Residence Hall Coordinator

Position Title:
Residence Hall Coordinator

Job Group:
Professional & Scientific

Required Minimum Qualifications:
Master’s degree

Preferred Qualifications:
Related experience in a leadership position in a college environment.
Experience as a Resident or Graduate Assistant.
Experience working with academic initiatives; undergraduate students; staff supervision, selection and training; and judicial process.
Experience working with, actively engaging with and supporting under-represented student populations.
Experience with student organization advising.
Experience with crisis intervention and/or front-line response to highly complex incidents.

Job Description:

Are you interested in making a difference in a college student life? Iowa State University is currently looking for 3 individuals to join our Residence Hall Coordinator team! The Apartment/Residence Hall Coordinators are live-in staff members who are responsible for creating a living/learning community that contributes to the personal and academic success of residents through collaboration with students, staff, and faculty. The size of each residence community ranges from 300 to 2700 residents. The major functions of these positions are to supervise a Resident Assistant Staff, provide direction and supervision in specific assignments (hall desk, student government, etc.), and respond to a wide variety of academic and personal development situations.

Summary
As a live-in apartment/residence hall position (on-campus), The Residence Hall Coordinator is responsible for creating a living and learning community that contributes to the personal and academic success of residents and supervises student staff.
Example of Duties
• Recommends and develops use of space that promotes academic achievement.
• Assists in developing an environment that supports the community living standards.
• Assists students in their academic and social adjustments to the university.
• Advises and counsels students in developing academic and interpersonal competence.
• Interprets and administers university policies and procedures.
• Oversees the conduct system in the residence community that includes hearing student disciplinary cases and administering sanctions.
• Collaborates with academic departments and builds relationships with Learning Communities.
• Prepares and submits reports related to residence life operations.
• Opens, closes and secures the community at the beginning and end of each semester and during break periods.
• Meets with dining, custodial, maintenance and facilities staff to ensure quality service delivery, completion of repairs, etc.
• Supervises Resident Assistant staff.
Level Guidelines
• Individual contributor position with developing professional and/or technical skills working under immediate to general supervision
• Grasps professional-level knowledge and concepts of field while working in a progressive learning mode
• Works on problems and issues of somewhat limited scope
• Follows standard practices and procedures in analyzing situations or data for which answers are available or can be obtained
• Responds to inquiries and issues, escalating to manager or higher level workers as appropriate
• May lead projects of limited scope and complexity
• May provide guidance to students

This position is a 12 month term appointment ended 6-30-22 with the possibility of renewal. Want to learn more: https://www.housing.iastate.edu/about/

Appointment Type:
Regular with Term Appointment (Fixed Term)

Proposed End Date or Length of Term:

June 30, 2022

Number of Months Employed Per Year:
12 Month Work Period

Time Type:
Full time

Pay Grade:
PS805

Application Instructions:

To apply for this position, please click on “Apply” and complete the Employment Application. Please be prepared to enter or attach the following:
1) Resume/Curriculum Vitae
2) Letter of Application/Cover Letter
If you have questions regarding this application process, please email [email protected] or call 515-294-4800 or Toll Free: 1-877-477-7485.

Original Posting Date:
July 16, 2021

Posting Close Date:

Job Requisition Number:
R5562