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Area Coordinator
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Davidson, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, 28036, USA
Listed on 2026-06-26
Listing for:
Davidson College
Full Time
position Listed on 2026-06-26
Job specializations:
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Education / Teaching
Education Administration
Job Description & How to Apply Below
POSITION OVERVIEW
The Area Coordinator (AC) is a twelve‑month, live‑in staff member in the Residence Life Office at Davidson College. As a member of the Division of Student Life, the AC will join a competent, committed team who cares deeply about students and actively works to promote a welcoming, socially just environment for all people. The AC serves as a front‑line responder in campus emergency situations, is often required to work non‑traditional hours, including evenings and weekends, and works closely with a diverse student population.
Each AC maintains a focus in one of three areas within the department:
First‑Year Experience, Sophomore Experience, and Upper class Experience. The focus group each person is assigned may change from year to year depending on college or departmental goals and initiatives. New committee work may be created based on the individual strengths and passions that each AC brings to the position.
- Partner with student staff to develop individualized and intentional action plans for personal, professional, and communal growth, as well as leadership development.
- Meet bi‑weekly with each student staff member to assess hall environments, student concerns and behaviors, hall trends, and programmatic offerings.
- Meet weekly with area staff to assess overall health of community, encourage collaboration between student staff members, provide ongoing job training, and build area residential teams.
- Provide goal setting, mid‑year evaluation, and year‑end evaluation for each staff member.
- Offer monthly professional development opportunities for student staff members.
- Collaborate with area staff to create a residential curriculum plan to meet the specific needs of that area.
- Assist student staff in responding to student issues, including roommate conflicts and physical, emotional, identity, or psychological concerns.
- Directly oversee the student staff duty process. Advise or assist staff in responding to concerning incidents or potential policy violations in and around the residence halls.
- Serve as the primary lead on the maintenance and upkeep for residence halls and/or apartments in the area.
- Assist with housing operations such as room condition reports, key management, and room changes.
- Respond to facility concerns in an ongoing way in collaboration with the RLO Coordinator for Facilities, Building Services, and Physical Plant.
- Perform monthly facility inspections on each residential facility.
- Oversee student staff as they conduct health and safety inspections for every student room in the area each semester.
- Manage residence hall opening and closing at the beginning and end of each semester.
- Serve as the Area Coordinator On‑call on a rotational basis, advising student staff members, responding to serious incidents on campus, and going to the hospital to support students as needed.
- Adjudicate violations of Residence Life policies within the area of supervision. Adjudicate first offense alcohol incidents in conjunction with the Associate Dean of Students/Director of Judicial Affairs. Meet with residents to discuss behaviors, adjudicate or refer as appropriate, and follow‑up as needed. Document through the Maxient Conduct system.
- Assist with the development, planning, and implementation of a comprehensive student staff‑training program, including the beginning of the fall and spring semesters and monthly in‑service gatherings.
- Participate in the recruitment and selection processes for student and professional staff.
- Assist with most aspects of the housing assignment process - including lottery and room selection and first‑year roommate pairing and hall placement.
- Attend and participate in weekly Residence Life staff meetings, monthly Student Life meetings, annual retreats, and other gatherings as needed.
- Oversee and establish a positive living environment within unique residential communities and the College.
- Assist with the development and implementation of the RLO Residential Curriculum within residential communities.
- Support a unique student population (not based on residential criteria) via program…
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