MEIER HALL - Asst/Assoc Dean Men's Res Hall

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	<h1><em>MEIER HALL</em> - Asst/Assoc Dean Men's Res Hall</h1>
	<h2>Job Classification</h2>
		<span>&nbsp;&nbsp;Salaried Full-time (75-100%)</span><br/>
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	<h2>Position summary</h2>
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<br/>The Assistant Dean provides assistance to the Dean, whose leadership directs and administers all facets of a university residence hall community, including strategic planning and the daily operation of a wide variety of responsibilities including staffing, programming, fiscal and facility management and resident nurture and accountability.
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<br/>The Assistant Dean is responsible for contributing to the creation of a living environment in which college men will flourish in the total development of their spiritual, mental, physical, and social qualities.
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<br/>In addition, he takes responsibility for a portfolio of specific program needs such as evening accountability, social programming, and a 24-hour desk.
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	<h2>Qualifications summary</h2>
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<br/>	<li>BS/BA required; MA preferred</li>
<br/>	<li>Related experience and/or training required</li>
<br/>	<li>Previous residence hall dean experience preferred</li>
<br/>	<li>A deep commitment to youth ministry and student development</li>
<br/>	<li>Skills in administration, organization, communication, conflict management, counseling, etc.&nbsp;</li>
<br/>	<li>Ability to work well within a team-structured environment</li>
<br/>	<li>Experience in program development and implementation</li>
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	<br />Must be a Seventh-day Adventist in good and regular standing.
        
	<h2>Duties and responsibilities</h2>
	Assists in the management and direction of the daily operations of the residence life system,&nbsp;including programming for and responding to spiritual, social, community building, physical, and educational needs.&nbsp;&nbsp;
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<br/>Assists in facilitation of an environment which stimulates student responsibility and accountability within the residence community.&nbsp;&nbsp;
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<br/>Coordinates, develops, and delivers public presentations on spiritual and educational topics.&nbsp;&nbsp;
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<br/>Participates with staff in the assessment of and meeting of student needs for support, advising, counseling and areas of crisis management such as mental health and medical emergencies.&nbsp;&nbsp;
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<br/>Participates in the student conduct process for all men in residential life by a system of expectations and consequences.&nbsp;
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<br/>Participates in development, interpretation, and dissemination of university and residence hall policy for students.&nbsp;&nbsp;
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<br/>Participates in staffing responsibilities including recruitment and selection of salaried, hourly and student staff members.&nbsp; Participates in development of pre-service and in-service training, workshops and development for student employees.&nbsp;&nbsp;
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<br/>Maintains a working relationship with staff.&nbsp;
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<br/>Maintains an open working relationships and serves as the liaison with administration, faculty, parents, alumni, student groups and other constituents throughout the university regarding student life issues on an individual basis as well as serving on a variety of committees.&nbsp;&nbsp;
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<br/>Maintains professional contact outside the University through involvement in professional organizations/activities and collaborations with Student Service professionals at other institutions.&nbsp;&nbsp;
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<br/>Specific job description areas to be determined.
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	<h2>Supervisory responsibilities</h2>
	The Assistant Dean carries out supervisory responsibilities in accordance with Andrews University policies and applicable laws.
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<br/>Responsibilities include assisting the director with interviewing, hiring and training professional and student staff, job description preparations and assignments, scheduling, directing work, appraising performance and addressing complaints and resolving problems.&nbsp;
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<br/>Supervises and participates with staff in the nurturing and holding students accountable to expectations including substance abuse, overnight leave and curfew guidelines, co-curricular attendance, and other general citizenship areas.
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	<h2>Qualifications</h2>
	To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily.&nbsp; Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.&nbsp; The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and /or ability required:&nbsp;
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<br/>Skills in business administration, organization, conflict resolution, counseling, teaching, discipline, public speaking, group dynamics, leadership and youth ministry. A dean is expected to be a strong Christian role model and should be committed to personal spiritual growth.&nbsp; He should have knowledge of youth culture and youth challenges, including knowing how to assess, intervene and direct to professional help those involved in: drug and other substance abuse issues, childhood molestation, rape and date rape, depression, suicidal inclination, bulimia and anorexia, and other crises inherent in the social-emotional environment of today&rsquo;s youth.
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<br/>A Master&rsquo;s degree in a related field and/or 1-2 years of experience as a residence hall dean are minimal requirements for this job.
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<br/>Excellent English language and communication skills are required to be able to effectively interface with a wide variety of individuals and entities including administration, colleagues, teachers, staff, student, parents and the general public.&nbsp; These skills must include the ability to read, analyze and interpret, and the ability to write reports, business correspondence and procedure manuals.&nbsp;
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<br/>The person in this position must also be able to communicate well in both personal and public venues.&nbsp; He is responsible for excellence in verbal communication and counseling, and in the public presentation of devotional and educational topics.
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<br/>Basic mathematical skills are needed.
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<br/>Superb abstract and concrete reasoning and problem solving skills are required to be able to make decisions that have a huge and deep impact on the mental, physical, social and spiritual welfare of residents and staff that are in the work environment.&nbsp; The ability to prioritize huge amounts of responsibilities in a critical and timely fashion is an essential requirement: it is especially important in this community in which most residents are young adults many of whom are facing such emotionally draining and unforeseen tragedies as parental divorce, family death, breakups of relationships, depressions/mental health issues, etc.&nbsp; Despite the need to immediately and effectively address these crises, residence hall life and services must continue undisturbed.&nbsp;
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<br/>Unusually fine reasoning ability is also required in dealing with a population, by sheer definition of their developmental tasks, that demands reasons and rationale for policies and services, and living with the awkward and conflicting needs for both autonomy and nurture.
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<br/>This individual should be an active participant in student service professional organizations, such as Adventist Student Personnel Association (ASPA), Association of College and University Housing Officers International (ACUHO-1), American Colleges Personnel Association (ACPA).&nbsp; It is expected that the person in this profession will keep personally abreast of the changes and challenges of working in a youth culture, and will avail themselves of literature and learning situations giving them increased learning, insight and skills.
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	<br />Must be a Seventh-day Adventist in good and regular standing.
        
	<h2>Technical competencies</h2>
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	<h2>Interpersonal interactions</h2>
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	<h2>Physical demands</h2>
	The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential function of this job.
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<br/>The job often requires full use of all body senses and most limbs of the body for office work such as data entry, duplication, walking, climbing stairs, listening, and observing both body language and environmental factors.
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<br/>The job also requires sharp mental skills and emotional balance.
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<br/>The largest physical demand may be the ability to handle the stress of balancing both the responsibilities of the job and the critical decisions regarding student lives.&nbsp;&nbsp;Another are of high demand is the intensive 7-day work week that can average 60 hours a week and that often require work hours well beyond midnight.&nbsp; Those in this profession must contend not only with unusually long hours, but with an on-call schedule that includes nights, weekends, summers, and all holidays as a residence hall is open and active 24 hours a day, every single day of the year.&nbsp; The individual must have high physical stamina and be able to adjust to very frequent interruptions from sleep and family time.
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	<h2>Work environment</h2>
	The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job.&nbsp; The Assistant Dean may need to be willing to live in a facility with 500 college men, which means that there is little privacy, frequent interruptions, and a high volume of traffic and disruption.&nbsp; He must be able to handle prescribed daily tasks while accommodating constant interruptions.
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<br/>An environment that houses 500 will be more inconvenienced with construction, repairs to basic life-support systems, and environmental factors than most of the rest of the campus.&nbsp; For example, a campus department may close down for a portion of the summer to accommodate a building project, a residence hall committed to providing year-round housing may not.&nbsp; A campus department is not severely inconvenienced by a power outage at night, water being turned off, a computer system down for upgrade, etc. but a residence hall housing 500 persons with 500 individual study and sleep schedules is.
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<br/>In addition to the usual requirements for those maintaining a busy office, those in residence hall life create the environment for the life of a huge population.&nbsp; They are held responsible not only for the running of the office, but for the running of the program.&nbsp; They are held accountable by residents, parents, and the rest of the campus.&nbsp; They are viewed, when convenient to others, as being responsible for the behavior and values of their residents.
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<br/>Residence hall deans/assistant deans are expected to provide the housing services of a bed and breakfast, the medical services of an acute care clinic, the emotional support services of a psychological treatment center, presentation skills of a public speaker, the spiritual support of a minister, the decorating services of an interior designer, the personal and compassionate care of a parent, all while running a huge physical plant and implementing the administrative skills needed to run a million dollar a year facility.&nbsp; It is an equally rewarding and challenging position.
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