Assistant Residential Life Coordinator - Resident Education

Assistant Residential Life Coordinator
- Resident Education

The University of Texas at Dallas is seeking to fill the position of Assistant Resident Education Coordinator – Student Leadership within University Housing. This is a full-time professional position that shares responsibility with other full-time staff members for the facilitation of a comprehensive student development program for on-campus apartments and five residence halls housing approximately 5,500 students. The purpose of this position is to provide additional assistance to Residential Life programs, events, and two student organizations.

This position is a full-time, live-on, non-exempt position that reports to the Assistant Director of Resident Education. This position will also have work responsibilities that will occur outside normal business hours.

Minimum

Education and Experience:

Bachelor's degree;
One year of experience with college students or adolescents in community groups in an advisory, administrative, or educational capacity or an equivalent combination of education and experience. Knowledge of student development theory and philosophy.

Preferred

Education and Experience:

Six months to two years experience in residential life, student affairs, student advising, higher education administration, or similar work responsibilities;
Experience with Microsoft Office suite.

Other

Qualifications:

To the extent this position requires the holder to research, work on, or have access to critical infrastructure as defined in Section 117.001(2) of the Texas Business and Commerce Code, the ability to maintain the security or integrity of the critical infrastructure is a minimum qualification to be hired and to continue to be employed in the position.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

Provide programmatic and student leadership opportunities through departmental programming and organizations including monthly annual program event targeting entire campus population, monthly competitive programming series, collaborative programs co-hosted with campus partners;
Market and promote student leadership opportunities and organizations within Residential Life;
Serve as primary advisor of Residential Housing Association (RHA) which is a student-led organization that is open to all residents of University Housing and focuses on large-scale programming and community building with five executive members;
Oversee the recruitment, training, and retention efforts and provide guidance to four Community Councils which are student-led organizations within the apartment and residence hall areas that focus on community-specific programmatic and community building efforts;
Meet regularly with student leaders for ongoing personal, student, and leadership development;
Assist the Assistant Director of Resident Education in the management of the Resident Education budget of approximately $100,000;
Lead planner and facilitator for student leadership conference travel, which includes up to four conferences per year that includes logistical planning of travel;
Assist in the facilitation of large-scale programs that occur monthly and during Opening Week, Weeks of Welcome, and Homecoming Week;
Counsel and advise students on an as needed basis;
Assist, when needed, for the Peer Advisor selection process for 154 peer advisor positions including designing and managing interview processes, questions, evaluations, applications for fall and spring training events;
Create marketing for Peer Advisor recruitment and selection efforts;
Assist, when needed, for the Peer Advisor training serving 154 peer advisors which includes developing and delivering training schedules and seminars, assessment using learning outcomes, and other logistical tasks for fall, summer,…