Internal Only - Associate Director of Student Life for Recruitment and Staff Development

Loyola University, United States

Updated: almost 2 years ago
Location: Chicago, ILLINOIS
Job Type: FullTime
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Posting Details
Posting Details


Position Title Internal Only - Associate Director of Student Life for Recruitment and Staff Development
Job Category Administrator
Office/Department Student Life
Location Evergreen Main Campus
Staff Job Type Full-time
If Temporary or Visiting, Estimated End Date:
Position Summary and Duties
The Associate Director for Recruitment and Staff Development is responsible for all student staff and professional staff recruitment, hiring, on-boarding, and continued training, along with all assessment practices for the Office of Student Life. The Associate Director also provides direct supervision to two Assistant Directors (ADs), serves as a senior member of the on-call system, and serves as a member of the office leadership team. The Associate Director reports directly to the Director of Student Life.
The Associate Director is part of a larger Student Life team, this position also provides a unique opportunity to develop skills in high-level crisis response, staff supervision, student conduct, and housing operations. This position also directly supervises two live-in ADs who are responsible for the day-to-day management of combined residential areas consisting of multiple Graduate Residence Coordinators (GRCs) and Resident Assistants (RAs). Student Life ADs also support and implement RA & GRC recruitment, training, and development processes. On a small, collaborative campus, the Associate may also be involved in campus-wide initiatives including serving as a mentor in Messina – Loyola’s living learning initiative.
Loyola University Maryland is a growing and supportive environment that enables practitioners to be creative in addressing a wide array of issues within a collaborative team-based atmosphere. We are seeking colleagues whose professional philosophies align with our dedication to the development of the whole person and the Jesuit values of inclusion, justice, community, and a constant challenge to improve. Successful candidates will possess demonstrated skills in designing data-informed training programs and recruitment processes, guided by socially just practices that further our office’s commitment to nurturing students’ intersectional identities on a highly residential, Catholic, Jesuit campus.
Primary Job Responsibilities:
Recruitment and Hiring
• Serve as the hiring manager for all professional staff positions, in consultation with the Director
• Develop job postings in partnership with Human Resources, coordinate application review processes, and coordinate all candidate logistics for professional hiring processes
• Provide guidance and oversight for all graduate and undergraduate student staff recruitment and hiring processes
• Support divisional hiring processes and serve as a resource for other offices
Staff Development and Training
• Coordinate and oversee professional staff training and on-going development
• Oversee the design and implementation of graduate staff training and on-going development
• Oversee the design and implementation of undergraduate staff training and on-going development
• Provide guidance and leadership for the on-going training of 80 RAs and 20 GRCs
• Support divisional training initiatives (Ignatian Leadership Institute, Green Dot, etc.)
Assessment Strategies
• Oversee the development and administration of the annual Student Life survey
• Analyze and interpret data from the annual Student Life survey
• Utilize various software programs, including Campus Groups (The Bridge), Qualtrics, and 
SharePoint
• Oversee the graduate and undergraduate student staff evaluation processes
• Oversee the administration of the EBI survey and any other benchmarking tools for residence life and community development
• Provide support for assessment practices for the Division (Research Consultation Group, etc.)
Supervision and Development of Assistant Directors
• Directly supervise two Assistant Directors.
• Provide general oversight to their residential areas, including guidance regarding student employee job action
• Indirectly supervise the other Assistant Directors by providing guidance and consultation about staffing issues and community development
• Provide oversight to the RA Selection, Training, and Development Committee and the GRC Selection, Training, and Development Committee
• Lead and participate in trainings, staff meetings, and 1-1 meetings
Team Leadership
• 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
• Meet with the other Associates and Director to discuss office concerns/needs, strategic planning, and review office processes.
• Support both the departmental and divisional goals focused on diversity and inclusion
Required Qualifications
Qualifications
• Master’s degree in College Student Personnel, Higher Education, Counseling in Student Affairs or a related field
• 3-5 years of post-Master’s professional experience
• 1-3 years of residence life and on-call crisis response experience
• Knowledge of student development theory
• 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
• Knowledge of the needs of a residential community and the ability to manage overlapping, complex housing operations processes
• Ability to supervise full-time professionals
• 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
• Ability to respond to and consult about a myriad of emergency and/or on call situations
• Ability to effectively communicate with a variety of constituents
• Ability to work autonomously and interdependently as needed
• Ability to support the University’s goals for institutional diversity, as well as the goals and values of a Catholic, Jesuit education.
The Associate Director serves on call 24 hours a day, which includes weekends. They are expected to consult about and potentially respond to issues at any time, including late at night and early in the morning. Because Loyola is primarily a residential campus, the Associate Director has contact with almost all students through their work with assessment. The Associate Director deals with a high volume of student and parent/guardian contact and also manages a number of complex and detail oriented processes. The Associate Director is essential personnel and expected to respond at times when the University is closed.
Preferred Qualifications
Understanding and appreciation of the mission of a Jesuit university
Job Posting Date 05/03/2022
Priority Application Deadline Date 05/09/2022
Job Close Date
Anticipated Start Date 07/01/2022
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. Loyola University Maryland requires that all faculty, staff, and administrators receive COVID-19 vaccination unless exempted for medical or religious reasons in accordance with University policy.
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