Assistant Director of Residence Life - Queens, United States - St. John's University

St. John's University

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Queens, United States

3 weeks ago

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Description

St.

John's, established in 1870, has three New York City campuses; international locations in Rome, Italy; Limerick, Ireland; and Paris, France; and study abroad locations around the world.

The Princeton Review and other top rankings consistently recognize the University's outstanding academics, diverse student body, dynamic internship, and volunteer opportunities, focus on student life, and diverse study abroad offerings.

St.

John's University offers more than 100 undergraduate and graduate programs in its six colleges and schools, with a growing number of programs offered online.

The University is accredited by the Middle States Commission on Higher Education and 12 other major academic and professional associations.

A dedication to diversity, equity and inclusion is at the heart of our mission. As a Catholic and Vincentian university, St.

John's is committed to institutionalizing practices of inclusive excellence to ensure that we welcome and celebrate the intrinsic worth of all members of our community.

We will become an even stronger university as we enhance equity at every level of our institution. Our graduates will excel in the competencies and values needed for leadership and service in a rapidly evolving world.

Department:
Residence Life

Specific Job Title:
Assistant Director of Residence Life

Reports to:
Director of Residence Life

Campus:
Queens

Job Summary:

The Assistant Director of Residence Life will lead the department's efforts to create a vibrant and engaging slate of programs to develop a strong sense of belonging for the 3,000+ residential students on the Queens campus.

The Assistant Director will serve as a programming leader and inter-departmental liaison for the Office of Residence Life.

Focusing on night and weekend programming, the Assistant Director will coordinate the department's annual events, design programming series, and oversee the scheduling and implementation of student organizations' programming.

Through coordination with campus partners this position will develop a robust schedule of events for the residential student body. The Assistant Director also oversees the Faculty In Residence Program. The position will directly supervise a Residence Director and a Graduate Assistant.

This is a live-off position that serves in the central duty rotation and reports to the Director of Residence Life.

Essential Functions:

Work autonomously to plan, organize, and coordinate the delivery of services to approximately 3000 residential students; encourage commuter student participation in residence hall programming.
In coordination with the Office of Campus Activities, design and manage a semesterly calendar of events to engage residential and commuter students.
As the department's large scale programming leader, coordinate the development, promotion, and success of signature and largescale programming efforts with the Residence Life team and campus partners.

Signature events include, but are not limited to:

Battle of the Buildings, Family Weekend, Homecoming, Stormin' Loud, End of the Semester Food Drive, Founder's Week, Midnight Runs, University Service Day, Wellness Week, Take Back The Night, and a variety of Athletics events.

Develop and maintain relationships as the unit's primary liaison to essential campus programming partners including: Office of Multicultural Affairs, First Year Mentoring, Student Wellness, University Career Services, Campus Activities, Campus Ministry, Campus Recreation, Athletics, Student Government, Center for Student Success, etc. to drive residential student engagement in support of strategic priorities.
Manage the event attendance tracking and reporting utilizing internal systems including Argos, Coursedog, Star Rez, and Banner. Oversee management and training for staff that utilize these systems.
Coordinate the assessment of largescale programming initiatives by Residence Life in conjunction with the Residence Directors.
Implement a programming model that incorporates inclusivity, belonging, community building, academic success, and personal wellbeing within the residence halls, informed by an understanding of college student development.
Coordinate programming activities of the Faculty in Residence Program to maximize studentfaculty interaction outside of the classroom.
Promote events with a multimodal marketing strategy focusing on video content production in coordination with the Office of Student Communication and Web Content.
Design programmatic series to help students develop skills in installments.
Build connections with key offices on campus to support ongoing professional development, training and studentreferral processes.
Inventory and manage programming resources to support future efforts.
Serve as the advisor to the Residential Student Association (RSA) and oversee the implementation of the hall councils in the residence halls.
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