Area Coordinator/Residence Life

Job Description

Marshall University’s Department of Housing and Residence Life seeks outgoing, energetic, and skilled applicants for a full-time, 12 month live-in professional responsible for a residential living community at Marshall University. The communities house between 250-850 students, a team of Resident Advisors ranging from 6 to 28 and has the potential to supervise an Assistant Area Coordinator General Responsibilities
Supervision and Staff Development

• Supervise Resident Advisors and an Assistant Area Coordinator and conducts individual meetings, bi-annual evaluations, etc.
• Contribute and encourage the development of positive working relationships with all residence life staff.
• Attend and organize weekly staff meetings with building staff and/or departmental staff
• Assist with selecting, training, development and in-service activities for the paraprofessional staff.
• Assist with coordination of fall & spring training as well as ongoing personal and professional staff development opportunities.

Coordinate one of the following over the summer months

• Summer Area Coordinator
• Summer Conferences
• Damage Billing Appeals

Coordinate one of the three following collaterals Student Staff Training

• Coordinate schedule completions and distribution, confirmation of speakers, food orders, theme, t-shirts development and distribution, evening activities
• Oversees speaker(s) and room reservation, training meals and food purchases, material requests for Staff training
• Oversees supplemental training of fall sessions that won’t fit into spring training for new staff

Student Staff Selection

• Coordinate advertisement, interview schedule, interview questions, application creation, communication with applicants, training staff on interviewing, pre interview application assessment (conduct and grade check)
• Creates marketing strategies and theme for each selection process.
• Update letters pertinent to student staff selection in E Rez Life and Roompact
• Create post analytics regarding applicant scores to guide hiring
• Set up selection meetings for hiring

Student Leadership

• Mentor and be available to student leaders through RHA and NRHH
• Coordinate Student Leadership campus wide fundraiser
• Serve as senior advisor to Residence Hall Association executive board
• Serve as senior advisor to National Residence Hall Honorary chapter
• Oversee participation and organizing of student leadership conferences
• Plan and facilitate the annual Housing and Residence Life Banquet

Student and Community Development

• Create and promote a caring atmosphere conducive to student learning, academic success, and to the personal development of residence hall students.
• Promote an atmosphere that emphasizes Marshall’s values (academic achievement, personal freedom & integrity, dignity and respect for the individual, diversity and inclusiveness, sustainability, and service).
• Work with Assistant Area Coordinators to assess effectiveness of hall traditions & learning outcomes.
• Encourage behavior that demonstrates professionalism, role modeling, and positive communication.
• Maintain a high level of residence hall visibility and interaction
• Implement and manage residential curriculum and learning outcomes in community.
• Develop and maintain a positive and mutually supportive working relationship with all campus offices.
• Facilitate and implement academic initiatives such as collaboration with faculty, promoting study groups and tutoring, working with relevant MU Marshall University academic offices.
• Advise and counsel individual students, making referrals when needed.
• Assist in the management of student behavior through conduct sanctioning and student advising.
• Hear, adjudicate, and mediate student housing conduct process.
• Facilitate roommate mediation process within your assigned community.
• Assist with university and housing recruitment, orientation, and retention efforts.

Administrative/Management

• Implement goals and objectives that are consistent with those of the Department of Housing and Residence Life.
• Responsible for facility management, housing operations, and all housing processes in your community.
• Serve on an on-call duty coverage rotation and responds to emergency or non-emergency situations for campus community on nights, weekdays, weekends and holidays.
• Maintain office hours (as set by your supervisor) and uphold high degree of availability and visibility for all residents.
• Oversee residence hall desk operations
• Effectively manage area and committee budgets, as well as conduct all purchasing for hall activities in accordance with state purchasing expectations
• Exhibit effective time management strategies and excellence in executing tasks.
• Ability to take tasks and work independently and with accuracy.
• Work with confidence and maturity; and understands confidentiality within appropriate settings.
• Participate in department initiatives such as strategic planning, retention initiatives, departmental programming, Housing Sign-ups, Week of Welcome, Opening and Closing of residence halls.
• Work collaboratively with others in the department, division, Student Affairs and university.
• Enforce University and departmental policies and procedures.
• Understand there will be other duties as assigned by supervisors.

Salary Range $44,918 - $58,393 - Salary is commensurate with experience, education, and internal equity Salary Type Salary Time Type Full-Time Work Location MU - Marshall University Qualifications Must be able to perform all essential job duties as outlined in the job description. Required Qualifications Education

• Bachelors Degree

Experience

• 2 years of related experience

Preferred Qualifications Education

• Master’s degree in Student Affairs, Higher Education, Counseling, or related field

Experience

• Prior Live-in Residence Life staff member
• 3 years of related experience

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