Hall Coordinator
Position Summary:
The Residence Life Hall Coordinator position promotes student and residential community success by overseeing the day-to-day initiatives and operations of a 300- 1,000 student residence hall through a curricular approach, effective supervision, and individualized student care.
The Residence Life Education team is looking to hire 2 full time Hall Coordinator positions. One of which will supervise a graduate intern as well as work with the Young Gifted and Black and Sport and Recreation Management Living Learning Communities within the residence hall. This position is required to live-in and is a 12-month position that is allotted a $3,000 furniture stipend at time of hire.
Specific Job Duties & Tasks:
- Promote residential student success through the supervision, direction, assignments, feedback, and coaching to graduate fellow, resident assistants, student staff, and support staff as assigned. Recommend disciplinary action, including termination of employment of student staff.
- Assist in the investigation of policy violations, damages, thefts, etc. Follow up with appropriate staff and students to determine accuracy.
- Support a discipline system that encourages responsible and inclusive student behavior.
- Participate in the development and implementation of academic initiatives, residential curriculum, and living learning communities; including maintaining effective working relationships with Residence Education Staff and Campus Partners.
- Participate in the creation and implementation of community development initiatives.
- Manage the day-to-day operations of University residence hall building(s), grounds, and staff.
- Support residents in resolving housing, general living, personal, and academic problems and refer to appropriate advisory services.
- Chair or participate in a departmental committee.
- Assist in the planning, implementation, and evaluation of training workshops and in-service sessions prior to and throughout the academic year.
- Ensure appropriate staff coverage in building or building complex.
- Manage the day-to-day operations of a University residence hall building(s), grounds, and staff.
- Prepare special and periodic reports.
- Ensure appropriate staff coverage in building or building complex.
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 inclusive educationally purposeful services and activities within and beyond the classroom.
Required Qualifications:
- A bachelor’s degree in a field relevant to the position or an equivalent combination of related education and experience.
- Professional work experience (typically a minimum of 1 year) in staff supervision, programming, university administration, fiscal management, and with first year student transition in higher education.
- Demonstrated excellent written and verbal communication skills. Ability to effectively transmit, receive and accurately interpret ideas, information, and needs through appropriate communication methods and behaviors at a working proficiency level.
- Demonstrated working knowledge and proficiency in use of Microsoft Office software applications (Word, Excel, Outlook).
- Experience demonstrating excellence through creating and maintaining a welcoming and respectful environment.
- Demonstrated working proficiency in the ability to collaborate and interact with individuals and groups.
- Demonstrated critical thinking skills with the ability to effectively respond to and manage emergency or crisis situations.
- Demonstrated ability to adjust and develop self to prepare for new or changing assignments, processes, people or priorities as organizational needs dictate at a working proficiency level.
- Demonstrated working knowledge of and ability to adhere to established processes and procedures when counseling students to help their emotional, physical, occupational and social development.
Desired Qualifications:
- Master’s degree in Counseling, Student Personnel, Higher Education or related discipline.
- Work experience (typically 1-3 years) in staff supervision, programming, university administration, fiscal management, and with first year student transition in higher education.
- One year of full time live-in residence hall experience.
- Demonstrated experience in creating, designing and implementing residential a curricular learning approach which may include a residential curriculum model, living learning communities, co-curricular learning, etc.
- Demonstrated experience working with student conduct, student care, and/or student outreach.
- Knowledge of intercultural competent assessment methods and activities; ability to asses programs and review students’ learning outcomes to ensure achievement of objectives and strategies; desire to utilize data and assessment methods in Hall Coordinator role.
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.
