AREA COORDINATOR

Company: St. Olaf
Location: Northfield
Posted on: October 24, 2024

Job Description:

Job Description

Position Title: Area Coordinator

Department: Residence Life

Reports To: Assistant Director of Residence Life

Classification: Exempt

FTE: 1.0

Essential Job Duties:

1. Supervision and Training Responsibilities

• Recruit, select, train, and directly supervise student staff. Supervision includes expectation setting, leadership development, performance evaluation, improvement plans performance documentation, and discipline.
• Support the community development model through programming, events, and social connections
• Support residential education initiatives such as Community Councils/the Residence Hall Association, Residential Learning Communities, and community programming. 2. Management/Operations Responsibilities
  • Create a working relationship and establish a routine meeting structure with the facilities team (i.e. maintenance, trades, and custodial services).
  • Manage residential area budget for programmatic and developmental initiatives.
  • Coordinate processes, including but not limited to room inventories, room changes, health and safety inspections, work orders, damage billing, and opening and closing of the residence halls.
  • Maintain and update the housing and occupancy management database.
  • Support marketing, communications, and public outreach initiatives. 3. Student Care, Wellbeing, Conduct and Community Standards
    • Establish and maintain contact with students and address student needs and concerns.
    • Serve in an all-campus on-call rotation.
    • Clearly document concerns and incidents via appropriate campus reporting procedures.
    • Serve as a hearing officer, adjudicate cases, and hear appeals as assigned. 4. College Contributions
      • Be front-facing within the residence halls and at campus events.
      • Serve on task forces and initiatives to support a diverse and creative residential experience.
      • Participate in new student recruitment and yield and orientation events.
      • Participate in benchmark data initiatives.
      • Engage in foundation levels of qualitative and quantitative data analysis.
      • Support, respect, and commit to embracing diverse backgrounds, values, and points of view to build a strong and inclusive community.
        Prerequisites:
        
        Employment in this position is conditioned upon successful completion of a background check, which may include criminal background checks, reference checks, verification of work history, verification of any required academic credentials, licenses, and/or certifications, a motor vehicle check, verification of a DOT certification, a credit check, employment eligibility verification, and/or a pre-employment physical. Whether a background check is deemed successfully completed will be at the sole discretion of St. Olaf College. Please note that St. Olaf College reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to conduct periodic background checks.
        
        Disclaimer:
        
        This job description is for general information purposes. It is not intended to list all duties and responsibilities of the position. This job description is subject to change at any time, with or without prior notice, by St. Olaf College.
        
        About Us
        
        Who We Are:
        
        Founded in 1874, St. Olaf College is a residential, coeducational liberal arts college with approximately 3,000 students and 800 faculty and staff. The college is located on a picturesque 300-acre campus in Northfield, Minnesota, a vibrant, historic river town of 20,000 located 45 minutes south of culturally rich and diverse Minneapolis and St. Paul.
        
        The college offers an academically rigorous, nationally ranked liberal arts education that fosters the development of the whole person in mind, body, and spirit and emphasizes learning in an inclusive and globally engaged community. We encourage applications from candidates committed to multicultural understanding and the enrichment of our diverse community.
        
        The college offers a comprehensive benefits package, including a 9% retirement match, monthly contributions to a retirement healthcare account, contributions to eligible employees' health savings accounts, a significant tuition discount (up to an 80% reduction) at ACM and ELCA colleges and universities for employees' children, and generous paid time off. For a full review of the college's benefits, please see the summary of our benefits here: https://wp.stolaf.edu/hr/benefits/
        
        To provide a safe and secure educational environment, St. Olaf College verifies the accuracy of all credentials presented by applicants and conducts a criminal background check on every new hire.
        
        A summary of the Flexible Work Policy for staff: https://wp.stolaf.edu/hr/flexible-work-policy/
        
        A link to our DEI page: https://wp.stolaf.edu/equity-inclusion/
        
        A virtual campus tour: https://www.stolaf.edu/multimedia/play/?p=483
        
        An overview of Northfield: https://wp.stolaf.edu/admissions/visit/northfield/
        
        An overview of the Twin Cities: https://wp.stolaf.edu/admissions/visit/twincities/
        
        The college strongly recommends that incoming students and new employees complete the primary COVID vaccine series before beginning their studies or work on campus, and that all members of our campus community remain up to date with COVID vaccines, per CDC guidance.
        For Staff Application Assistance:
        employment@stolaf.edu
        507-786-3068
        For Faculty Application Assistance:
        facultysearch@stolaf.edu
        507-786-3356
        Nondiscrimination Policy
        St. Olaf College does not discriminate on the basis of sex, race, color, creed, national origin, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, religion, disability, marital status, veteran status, or status with regard to public assistance. St. Olaf College prohibits discrimination and harassment based upon these and any other legally protected status in any education program or activity that it operates, including in admissions and employment.
        
        Inquiries about this nondiscrimination policy may be referred to St. Olaf College's Director of Equal Opportunity, the U.S. Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights or both. St. Olaf's Director of Equal Opportunity (who serves as the College's Title IX, Title VI, and Section 504 Coordinator) is Pamela McDowell, Tomson Hall, mcdowell@stolaf.edu, (507) 786-3465.

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