Area Coordinator

Pittsburg State University•Pittsburg, KS

About The Position

Pittsburg State University is accepting applications for an Area Coordinator in Housing and Residence Life. The primary function of the Area Coordinator is to supervise, manage and operate one or more residence halls/complexes (other areas as assigned) with a population of approximately 250+ students and/or families by supervising staff and providing professional development activities for staff and providing student development, training and education. The Area Coordinator fills department collateral assignments, participates in on-duty rotation, and other duties as assigned.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree
One year of previous housing, apartment, or residence hall experience (student experience may be considered)
Candidate's must hold a bachelor’s degree.
Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States at the time of hire, as the university does not provide visa sponsorship for this position.

Nice To Haves

Master’s degree in Student Affairs or a related field
Two years of experience in Housing & Residence Life
Experience in understanding issues of diversity and belonging, demonstrating skills in leadership, communication, and crisis response

Responsibilities

Supervision of Personnel Responsible for supervision of Resident Assistants (RAs) and Lead Resident Assistants.
Participate in the recruitment, selection, training, supervision and evaluation of RAs and other HRL Student Staff.
Plan, implement, and evaluate training for individual hall staff during the school year.
Provide necessary training for individual RAs and other Student Staff as needed.
Understand student staff job descriptions, duties, responsibilities, and conditions of the student staff agreements and Housing & Residence Life expectations.
Provide continual informal evaluation to assigned student staff and a formal evaluation during the fall semester and at the end of the spring semester.
Maintain regularly scheduled appointments with each assigned Student Staff Member.
Conduct regular staff meetings weekly with all supervised student staff.
Coordinate specific daytime, evening and weekend duty schedules for the student staff to ensure duty coverage.
Participate in the AC on-call duty rotation and perform other duties as assigned.
Advise Student Staff in various collateral assignments.
Establish and monitor community building and student development initiatives within Housing & Residence Life Structures by applying the principles of community and student development and actively foster an environment which reflects a sense of community, interpersonal responsibility and in which student needs are effectively addressed.
Interact with students on a regular basis, providing information and assistance concerning academic issues, peer conflicts, personal problems, etc., being accessible and visible to students.
Assist students in need of special services and mediating community conflicts.
Work cooperatively with other campus units such as University Police & Parking Services, University Counseling Services, Student Health Center, Student Success, and Admissions to ensure the delivery of essential services and in making appropriate referrals.
Oversee budget allocations for community programming and staff development.
Make sure buildings are maintained, track furniture needs, make sure work orders or other work is followed up on regarding maintenance.
Supervise programming and staff development budget for student staff.
Maintain programming database.
Oversee supervisory area administrative duties (e.g., lock-out tracking, maintenance requests, occupancy, etc.).
Provide consultation to Resident Assistants, Apartment Managers, and Lead Resident Assistants or other staff as required relative to emergency or crisis situations.
Participate in professional staff duty as scheduled.
Serve as back-up for the Apartment Managers.
Represent the department on division and/or institutional committees and task forces.
Serve as the Conduct Officer for area of supervision.
Follow up on concerns regarding individual residents as conveyed by staff and other students and provide discipline to individuals within area of responsibility when appropriate.
Maintain Incident Reports for area of supervision.
Hold conduct meetings with students as needed and adjudicate appropriate educational sanctions.
Work with other university conduct personnel in certain judicial matters.
Serve as a coordinator for select professional collaterals and fill secondary collateral assignments and projects within the department as requested/assigned as related to residence life.
Assist with projects or provide assistance for the Housing & Residence Life department and functions.
Perform other duties as assigned by the Assistant Director of Residence Life.