Assistant Director, Residence Life
About The Position
As the Assistant Director of Residence Life, you will serve as a key member of the department's administrative team and report directly to the Director. In this role, you will directly supervise and evaluate Residential Education Directors within the Washington State University (WSU) residence hall system and, through live-in professional staff, provide indirect supervision of paraprofessional staff. You will collaborate with live-in staff to ensure the effective coordination of desk operations across up to 12 residence halls, coordinate the planning and delivery of staff training initiatives, and oversee and advise an average of three departmental committees annually. You will provide support and response to student emergencies, including participation in an on-call rotation, serve as a liaison with designated university partners, address daily administrative responsibilities and student and staff concerns, and assume additional departmental responsibilities as assigned.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field.
- Four (4) years of progressively responsible relevant experience, including at least one (1) year of managerial experience.
- Supervisory experience of graduate hall directors, paraprofessional staff or other personnel.
- Demonstrated commitment to the philosophy and practice of participatory management and community standards.
- Demonstrated competence with Microsoft Windows and MS-Office computer software.
- Must be willing and able to keep regular hours and work some evenings and weekends.
Nice To Haves
- Masters’ degree in a relevant field.
- Three years post-master’s experience working in a college or university residence hall system or group living environment.
- Supervisory experience of full time live-in residence hall staff.
- Demonstrated experience in staff training and development.
- Demonstrated experience with large group presentations.
- Demonstrated commitment to and knowledge of student development and academic success.
- Demonstrated ability to work with students and administrators in a broad range of situations.
- Demonstrated genuine concern/interest for the welfare of students.
- Demonstrated experience with living, learning communities/academic success programs.
- Demonstrated experience with faculty partnerships.
- Demonstrated ability to work with a diverse student and staff population.
- Demonstrated experience with developing community in the residence hall and college campus environment.
- Demonstrated record of or potential for ensuring access and opportunity in all aspects of our educational experiences in alignment with WSU’s land grant mission.
Responsibilities
- Directly supervise and evaluate Residential Education Directors.
- Provide indirect supervision of paraprofessional staff through live-in professional staff.
- Collaborate with live-in staff to ensure effective coordination of desk operations across up to 12 residence halls.
- Coordinate the planning and delivery of staff training initiatives.
- Oversee and advise an average of three departmental committees annually.
- Provide support and response to student emergencies, including participation in an on-call rotation.
- Serve as a liaison with designated university partners.
- Address daily administrative responsibilities and student and staff concerns.
- Assume additional departmental responsibilities as assigned.
Benefits
- paid sick and vacation leave
- paid holidays
- medical, dental, life and disability insurance package for employees and dependents
- retirement
- deferred compensation
- optional supplemental retirement accounts
- training and development
- employee tuition waiver
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
