Assistant Director of Residence Life

Cornell College • Mt Vernon, IA

27d • Onsite

About The Position

Cornell College invites applications for a full-time Assistant Director of Residence Life (ADRL). The Assistant Director serves as a live-in area coordinator with responsibility for supervising the day-to-day community development and operations of one of two residential areas housing approximately 450 students. Assistant directors support the department with additional leadership in some of these areas 1) consolidation; 2) upper-class living and learning programs; 3) RA Training; 4) RA Selection; 5) RA recognition. About Cornell College Cornell College is a selective liberal arts college distinguished by our Ingenuity curriculum that builds on the strengths of our One Course At A Time schedule. This combination encourages the qualities of being thoughtful, original, and inventive, using the strengths of a liberal arts education to apply ideas to solve problems and meet challenges through hands-on experience in learning. Academic immersion, Division III NCAA athletic teams, and unparalleled flexibility attract an ambitious student body from across the U.S. and worldwide. We are located in Mount Vernon, Iowa, an urban fringe community located in the heart of the ICR Iowa region.

Requirements

• Master’s degree in college student personnel, counseling, social work or related field with residence life experience preferred; candidates with Bachelor’s degree should have significant experience in residence life, educational program development, counseling, and/or supervision.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with or knowledge of student life at a small, residential liberal arts college is preferred.
• Ability to influence, motivate and educate others.
• Knowledge of student development, group dynamics, leadership training and student group advising.
• Ability to communicate effectively with students, faculty, staff and parents.
• Willingness to live in a residence hall and maintain flexible work hours, including some evenings and weekends (residence hall apartment is fully furnished; requests for pets will be considered per established parameters).

Responsibilities

• Serves as an advocate for students.
• Assists students with resolving interpersonal conflicts.
• Assists students with personal, emotional and behavioral concerns.
• Serves as administrative conduct hearing officer.
• Participates in rotating on-call coverage.
• Intervenes in crisis and emergency situations.
• Mitigates health and safety issues in residential facilities.
• Selects, trains, supervises and evaluates 14-18 .5 FTE (20 hrs/wk) student employees [resident assistants].
• Supports resident assistants in developmental programming.
• Coordinates all aspects of respective program/departmental responsibilities.
• Assists Director in developing and implementing residential policies.
• Represents Residence Life at major campus events, including but not limited to New Student Orientation, Admission preview days, and Commencement.
• Oversees residence halls as assigned.
• Approves room change requests.
• Maintains accurate hall activity records.
• Responsible for monitoring a budget allocation and purchasing supplies, equipment and services, within defined parameters.
• No signature authority except as delegated by supervisor who has limited authority.
• May include authority to cash or process checks, provide change, balance cash drawer, make deposits, receive monies for events, and approve expenditures by resident assistants.
• Identifies, reports, and follows up with repair requests, custodial concerns, and security issues.
• Assesses building damages and charges.
• Host all-campus programming promoting department's values.
• Other duties as assigned.

Benefits

• Cornell College offers a fantastic benefits package that includes health, dental, vision, HSA & FSA accounts, a TIAA 403(b) retirement account, and tuition remission and exchange for employees and dependents.
• We also offer life insurance, disability insurance, travel insurance, and accident insurance.
• And, all full-time staff begin with a 4-week vacation accrual along with 14.5 paid holidays per year.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Director