BRIEF JOB SUMMARY:
Reporting directly to the Associate Vice President for Student Affairs and Retention, the Coordinator of Residence Life and Programming serves as one of the primary professional contacts for residence life and is responsible for supervision of all residence life student staff and residence life programming. This position will also oversee Pioneer WOW, advise Student Government Association, and serve as the point of contact for registering and maintaining student clubs and organizations. The Coordinator will coordinates with campus constituencies to plan and manage student engagement activities throughout the academic year.
EDUCATION/EXPERIENCE:
- Master’s degree required;
- Earned educational credentials preferred within (but not limited to) the following disciplines: college student life, college student personnel, higher education administration, counseling, or related fields;
- Experience in Residence Hall management, student staff supervision, problem solving, and conflict resolution.
- Experience planning and implementing student engagement programming in a higher education environment required; and
- Experience working with underrepresented and/or minority student populations.
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:
- Work collaboratively with the campus community to develop educational programming and/or quality student life programming;
- Select, supervise, evaluate, and develop all residence hall student staff and Pioneer Peers;
- Develop and implement training programs for residence hall staff and Pioneer Peers;
- Serve as the Office of Student Affairs advisor to the Student Government Association (SGA), Tusculum Activities Board (TAB), assist with leadership development for clubs and organizations, and provide guidance in planning student engagement events across each semester;
- Provide data and metrics for programming to the Associate Vice President for Student Affairs and Retention;
- Assist Student Affairs in managing housing matters;
- Develop, collaborate, and communicate events for the Pioneer Week of Welcome, Homecoming, Pioneer Weekend, Career Fairs and the Lantern Ceremony
- Assist in carrying out daily Office of Student Affairs functions;
- Maintain on-call responsibilities during opening, closing, assigned breaks, and throughout the operational year as assigned by the Associate Vice President for Student Affairs and Retention
- Participate in student pick-up/drop-off shuttle services to and from regional airports
- Follows academic and other related administrative policies; and
- Promotes the mission of Tusculum University to all faculty, staff, students and community at large
How to Apply:
Only online applications will be accepted. Send a cover letter, CV, copies of transcripts, name and contact information of 3-5 references, and Tusculum University application (located at the top of the web page https://www3.tusculum.edu/hr/employment-opportunities) electronically to turesume@tusculum.edu Attn: Coordinator of Residence Life and Programming