Area Coordinator

Essential Functions

Leadership, Development, and Support: Build a culture of personal responsibility within their residential community. Ensure a high level of care, student development and customer service. Establish rapport with residents through daily interactions and consistent presence and role modeling. Assist students with academic, social, spiritual, and personal needs Mediate conflicts and resolve issues as they arise. Act as a resource, by maintaining knowledge and referring students to campus resources Participate in the selection, training, and mentorship of student staff for student success. Maintain knowledge of and educate students, of university policies and what it means to be a good neighbor. Investigate incident reports and take appropriate actions, which includes working with the Office of Student Conduct.

Department Operations: Under the direction of the housing operations team, support housing operations processes, hall openings and closings, and report facilities/hall concerns. Actively respond to student emergency contact(s) / family calls and outreach. Provide budget management for staff development, team building, and the execution of educational hall programming. Actively participate in the after-hours on-call rotation. Complete accurate and timely administrative reports and paperwork. Support committee work. Supervise area staff including SRA, RAs, DAs through regularly scheduled staff meetings, one-on-one meetings, and additional/ongoing training for hall staff, as needed. 

Provide leadership during times of crisis and emergencies: ACs are Essential Staff when the campus is experiencing a crisis or other emergency that may require an in-person response.
Non-essential: Performs all other duties and responsibilities as assigned or directed by the supervisor. This may include attendance of and participation in required training for role.

Compensation Range: Final compensation offers are determined by a variety of factors, including but not limited to job-related experience, internal equity, and alignment with organizational budget. $53,040.00 – $66,300.00

Physical/Environmental Demands

Specific physical requirements or environmental exposures.

Physical/Environmental Example

Area coordinators serve on call and may have to respond to all areas of campus. They may have to use stairs, elevators or ramps to access buildings. While on call, they need to be able to respond to campus issues in approximately 20-30 minutes. Position lives on campus, in either a dorm, apartment, townhome, or house.

Education Required

Bachelor’s degree

Work Experience

1 – 3 years, Minimum of 1 year experience in student affairs or as Resident Advisor is required.

Required Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

Experience requires a minimum of one year of professional experience in student affairs or greater than one year as a Resident Advisor (or equivalent). Some experience with responding to and providing support to students in crisis. Strong written and verbal communication, organization, problem-solving skills, ability to work collaboratively with others, and the ability to motivate others and build cohesive teams. Ability to effectively communicate with a variety of constituents. Ability to support the University’s goals for institutional diversity, as well as the goals and values of a Catholic, Jesuit education. Ability to work autonomously and interdependently as needed.