Student Life Director
6 days ago
Overview
Saint Xavier University seeks a seasoned professional to serve as the Student Life Director - Residence Experience. This key position is responsible for fostering a vibrant and inclusive campus community, where students can thrive academically, personally, and socially.
Job Summary
The Student Life Director - Residence Experience will oversee the design and delivery of comprehensive co-curricular student experience programs, building community, fostering student learning and development, and cultivating sense of belonging and school spirit. This role will also manage day-to-day operations of Residence Life and the Student Organization Center, supporting overall Student Life operations and attending to routine inquiries, concerns, and complaints.
Responsibilities
- Design and deliver co-curricular student experience programs that promote community building, student learning and development, and sense of belonging.
- Manage day-to-day operations of Residence Life and the Student Organization Center, ensuring seamless service to students.
- Supervise one full-time Student Development Specialist and one full-time Housing Operations Specialist.
- Provide administrative oversight to Residence Life, including setting opening and closing dates, coordinating Athlete accommodations, preparing publications, monitoring resident enrollment status, maintaining the Residence Life website content, and Colleague billing module.
- Manage the housing assignment process, including annual review of the housing agreement and application through the eRezLife portal, maintaining renewal policies, student eligibility, and communications through a room selection lottery for both current and new student cohorts.
- Support room change requests, roommate conflicts, general complaints in coordination with the Housing Operations Specialist.
- Work closely with the University enrollment and budget teams to provide resident projections and weekly resident headcount reports, including routine reconciliation of rosters (athletes, returning students, new students).
- Collaborate with Enrollment Management, Student Success, and Academic Affairs to design and deliver orientation programs emphasizing transition to college, mission and core values integration, academic success, student development, and engagement.
- Serve as the Student Life contact with University Relations to coordinate event coverage and social media presence for student activities.
- Amplify student voices to resolve organizational and development issues hindering the success of historically and systemically excluded communities.
- Serve as a Deputy Title IX Coordinator and investigator or adjudicator as needed.
- Manage software and technology solutions supporting Student Development work, including Ellucian Residence Life module (Colleague), eRezlife.com portal, Anthology's Engage platform (The Den), and others as assigned.
- Support the selection, training, and development of student leaders and paraprofessional staff through management and implementation of the X-Factor Student Leader Process annually.
- Direct ongoing assessment of program offerings and services while coordinating the First-Year Path to Belonging through The Den.
- Manage the University Housing and Student Activity Fund budgets, including Student Government Association/Student Activities Board, Annual Programs, Multicultural Programs, First-Year Programming, Orientation, and Registered Student Organizations.
- Oversee purchasing and reconciling University credit cards while authorized to initiate venue and vendor contracts for student events.
- Become a visible and engaged leader throughout campus, building bridges between students and administrators.
- Collaborate with Facilities Management, Auxiliary Services, Information Technology, and other departments to coordinate activities and provide exceptional service to students.
- Improve services and assist with providing new initiatives to support and retain students from historically marginalized identities.
- Represent Student Life on University-wide committees, such as the First-Year Experience, Transitions Course Planning, University Institutional Effectiveness, and Mission Integration Committees.
- Work with individual students and groups to provide resources, referrals, mentorship, crisis intervention, and general guidance as appropriate.
- Serve in the on-call rotation for emergency assistance and crisis intervention with the Student Life Professional on-call staff.
Requirements
- Masters degree in higher education administration/counseling or related field required.
- 5 plus years of full-time experience with residence life/university housing, event planning, student activities, orientation, equity, and inclusion programs; graduate assistant work considered.
- Programmatic and supervisory experience, and demonstrated student organizational leadership experience preferred.
- Strong oral and written communication skills, exceptional organization, and problem-solving skills.
- Ability to cultivate and maintain strong relationships, build consensus, and support.
- Knowledge of human and student development, group dynamics, personal computer proficiency, and excellent interpersonal and communication skills preferred.
- Passion for thinking boldly about addressing and working to dismantle systemic racial injustices, serving diverse student populations.
- Bilingual Spanish speaking preferred.
- Ability to work evenings and weekends as required for programming elements and on-call needs.
About Saint Xavier University
Saint Xavier University is an Equal Opportunity Employer that makes all decisions regarding recruitment, hiring, promotions, and other terms and conditions of employment without discrimination based on race, color, creed, sex, religion, national or ethnic origin, age, physical or mental disability, veteran status, or other factors protected by law.
Compensation Package
We offer a competitive salary range of $80,000 - $100,000 per year, commensurate with experience, along with a comprehensive benefits package, including medical, dental, and vision insurance, retirement plan, paid time off, and more.
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