Residence Life Coordinator

DePauw University is an Equal Employment Opportunity

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Women, members of underrepresented groups, and persons with disabilities are encouraged to apply. The position will remain open until filled.

DePauw University is a private, residential, liberal arts campus of 1,700 students. The Housing and Residence Life Coordinator will participate as a member of the Housing and Residence Life team, whose primary purpose is to implement the guiding principles of how students live at DePauw University.

The Coordinator is responsible for supporting the mission of the University, the Division of Student Affairs and the goals of the department. This full‑time, live‑in appointment provides departmental support and project facilitation in the areas of supervision, administration, and community support. The primary purpose of this position is to intentionally interact with students to assess and meet student needs in multiple residential living environments, participating in educational and leadership development of student staff, and supporting and collaborating with other departments within and outside of the Division of Student Affairs to provide comprehensive service to students.

The position reports to the Assistant Director of Housing and Residence Life and the Associate Dean of Students/Director of Housing and Residence Life.

• Contribute to the development of healthy, inclusive residential living environments by intentionally and regularly interacting with resident students.
• Assess the individual needs of resident students and staff, as well as the needs of the community as a whole, by interacting in both group and one‑on‑one settings concerning campus involvement, engagement, academics, and future endeavors.
• Serve as a student advocate, regularly soliciting student feedback and communicating input to student affairs departments.
• Display and demonstrate high levels of empathy, flexibility, open‑mindedness, compassion and approachability in working with students while being familiar with campus and community resources to make referrals where appropriate.
• Promote initiatives that meet the academic and developmental needs of residential students within residence hall communities and all other residential living units.
• Provide on‑call coverage, responding appropriately and providing crisis intervention as well as conflict mediation for campus throughout the calendar year.
• Know the published regulations/standards of the University and appropriately confront and document alleged residential and University policy violations.
• Assist student staff and resident students in the creation of standards for their community.

• Collaborate with other departments to support campus‑wide initiatives and serve on various University committees.
• Lead one of the four department teams that develop training, staff recruitment and selection, programming, housing and office management.
• Facilitate residence hall opening and closing during break periods outlined within the academic and housing calendar.
• Assist with budget management of activity funds for social, educational, community development and other initiatives.

• Supervise and intentionally support student staff by facilitating purposeful interactions and assisting in the coordination and development of educational sessions.
• Support the residential experience by implementing programming efforts.
• Guide student staff in assessing and intentionally meeting student needs to develop inclusive, welcoming and safe communities that promote the University’s culture of care and serve as an active bystander.
• Support the recruitment, selection and training of student staff members.
• Communicate supervisory expectations and provide recognition and accountability structures for staff members.
• Complete other responsibilities as assigned.

• Accountability – Ability to accept responsibility and account for his/her actions.
• Accuracy – Ability to perform work accurately and thoroughly.
• Active Listening – Ability to actively attend to, convey, and understand the comments and…