Assistant Director, Residence Education

Required Qualifications:

• Master’s degree in Student Development, Counseling, Higher Education Administration, or related field, or an equivalent combination of education and experience is necessary.
• Three or more years full-time experience in housing administration or management experience in cultural, educational and development program planning in a college or University setting.
• One to three years supervisory experience, including student and/or secretarial staff.
• Exceptional administrative skills, including a proven ability to handle multiple projects simultaneously to establish priorities, accomplish goals and meet deadlines.
• Excellent problem solving skills, including experience analyzing and resolving conflict, successfully navigating group dynamics, and effectively building teams.
• Experience serving in an on-call duty rotation at the collegiate level.
• Strong record of building teams and partnerships with colleagues and key campus stakeholder groups.
• Excellent written and oral communication, public speaking and organizational skills.
• Demonstrated experience with strong interpersonal communication skills, both written and oral, in working with all populations of students and staff.

Desirable Qualifications:

• Reasonable experience working with living learning communities with an emphasis in administration and academic initiatives in a college or University setting.
• Experience advising student leadership organizations.
• Experience working with residential curriculum models.
• Supervisory experience of professional live-in staff or graduate students.

Application Details:

• In order to be considered, applicants must upload a resume and cover letter and mark them as a “Relevant File” to the submission.

Job openings are posted for a minimum of 14 calendar days and may be removed from posting and filled any time after the original posting period has ended.

Successful candidates will be required to self-disclose any conviction history and will be subject to a criminal background check and credential/education verification. Up to 5 professional references will be requested at a later step in the recruitment process.

For questions or additional information, please contact alaysia-mcatee@uiowa.edu