Posting Details
Posting Details
Position Title | Associate Director for Residential Education |
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Job Category | Administrator |
Office/Department | Residence Life and Housing |
Work Environment | Onsite |
Location | Evergreen Main Campus |
Staff Job Type | Full-time |
If Temporary or Visiting, Estimated End Date: | |
Position Summary and Duties | The Associate Director for Residential Education supports the transformative residential learning experience by creating an environment with educational opportunities that facilitate social connections and holistic student development. The Associate Director also provides direct supervision to three Assistant Directors (ADs), serves as a senior member of the on-call system, and is a member of the office leadership team. The Loyola community thrives as a small, collaborative campus, allowing the Associate to be involved in campus-wide initiatives, including serving as a mentor in Messina – Loyola’s living-learning initiative. The associate director must possess demonstrated skills in designing, implementing, and assessing the residential curriculum. This work must be guided by socially just practices that further our office’s commitment to nurturing students’ intersectional identities on a highly residential, predominantly white, Catholic, Jesuit campus. The Associate Director reports directly to the Director of Student Life. The associate is a 12-month live-off position. Primary Responsibilities Department Operations: • Serve as the direct supervisor for assistant directors who supervise professional live-in staff supporting the needs of their residential areas • Lead and coordinate professional development for professional staff and Resident Assistants throughout the year • Guide assistant directors with the following collateral assignments (RA Recruitment & Selection and RA Training & Development Initiatives as described below) • Provide guidance, leadership, direction, care, and support to direct reports (and indirect professional, graduate, and undergraduate staff) while encouraging good work quality and accountability • Act as next-level support for assistant directors with students, family, and emergency contacts when matters require resolution assistance. • Actively participate in the after-hours on-call tiered rotation. Respond to problems and concerns brought forward within the community. Developing curriculum: • Responsible for the development and oversight of the residential learning efforts, including the residential curriculum • Review community development plans, learning outcomes, and evaluate programs/events in support of the departmental residential curriculum • In collaboration with senior leadership, faculty, and student affairs colleagues, develop a residential curriculum model that supports learning where students live in conjunction with academic and social development • Present the residential curriculum to current and prospective campus partners to increase collaboration in a manner suited to progressing the residential curriculum • Lead the facilitation, support, and development of our Intentional Living Communities (ILCs) Student Learning Assessment and Communication: • Plan and coordinate assessment practices for the office • Design, administer, and analyze data from programs and intentional interactions with residential students • Identify and communicate program and department needs by connecting trends and patterns across available data sets • Make ongoing adjustments as necessary to facilitate program success Central Office Team Responsibilities: • Help create department policies, procedures, schedules, and forms • Collaborate with senior office leadership to develop systems to organize the department’s workflow and processes Serve as a senior member of the on-call system and member of the Office leadership team. • Serve in the senior level on-call duty rotation and consult with Assistant Directors about emergency and crisis situations. Respond to situations when necessary. • Communicate and respond to concerns from parents, guardians, and other constituents. |
Required Qualifications | • Master’s degree in a related discipline and a minimum of three to five years of progressive experience in student affairs/student development and 1-3 years of residence life on-call crisis response experience. • Demonstrated ability to support and advocate for underrepresented students as well as utilizing a social justice lens in the development of training, development, and recruitment processes • Demonstrated knowledge of curriculum design, experience creating and assessing learning outcomes, strong presentation skills, and the ability to create engaging staff development activities that cultivate leadership and positive staff morale • Demonstrated success in planning and implementing professional development for full-time professionals and paraprofessionals • Experience supervising professional staff and availability during night and weekend hours • A strong commitment to DEIJ and supporting a diverse student populations Must be able to support the University’s goals for institutional diversity, as well as the goals and values of a Catholic Jesuit education. |
Preferred Qualifications | |
Job Posting Date | 04/11/2024 |
Priority Application Deadline Date | |
Job Close Date | |
Anticipated Start Date | 06/01/2024 |
University Description | Loyola University Maryland is a Jesuit, Catholic university committed to the educational and spiritual traditions of the Society of Jesus and to the ideals of liberal education and the development of the whole person. Accordingly, Loyola inspires students to learn, lead, and serve in a diverse and changing world. Loyola’s beautiful, historic Evergreen campus is located in Baltimore, and its graduate centers are in Timonium and Columbia. Loyola enrolls 4,000 undergraduate and 2,000 graduate students across the Sellinger School of Business and Management, the School of Education, and Loyola College of Arts and Sciences. Founded in 1852, Loyola is one of 27 Jesuit colleges and universities in the United States and the first to bear the name of Saint Ignatius Loyola, founder of the Society of Jesus. |
Diversity Statement | Loyola University Maryland strongly values the benefits that diversity brings to the workplace. In accord with its Ignatian values, the University is committed to creating and promoting a community that recognizes the inherent value and dignity of each person. Loyola University Maryland does not discriminate on the basis of race, sex, color, national or ethnic origin, age, religion, disability, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, military status, or any other legally protected classification. The University recruits, hires, and promotes in accord with this policy and its Core Values. |
Special Instructions to Applicants | Successful candidates for any staff, faculty, or administrative position at Loyola University Maryland will be subject to a pre-employment background check. Note: In some cases, experience and/or education may be substituted for requirements. |
Quicklink for Posting | https://careers.loyola.edu/postings/7211 |
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