RESIDENCE LIFE - Director of Undergraduate Residence Life/Assoc Dean Student Life

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	<h1><em>RESIDENCE LIFE</em> - Director of Undergraduate Residence Life/Assoc Dean Student Life</h1>
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	<h2>Position summary</h2>
	The Director provides assistance to the Assistant Vice President for Residence Life, whose leadership directs and administers all facets of the undergraduate university residence hall community, including strategic planning and the daily operation of a wide variety of responsibilities including staffing, programming, and resident nurture and accountability.
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<br/>He/She is responsible for contributing to the creation of a living environment in which undergraduate students will flourish in the total development of their spiritual, mental, physical, and social qualities. The Director will facilitate a program that&nbsp;fosters the personal character development of individual residents as well as harmony within a diverse community.
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	<h2>Qualifications summary</h2>
	Skills in business administration, organization, conflict resolution, counseling, teaching, discipline, public speaking, group dynamics, leadership and mentoring. The director is expected to be a strong Christian role model and should be committed to personal spiritual growth.&nbsp; He/She should have knowledge of youth culture and youth challenges.&nbsp;
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<br/>A masters degree in a related field and/or 3+ years of experience as a residence hall dean or administrator are minimal requirements for this job.
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	<br />Must be a Seventh-day Adventist in good and regular standing.
        
	<h2>Duties and responsibilities</h2>
	The Director provides assistance to the Assistant Vice President for Residence Life, whose leadership directs and administers all facets of the undergraduate university residence hall community, including strategic planning and the daily operation of a wide variety of responsibilities including staffing, programming, and resident nurture and accountability.
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<br/>Because the Director serves in an institution with a University mission that is deeply committed to provide faith-based holistic education, he/she is responsible for contributing to the creation of a living environment in which undergraduate students will flourish in the total development of their spiritual, mental, physical, and social qualities.&nbsp; To assist in this mission the Director works with the professional and student staff&nbsp; to develop a philosophical framework and codes of conduct that will foster the personal character development of individual residents as well as harmony within a diverse community.
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<br/>In addition the Director coordinates schedules for the professional dean staff, Resident Advisor and Student Dean leadership, oversees student development in the undergraduate residence halls, follows through on conduct and care reports for all undergraduate students, oversees communication to residents, and serves on Student Life Conduct Council.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
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<br/><strong>ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES </strong>include the following:&nbsp;
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<br/><strong>Residence Life Program Oversight</strong>
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<br/>Directs the daily administration of the services and programs of undergraduate Residence Life to create an optimum living environment in the residence halls.&nbsp;
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<br/>Assists in the management and direction of the daily operations of the residence life system, including programming for and responding to spiritual, social, community building, physical, and educational needs.&nbsp;
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<br/>Assists in facilitation of an environment which stimulates student responsibility and accountability within the residence community.&nbsp;
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<br/>Assists the assistant vice president in ensuring institutional financial policies are followed within the residence hall program.
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<br/>Provides direction to the assistant dean for residence hall facilities and operations as to residence hall facility priorities and future planning.
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<br/>Directs RA and SD selection, training, and accountability with the assistance of associate/assistant deans.&nbsp;
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<br/>Directs staff scheduling to insure the availability of staff to provide for the daily and crisis intervention needs of residents at all times.
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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;
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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/>Coordinates, develops, and delivers public presentations on spiritual and educational topics.&nbsp;
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<br/>Participates in staffing responsibilities including recruitment and selection of salaried and hourly staff members.&nbsp;
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<br/>Provides professional support and care for the undergraduate residence hall students when participating in the weekend coverage rotation.
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<br/>Maintains an open working relationship 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.
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<br/>Maintains professional contact outside the University through involvement in professional organizations/activities and collaborations with Residence Life and Student Services professionals at other institutions.
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<br/><strong>Associate Dean for Student Life&nbsp;</strong>
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<br/>Plans and implements an orientation/informational session with new undergraduate community students during new student orientation.&nbsp;&nbsp;
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<br/>Serves as the Student Life Dean by providing professional support and care as well as the facilitation of conduct intervention processes for all undergraduate community students.
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<br/><strong>Memberships and Meetings</strong>
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<br/>Represents the undergraduate Residence Life program and services by being a member as requested, on selected University committees.
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<br/>Hosts team meetings with RAs, SDs, and professional Deans.
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<br/>Serves on Student Life Conduct Council.
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<br/>As a member of the division of Campus and Student Life attends full Student Life Division meetings as well as&nbsp; Directors and Team Leader meetings.
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	<h2>Supervisory responsibilities</h2>
	The Dean carries out supervisory responsibilities in accordance with Andrews University policies and applicable laws.
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<br/>Responsibilities include assisting the assistant vice president with interviewing, hiring and training professional staff, scheduling of the deans staff, and addressing complaints and solving problems.
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<br/>Directing the process for interviewing, hiring, and training 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&nbsp; 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:
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<br/>Skills in business administration, organization, conflict resolution, counseling, teaching, discipline, public speaking, group dynamics, leadership and mentoring. The director is expected to be a strong Christian role model and should be committed to personal spiritual growth.&nbsp; He/She 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 masters degree in a related field and/or 3+ years of experience as a residence hall dean or administrator are minimal requirements for this job.
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<br/><strong>CERTIFICATES, LICENSES, REGISTRATIONS</strong>
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<br/>This individual should be (or willing to 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-I), 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/><strong>LANGUAGE SKILLS</strong>
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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, students, 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.
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<br/>The person in this position must also be able to communicate well in both personal and public venues.&nbsp; She is responsible for excellence in verbal communication and counseling, and in the public presentation of devotional and educational topics.
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<br/><strong>MATHEMATICAL SKILLS</strong>
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<br/>Basic mathematical skills are needed to perform fiscal and facility management responsibilities as well as provide oversight to evening accountability follow-through.
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	<br />Must be a Seventh-day Adventist in good and regular standing.
        
	<h2>Technical competencies</h2>
	N/A
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	<h2>Interpersonal interactions</h2>
	<strong>REASONING ABILITY</strong>
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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.
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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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	<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; Those in this profession must contend with an active residence hall community that is open 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.
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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; He/She must be able to handle prescribed daily tasks while accommodating constant interruptions.
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<br/>An environment that houses hundreds of students 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 hundreds of residents with individual study and sleep schedules is.
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<br/><strong>COMMENTS</strong>
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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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