction.Supplemental Information
WHY SIERRA
- One of Aspen Institutes Top150 Community Colleges in the nation
- The Accrediting Commission recognized Sierra for its exemplary practice of providing personnel with opportunities for continued professional development in order to meet its mission. This includes providing students and employees with a robust set of programs events and conferences related to equity-mindedness and supporting the success of our students etc.
- Public Employees Retirement System (PERS)
- 18 paid holidays (including extended time off during the winter break)
- 22 accrued paid vacation days per year (vacation accrual increases over time)
- Competitive benefits package
- Currently during summers some employee groups participate in 4x10 schedules
- Qualifying Employer for Public Service Loan Forgiveness (in most cases)
Sierra College is a Community College located near Sacramento California where a heavy emphasis is placed on academic excellence and student success. Since its founding in 1936 Sierra College has focused on quality instruction and meeting the evolving needs of the students and communities that it serves. The Sierra Community College District covers more than 3200 square miles and serves the Northern California foothill counties of Placer and Nevada as well as parts of El Dorado and Sacramento. We serve over 17000 students throughout the region in both on-ground and online courses including students at our main Rocklin Campus as well as at two centers located in Grass Valley and Tahoe/Truckee. Our District prides itself on academic excellence.
Sierra College has a strong commitment to the achievement of equity and inclusion among its faculty staff and students and values the rich diverse backgrounds that make up the campus community. A strong candidate for this position must demonstrate a profound understanding of and experience with successfully supporting individuals with varying backgrounds. This includes persons with disabilities various gender identities and sexual orientations as well as individuals from historically underrepresented communities and other groups. Our District is committed to providing strategies for success and proactive student-centered practices and policies focused on eliminating equity gaps to ensure the District provides an inclusive educational and employment environment focused on strategies for success and equitable outcomes for all.
As an institution Sierra College is committed to eliminating the equity gap in all student populations with dynamic learner-centered practices and policies that fully engage the college community. The ideal candidate will share the Colleges commitment to helping its racially and socioeconomically diverse students succeed in their degree and career objectives. Currently Sierra College enrolls 17800 students per term where approximately: 23% of Sierra Colleges students are Latin(o)(a)(x)(e) 3% are African-American/Black 2% are Filipino 6% are Asian 1% are American Indian/Alaskan Native 8% are Multiethnic and 55% are White.
The successful candidate will join a College dedicated to the use of culturally responsive strategies and methods that meet the varying needs of our students faculty staff and surrounding community. Sierra College demonstrates its commitment to equity by supporting ongoing professional development for students faculty and staff. These opportunities include trainings and workshops on equity and inclusion active Academic Senate standing committees concerned with student success and equity a Presidential Equity Advisory Committee (PEAC) culturally responsive student engagement centers support for our undocumented and AB540 students campus-wide equity summits a robust set of programs events and conferences related to equity-mindedness and supporting the success of our diverse students.
Need Help With Your Online Account- Use the onlineHelp Guide or contact the NEOED Applicants Support Line at if you need assistance with your online applicant account.
- Applicant Support is available between 6 a.m. and 5 p.m. Pacific Time Monday through Friday.
If you have any questions about this position please contact the Human Resources Department at.
Helpful Tip:
Please note that as described above a strong candidate for this position must demonstrate a profound understanding of and experience with successfully supporting individuals with varying backgrounds; and therefore hiring committees assess candidates for these knowledge skills and abilities.
Applicants may want to consider incorporating culturally-inclusive/equity-minded strategies practiced and/or evidence of the responsiveness to and understanding of the racial socioeconomic and cultural diversity of community college student populations throughout their application materials (including application and documents uploaded if any).
Please see the Sierra College website for additional helpfultips and tools for prospective applicants.
Travel expenses may be partially reimbursed for candidates traveling beyond a 150 mile radius for second round interviews. All other travel expenses will be borne by the candidate (if in person interviews).
Key Information Regarding Our Hiring Process
Hiring Subject to Board of Trustees Approval
Please note that all new hires require approval from our Board of Trustees during one of their public meetings. Official hire dates will follow this approval. More information about the Board of Trustees and their meetings can be found athttps:// Visa Sponsorship Not Available
At this time we do not offer H1B1 visa sponsorship for new employees.
Terms and Conditions of Employment:
Other terms and conditions of employment are specified in the applicable collective bargaining agreements on file in the District Human Resources Department. Position description of record on file in the Human Resources Department.
*Sierra Community College District currently operates campuses in Rocklin Truckee and Grass its management of a multi-campus environment the District reserves right of assignment including the right to change assignment locations and shift assignments based on District need. Although this position may currently reside at the Rocklin campus the assignment location may be subject to change as needed. Additionally the district reserves the right to cancel revise or re-announce this position as well as any and all positions at any time.
EEO/TITLE IXEMPLOYER
Sierra College is an equal employment opportunity employer committed to nondiscrimination and the achievement of diversity and equity among its faculty staff and students.
Persons with inquiries about the application of Title IX and/or EEO may contact the Director of Diversity EEO & Title IX (Title IX Coordinator) at the address below at or via email at.
Persons with questions regarding reasonable accommodation of physical and other disabilities should contact the Sierra College Human Resources Department at .
If you have limitations hearing or speaking the State of California offers a specially-trained Communications Assistant (CA) that can relay telephone conversations for all of your calls. Dial 711 to reach the California Relay Service (CRS). Dialing 711 is for everyone not just those who have difficulty hearing on a standard phone. If you prefer having your calls immediately answered in your mode of communication dial one of the toll-free modality and language-specific numbers below. The call will be routed to the CRS provider.
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Required Experience:
Manager
Employment Type
Full-Time
