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Interim Area Coordinator

Employer: Susquehanna University
Location: Selinsgrove

Employment Type: Full Time
Institution Type: Four-Year Institution

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Interim Area Coordinator

About Susquehanna:
As a living, learning and working community, Susquehanna University affirms its commitment to being an engaged, culturally inclusive campus. As we seek to embody the rich diversity of the human community, we commit ourselves to the full participation of persons who represent the breadth of human difference. The university encourages candidates from historically underrepresented groups to apply. Susquehanna University is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Susquehanna University is a national liberal arts college committed to excellence in educating students for productive, creative and reflective lives of achievement, leadership and service in a diverse, dynamic and interdependent world. Its more than 2,300 undergraduates come from 35 states and 22 countries, and all students study away through Susquehanna’s unique Global Opportunities program. Susquehanna University’s 325 acre campus, noted for its beauty, is located in Selinsgrove, Pennsylvania, 50 miles north of Harrisburg in the scenic Susquehanna River Valley, about a three hour drive from Philadelphia, Washington, D.C., and New York City. For more information, please visit https://www.susqu.edu.

Position Summary:
Job Summary
Susquehanna University is nearly 95% residential and boasts a varied housing stock ranging from traditional residence halls to suites. Area Coordinators work with a residential geographic area with the primarily responsibility for furthering the mission of the Division and Department of Residence Life through the supervision of student staff members, implementation of the conduct processes for their residential population, and engaging residents in a community standards program that supports mitigating community challenges. Through active and engaging skill-based programs, Area Coordinators will create a climate that supports student success, personal development, and high levels of resident engagement.
The position reports to the Associate Director of Residence Life. This position is an interim position through the end of May 2021. This is a live-in position with on-campus housing accommodations and a meal plan during the spring semester.
Specific Responsibilities

Establish and maintain a healthy, actively engaged residential community and communicate with residents living in area through individual contacts, meetings, and facilitated discussions.

Manage all operational functions for assigned residential area ensuring safety, building maintenance, room and common area inventories, damage assessments, supervising the opening and closing of the facilities throughout the year, including assignments and occupancy management.

Develop familiarity with campus resources to ensure timely efficient referrals when needed.

Supervise and evaluate student staff, including staff and area meetings and regular one-on-one meetings to manage the operations of the area.

Take on one to two major processes for the office including, but not limited to, student staff selection, student staff training, and/or Specialty Housing coordination

Develop, promote, and facilitate area staff training programs.

Maintain office hours that provide access to students and be available and visible at departmental and divisional programs and events.

Coordinate strategies and lesson plans that further the learning goals of the residential curriculum

Promote and actualize safety/security and risk management practices in the area.

Act as a liaison to university departments, including but not limited other Student Life offices, facilities, Aramark Dining Services, and academic departments.

Provide and participate in professional staff on call coverage and duty schedule and respond as needed to crisis and emergency situations, communicate with all necessary levels of staff during emergency situations.

Provide intervention and referral for students experiencing interpersonal, developmental, or academic difficulties, including CARE case management

Serve as a conduct officer for the University Conduct process in the following roles as deemed appropriate by the Dean of Campus Life: conduct board member, conduct board chair, conduct conferences, mandatory meetings, Title IX conduct board member/chair, and case management

Participate in departmental, Campus Life, and Student Life initiatives as deemed appropriate.

Provide collateral support to the Office of First Year Experience during the summer months.

Oversee one major summer project including, but not limited to, Event Management with Summer Camps and Conferences and/or Summer Housing Operations.

Contribute to the overall success of Residence Life program and the University by performing other duties and responsibilities as assigned

Required Qualifications:
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities
Skilled with Microsoft Office Suite of programs and the ability to use web-based housing and conduct software, i.e. Colleague, Informer, Maxient, The Housing Director; skilled in student conduct and mediation with an interest in restorative justice processes; strong written and verbal communication skills; demonstrated leadership, supervisory and conduct skills. A demonstrated understanding of programming and experience-based training. Strong organizational skills; ability to build a strong team of undergraduate staff living in multiple facilities. The ability to read a room, understand nuances and discern appropriate approaches with diverse groups; skills in effective communication and efficient use of communication styles; demonstrated commitment to increasing racial and ethnic diversity through programs and services and a holistic understanding of student growth and identity development.
Education and Experience
Bachelor’s degree and a minimum of two years of residence life and/or conduct coordination experience required. Master’s degree in student affairs, education, or similar field and one year of residence life and/or conduct coordination experience preferred.
Physical Demands
Position requires the ability to stand or sit for extended periods of time. Position requires the ability to move easily about the campus and respond to crisis. Position requires the ability to speak to a wide range of audiences and individuals and to hear and process instruction. Position requires occasional manual dexterity and the ability to use fingers, hands, and arms to feel, handle, and reach. Position requires the ability to climb stairs, drive a variety of vehicles, and walk for extended periods of time on occasion.
Position requires occasional stooping, crouching and bending and the ability to occasionally lift up to 10 pounds. Working conditions are predominantly indoors with occasional work tasks outdoors.

Preferred Qualifications:

Special Instructions to the Applicant:
References from varied facets of college/university community to reflect communication skills and rapport with other colleagues, faculty and students.

Benefits Eligible: No
Number of Months: Other
Other Number of Months:
Full-Time/Part-Time:
Work Schedule/Hours per Week:
Posting Date: 01/11/2021
Closing Date:
Open Until Filled: No
Anticipated Start Date: 01/18/2021
Posting Number: AH00705

To apply, visit https://jobs.susqu.edu/postings/2178

Organization

Susquehanna University is a national liberal arts college committed to excellence in educating undergraduate students for productive, creative and reflective lives of achievement, leadership and service in a diverse and interconnected world. Academic excellence, study away and service learning, student-faculty collaboration, and rich opportunities for creative and personal growth are hallmarks of a Susquehanna University education. About 2,200 undergraduates come from 32 states and 15 countries.

The university is located in Selinsgrove, Pa., a town of about 5,000 situated on the banks of the Susquehanna River, 50 miles north of the state capital, Harrisburg. The campus is about 90 minutes from the Pocono Mountain recreational areas, and about a three-hour drive from New York City, Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington, D.C.

Founded in 1858 by Lutherans, Susquehanna University welcomes individuals of all backgrounds and beliefs. It is a community that expresses its Lutheran heritage through the free and open exploration of ideas, commitment to service and development of individual talents.

Students may enroll in one of two schools: the School of Arts and Sciences or the Sigmund Weis School of Business. A Susquehanna education is distinguished by a strong liberal arts program enhanced by equally strong professional programs in areas such as business, education and communications. Degrees are offered for the Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of Music and Bachelor of Science.

Susquehanna University is recognized in several guidebooks to selective colleges, including The Fiske Guide to Colleges and Peterson's Competitive Colleges. U.S. News & World Report’s America's Best Colleges includes Susquehanna among National Liberal Arts Colleges. Susquehanna is small enough to be academically flexible, yet large enough to offer a wide variety of choices—more than 50 major emphases, 45 minors and 850 courses. Susquehanna offers a challenging Honors Program for exceptional students and emphasizes experience-based learning, including internships, study-abroad semesters and award-winning community service programs.

Small classes and a student-faculty ratio of about 13 to 1 offer students personal attention and challenging opportunities. Student participation and team learning are encouraged, as is faculty-student research that exposes students to current, practical applications in their field of study. Students are offered extensive opportunities for involvement and leadership in university life. They can choose from more than 100 student organizations, 23 intercollegiate sports, numerous intramural and club sports and a full schedule of lectures, concerts, films, plays and social events.

Susquehanna's strong academic and career advising programs have led to strong post-graduation success. Typically, 94 percent of the graduating class is working full time or enrolled in graduate or professional school within six months.

Diversity Profile: Susquehanna University

Diversity Matters at Susquehanna. Through our commitment to academic excellence, in which diversity is a core element, we affirm the dignity and worth of all persons and strive to ensure that all in our community feel supported in their differences. Current and emerging research underscore the positive educational benefits that manifest in a diverse living and learning community.

As an institution of higher learning, we understand that we will be judged increasingly by how well we prepare our students to succeed in a smaller, flatter and increasingly diverse world. We intentionally seek to create opportunities for understanding the ways that power and privilege influence individual and collective behavior and systems, and to use that knowledge to guide us productively inside the classroom and beyond.

Affirmative Action - Susquehanna University is committed to making every effort to enhance the diversity of our community – students, faculty, and staff. The hiring process is important to achieving our strategic goals to recruit and retain staff from diverse backgrounds. Through the affirmative action process, we work together to ensure a diverse community while remaining diligent in our commitment to selecting the most qualified candidate for open positions.

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We use experiential learning to engage students in a multicultural education that prepares them for life in a diverse and interconnected world. Our new Central Curriculum, taught by a diverse faculty with different viewpoints and experiences, challenges students in their ways of perceiving and knowing the world. The unique Global Opportunities (GO) requirement prompts students to experience ways of knowing and being that are unfamiliar, and to reflect on those experiences. In the process, we expect that all students will examine their world view and how it is constructed.

A diverse and vibrant campus community fosters relationships marked by mutual curiosity and respect. Students, faculty and staff are supported in these relationships by the Chief Diversity Officer, Center for Diversity and Social Justice, Center for Civic Engagement, Office of Residence Life, and the Bias Response and Education Team.

The university also understands its physical and emotional connection to residents of the Susquehanna River Valley. Arts and educational events open to the community create possibilities for healthy dialogue regarding difference. Relationships built through interaction and dialogue with the greater Selinsgrove community serve to broaden and enhance the community in which we live and learn.

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