Graduate Assistant - Residence

Overview

Concordia University Chicago (CUC) invites applications for the position of Graduate Resident Director. This position is a Graduate Assistantship, reporting directly to the Director of Residence Life, and is located in River Forest, IL.

The Graduate Assistant – Residence Life assists the Director of Residence Life in providing holistic, educational leadership while administering a comprehensive living-learning environment for communities housing 150-200 students. Under the oversight of the Director of Residence Life, the GA provides direct supervision over a residence hall and staff and assists in overall community supervision. The GA seeks opportunities to integrate the mission, vision, and core values of Concordia University Chicago into daily work with students, faculty, and fellow staff members.

The GA champions for the spiritual development of students and demonstrates a commitment to the Christian ethics of love, forgiveness, patience, and faith as well as a desire to support students in their own faith. The GA also assists in advising residence hall management and administrative responsibilities. The average workload is 20 hours a week but will include intensive full-time training in August as well as intermittent increases in workload throughout the semester.

Living on campus is required.

Candidates must be enrolled or planning to enroll in a Concordia University Chicago graduate program.

• Community Development
• Responsible for the supervision, leadership, and development of a comprehensive living-learning environment housing 150-200 students under the guidance of the Director of Residence Life
• Assist the Director of Residence Life in the overall leadership and management of all residential students
• Develop intentional assessment practices to address the needs of each community and create action steps to meet those intended outcomes
• Execute a community development plan for the residential area focused on the learning, growth, and development of students

• Housing Operations and Administrative Responsibilities
• Coordinate day-to-day operations of the residential area and department such as occupancy, facilities management, hall opening and closing, room selection, conduct issues, and the housing reassignment process
• Manage efficient and accurate operational reports and communicate regularly with necessary offices
• Assist the Director of Residence Life in identifying and resolving facility issues in a timely fashion and proactively identify opportunities to improve the residential environment
• Ensure the observance of all Concordia applicable policies, rules, and regulations as well as the laws of the city, state, and nation
• Practice fiscal responsibility in the administration and oversight of community programming budget
• Establish healthy mentoring relationships through daily interactions with students, mediate conflicts, respond to their needs and refer students to appropriate resources as needed
• Implement the departmental programming model and provide guidance to staff in achieving learning outcomes for the community
• Promote the institution s core values in all initiatives and through public discourse

• Educational Supervision
• Along with the Director of Residence Life, supervise, train, evaluate and provide leadership to a Resident Assistant staff of 6-8 staff members
• Assist in the coordination of all department-wide initiatives including RA training, RA selection, room selection, and other programming initiatives and committees as needed
• Provide proactive visible leadership within the community to promote the institution s values and services, and support residential programming
• Collaborate with multiple University offices in creating new educational initiatives and developing more efficient practices that seek to create cutting edge residential experiences for students

• Crisis Intervention & Response
• Participate in on-call emergency duty rotation throughout the year (evenings and weekends), excluding Christmas, Spring, and Summer academic breaks providing crisis support and response to students
• Collaborate with Department of Public Safety, and other qualified persons on immediate…