Assistant Director for Living-Learning Communities and Community Development

Gonzaga University, United States

Updated: 18 days ago
Location: Spokane, WASHINGTON
Deadline: 22 May 2024

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Who We Are
At Gonzaga we don’t just state our mission. We live it every day as a Catholic, Jesuit, and humanistic University. It is the reason we exist and the foundation for our purpose: educating students for lives of leadership and service. From students to faculty and staff members, everyone here knows what we stand for – and they know how valuable our mission is to the success of our institution.
Our diverse selection of benefits is part of Gonzaga’s commitment to care for and meet the needs of our employees and their families. The University provides full-time employees in their first year: a PPO Medical plan administered by Premera Blue Cross, employer-paid dental programs through Delta Dental, vision coverage through VSP, employer-paid Life Insurance, and optional employee-paid Life Insurance through Lincoln Financial, TIAA 403(b) Retirement plan including free onsite financial planning and advising, Employee Assistance Program through Supportlinc, Zagfit Wellness program with access to GU’s onsite fitness center and Spokane Transit Authority (STA) bus passes. Additionally, full-time (40 hours per week) staff employees accrue 4 hours of sick time per pay period (pro-rated for less than 40 hours/week), vacation time starting at 5 hours per pay period (pro-rated for less than 40 hours/week) and 17 paid holidays. Additional benefits such as Long Term Disability and Tuition Waivers are available after the first year of employment.
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Position Title Assistant Director for Living-Learning Communities and Community Development
Posting Number S2259P
Department Housing & Residence Life
Work Schedule
Monday – Friday 8:00am – 5:00pm, with occasional evenings and weekend responsibilities.
Employment Status Regular
Temporary or Fixed-Term Assignment End Date
Hours per Week 40
Months per Year 12
Job Purpose
Gonzaga University is currently recruiting for the position of Assistant Director of Residence Life. This full-time, 12 month, live-on position provides leadership for professional and student staff in an area of campus with approximately 1500 residents. The incumbent serves a critical role in the supervision of full-time, live-in Residence Directors as well as the establishment, growth, and maturation of the department’s living learning communities. Utilizing sound, informed judgment, Assistant Directors function with substantial autonomy to realize the mission, vision, and goals of the institution, division, and department within their area of responsibility.
The budgeted annual salary that the University reasonably expects to offer for this position is $51,540 – $58,431.
The full internal range is $51,965 – $70,304.
Anticipated/Budgeted Salary (Annualized 12 months, 40 hours/week) 51540 - 58431
Minimum Salary (Annualized 12 months, 40 hours/week) 51965
Salary Midpoint (Annualized 12 months, 40 hours/week) 61134
Maximum Salary (Annualized 12 months, 40 hours/week) 70304


Essential Functions


Essential Function Category Title Supervision Responsibilities
% of time for section 35%
Function Details
  • Supervise Residence Director(s) and Graduate Assistant(s) for Living Learning Communities.
  • Collaborate with the Graduate Assistant(s) for Living Learning Communities to lead and train the peer mentors.
  • Create opportunities and actively participate in encouraging team development through multiple mechanisms and support recognition efforts that build team morale.
  • Meet operational targets, develop innovative solutions, and continuously improve department and efforts.
  • Support and contribute to student and professional staff hiring efforts that meet departmental needs.
  • Actively build relationships within the department and demonstrate an interest in fostering a collaborative environment.
  • Respond to students’ and families’ concerns with an ethic of care, concern, and excellent customer service.
  • Address and manage high-level conflict that may arise in the residence halls.
  • Develop and coordinate, in partnership with supervisees, ongoing professional development efforts.
  • Provide constructive feedback and effectively guide supervisees to excel within their role.
Essential Function Category Title Living Learning Communities and Community Development
% of time for section 35%
Function Details
  • Facilitate and encourage the establishment, growth, and maturation of living-learning communities and intentional residential communities.
  • Oversee the creation and support of living-learning communities, providing strategic direction and leadership for the development, implementation, and improvement of living-learning communities.
  • Cultivate strong partnerships with academic programs, units, student affairs services, and other stakeholders to design and implement living-learning programs that support the university’s mission and vision.
  • In collaboration with the Director for Residence Life, coordinate the departmental residential education and community building efforts.
  • Strengthen the Housing and Residence Life community development model through assessment efforts to evaluate the model’s effectiveness.
  • Train staff in implementing community development initiatives within the residence halls.
  • Work collaboratively with the housing operations team to plan for the successful integration of learning communities.
  • Provide support and training for residence hall staff to successfully implement and sustain living learning communities.
  • Effectively communicate goals/services of the living-learning community program and make oral presentations.
  • Collect and report retention, learning outcomes, and satisfaction data as it relates to living learning communities.
Essential Function Category Title Strategic Management and Mission Alignment
% of time for section 20%
Function Details
  • Create and maintain vibrant communities and contribute to the development of the whole person—mind, body, and spirit.
  • Coordinate strategy and directives for all assigned campus-wide Residence Life initiatives.
  • Assist in the development of the departmental strategic plan.
  • Act as a university agent in coordinating university response regarding the operations of the residence halls.
  • Direct all aspects of residence hall management for buildings in their respective areas, including fiscal, short—and long-range planning, and facilities oversight.
  • Oversee the use of a program budget for the area encompassing anywhere from $25,000 to $45,000, including student-employee-related payroll.
  • Set and communicate expectations for professional staff in their area of responsibility.
  • Assist in facilitation, when needed, weekly department-wide meetings.
Essential Function Category Title University and Department Representative
% of time for section 10%
Function Details
  • Direct opportunities for student growth and community development that reflect the university’s Jesuit, Catholic, and humanistic mission.
  • Facilitate and direct department, division, and institutional initiatives through collaborative work efforts.
  • Serve as a judicial officer for the Resolution Center for Student Conduct and Conflict, taking primary responsibility for coordinating conduct interventions.
  • Participate as a member of the university on-call system for after-hours and crisis response.


Position deemed essential personnel as an emergency responder to natural and human-caused disasters.


Other Functions


Other Functions
  • Other tasks as requested by the Department.


University Competencies


University Work Values
Promoting Excellence in Academic Endeavors and Professional Practice
• Fostering intellectual depth, competence, reflection, and creativity in pursuing exemplary, rather than satisfactory, outcomes
Sharing Responsibility for Mission Identity and Leadership
• Making a personal commitment to learn about Gonzaga’s mission, discovering ways to contribute individually and collaboratively to our distinctive learning and research community
Affirming a Commitment to Human Dignity
• Engaging one another with profound respect, professionalism, and cura personalis while supporting one another’s continued learning, development, and maximizing of potential
Advancing a Culture of Inclusiveness
• Developing cultural fluencies and global awarenesses, and practicing habits that enable us to value, recruit, and support community members from historically underrepresented backgrounds
Caring for Our Common Home and Integral Ecology
• Growing ecological awareness of and respect for the interconnectedness of human and non-human life, and the need to develop and practice habits that are mutually beneficial to all life
Cultivating Individual and Community Accountability
• Demonstrating mutual commitment to our shared project by holding ourselves and others responsible for actions, expecting appropriate behavior, and aligning activities with ethical and professional standards


Qualifications/Knowledge Required/Years Experience Required


Degree Required Master's Degree
Certifications and/or Licensures required
Knowledge Required Specialist Knowledge in field
Years Experience Required 3-4.99 years
Minimum Qualifications
  • Master’s Degree in College Student Affairs or related field.
  • Three (3) years previous professional Residence Life or Student Affairs experience.
  • Demonstrated passion and commitment to college student life.
  • Related professional experience in student behavioral interventions, student staff recruitment, selection, training, supervision, fiscal management of residence hall budgets, group advising.
  • Understanding and support of the Jesuit, humanistic mission of a Catholic, liberal arts university.
Desired Qualifications
  • Significant experience with residence hall program development, outcomes design and assessment.
  • Previous graduate or professional staff supervision experience.
  • Understanding of challenges and barriers faced by communities around ethnicity, race, class, gender, privilege and oppression.
  • Knowledge and understanding of the issues surrounding equity, diversity, inclusion, implicit bias, institutional racism, and other systemic oppressions.
Physical / Environmental Qualifications
  • Remain in a stationary position majority of the time.
  • Ability to prep for and attend meetings and events across campus in various weather conditions.
  • Wrist and hand movement related to computer work.
  • Bend, stoop, kneel, stretch and reach.
  • Pick-up, carry and move items up to 25 lbs.


Posting Detail Information


Open Date 04/24/2024
Close Date 05/22/2024
Open Until Filled No
Application Review Begins On 05/22/2024
Special Instructions to Applicants
EEO Statement
Gonzaga University is a Jesuit, Catholic, humanistic institution, and is therefore interested in candidates who will contribute to its distinctive mission. Gonzaga University is a committed EEO/AA employer and diversity candidates are encouraged to apply. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to their disability status and/or protected veteran status. Applicants with disabilities needing reasonable accommodations to complete the application or hiring process should contact Human Resources (509) 313-5996.
Clery Statement
Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Campus Crime Statistics
The safety of all members of the campus community is of vital concern to Gonzaga University. Information regarding crime prevention advice, the law enforcement authority of Campus Security, policies concerning the reporting of any crimes which occurred on the campus (and other specified locations), other security and safety-related policies, as well as the crime statistics for the most recent 3-year period may be found in the Campus Safety and Security Guide and Annual Fire Safety Report. The Gonzaga-In-Florence Safety & Security Guide is also available.
A copy of the report can be found online at www.Gonzaga.edu/Clery . A paper copy of the Campus Safety & Security Guide and Annual Fire Safety Report or the Gonzaga-In-Florence Safety & Security Guide may be obtained by contacting the Student Development Office on main campus, College Hall 120. The Florence Guide may also be obtained on the Florence campus in room 105.

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