Associate Director, Residence Education
Position Summary:
The Associate Director of Residence Education is responsible for management of the daily operations of the Office of Residence Education, supervising paraprofessional, graduate, professional, and administrative staff. This role supports residence hall operations, including student conduct, safety, and security, and provides direct supervision to Assistant Directors responsible for Student Conduct & Care, Hall Operations, Training & Staff Development, Residential Curriculum, and Student Engagement & Leadership. The position develops and executes an annual recruitment plan for professional live-in staff, plans and executes professional staff training, and establishes campus partnerships to support student success in residence halls. Reports to the Director, Residence Education.
Specific Job Duties & Tasks:
- Provide direct supervision, training, and professional development for Assistant Directors, and assist in supervising Hall Coordinators, Graduate Assistant Hall Coordinators, Residence Education Coordinators, and hall secretarial staff.
- Develop and implement an annual recruitment plan for professional live-in staff.
- Partner with the Assistant Director of Student Conduct & Care to coordinate consistent and fair judicial and care processes across campus.
- Collaborate with the Dean of Students office to enforce policies, implement sanctions, and prepare reports.
- Support the implementation of academic initiatives in residence halls, including residential curricula and living-learning communities.
- Provide annual training and coaching on HR best practices in conjunction with Human Resources Staff and Director, Residence Education.
- Coordinate, review, and approve evaluations and disciplinary actions for student workers, office administrators, and professional staff, ensuring consistency across residence education.
- Collaborate with campus offices and groups on residence hall operations and student success initiatives.
- Collaborate with Assistant Director team plan and implement a comprehensive annual professional training program for Residence Education staff.
- Assist with assessment of outcomes related to student satisfaction in conjunction with the Associate Director for Strategic Initiatives.
For a detailed job description, please email Alaysia McAtee at alaysia-mcatee@uiowa.edu
About the Division of Student Life:
The Division of Student Life is comprised of staff that embrace new ideas and thoughts, works together to keep our students safe, and provides them with life-changing experiences. The Division of Student Life includes 15 departments that span from Recreation Services to the Office of Leadership, Service and Civic Engagement and everything in between. We believe in working together as one team to achieve our mission: fostering student success by creating and promoting educationally purposeful services and activities within and beyond the classroom.
Required Qualifications:
- Master’s degree in College Student Personnel, Higher Education/Administration, Counseling, or related field.
- A minimum of 5 years progressive, post-masters experience in a university housing or residential life environment.
- Experience (3 or more years) supervising full time, master’s level housing staff with ability to apply practices, and tools to developing and improving individual, team, and organizational performance.
- 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.
- Knowledge of crisis management concepts and techniques; ability to predict, avert, mitigate, and recover from an event that has or could have a severely negative impact on the institution. Experience serving in an on-call duty rotation.
- 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 commitment to developing welcoming communities through dialogues around difference.
Desirable Qualifications:
- Experience managing and leading full-time staff recruitment.
- Previous experience supervising mid-level staff.
- Experience working with residential curriculum models, academic curriculum development, or other student outcome based curricular planning.
- Experience working with Maxient conduct software.
- Experience working with StarRez housing occupancy software.
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. 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
Equal opportunity/affirmative action employer
The University of Iowa is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. All qualified applicants are encouraged to apply and will receive consideration for employment free from discrimination on the basis of race, creed, color, religion, national origin, age, sex, pregnancy (including childbirth and related conditions), disability, genetic information, status as a U.S. veteran, service in the U.S. military, sexual orientation, gender identity, or associational preferences.
Persons with disabilities who need assistance or accommodations with the application or interview process may contact University Human Resources/Faculty and Staff Disability Services, (319) 335-2660 or fsds@uiowa.edu. For jobs in UI Health care, please contact UI Health care Leave & Disability Administration at 319-356-7543.
