Area Coordinator

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Area Coordinator

Area Coordinators are full-time professional staff members of the Office of Residence Life. They provide overall management and leadership in residential neighborhoods housing 700 to 1,320 residents each, and operate one or more residence halls housing 287 to 452 students. The role directly supervises master’s-level Resident Directors (RD) and bachelor’s-level Community Managers (CM) to ensure effective operation and a positive student experience.

Area Coordinators shape the residential environment and experiences by guiding implementation of services and programs aligned with the Office of Residence Life’s mission and values. They report to an Assistant Director in Residence Life.

• Community Development:
  Cultivate a positive and engaging living environment that fosters a sense of community and belonging, and enable students to build positive relationships with one another.
• Maintain high visibility and availability by attending community events, regularly touring the community, and interacting with residents.
• Meet with residents one‑on‑one to provide personal, social, academic, and occupational support and referral.
• Convene Living Learning Community neighborhood councils.
• Oversee and implement programming in the residential community as prescribed by the department.
• Collaborate with faculty and staff to plan and implement Living Learning Community programs.
• Coordinate neighborhood programs.
• Budget, manage, expend, and reconcile programming funds.
• Serve as the financial, programmatic, and leadership adviser to the student Community Leadership Team(s).
• Directly supervise 2 to 3 professional staff members (RDs and/or CMs), each of whom oversees at least one residence hall in the residential neighborhood.
• Supervise and train a team of 8 to 20 resident assistants.
• Host weekly staff meetings to coordinate upcoming events, discuss community concerns, and facilitate professional development experiences.
• Conduct weekly or bi‑weekly one‑on‑one meetings with staff members.
• Ensure staff members are appropriately confronting and documenting behavioral issues and concerns.
• Provide regular formal and informal feedback regarding job performance.
• Assign and oversee collateral duties as needed.
• Assist in the recruitment, selection, training, development, and evaluation of paraprofessional and professional staff members.
• Responsible for the administration and management of a residential neighborhood made up of 3 to 10 buildings, housing between 700 and 1,500 students during the academic year.
• Serve as a resource person for students and staff.
• Ensure timely and accurate documentation of hall incidents and referrals.
• Conduct regular rounds of the neighborhood to ensure the cleanliness, maintenance, and security of facilities.
• Collaborate with Campus Services and assist with building management and room changes.
• Serve as the primary contact for concerns from parents and family members of residents.
• Serve on committees based on departmental needs, including summer projects as needed.
• Advise, counsel, and develop residents in alignment with the department’s mission, vision, and goals to create and sustain a supportive living environment.
• Respond to crises and other facilities, safety, and security issues.
• Provide leadership during times of crisis in and adjacent to the community.
• Assume shared responsibility for campus‑wide on‑call duty, year round.
• Provide individual and small group support, advising, and roommate mediations as needed.
• Some evening and weekend hours will be required throughout the year based on the schedule for student activities and programs.
• Teach 1 to 2 courses per year, as needed, including EDL 301:
  Student Development in the Residence Halls, UNV 101: I am Miami, or courses associated with assigned Living Learning Communities.
• Serve as a hearing administrator as needed, including but not limited to adjudication of individual hearings and/or serving as a member of a university hearing board.
• Serve as a role model for all hall staff and residents in personal and professional behaviors.
• Practice ethical stewardship of university resources.
• Demonstrate a commitment to supporting the…