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SUNY Geneseo Associate Director of Residence Life in Geneseo, New York
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Please see Special Instructions for more details.
Applicants are required to upload a cover letter and resume. Additionally, applicants will submit contact information (email address and phone number) for three professional references.
- References will be contacted after initial interviews.
For guaranteed consideration, please submit your application by 6/12/24.
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Position Information
Campus Title Associate Director of Residence Life
Department Residence Life
Position Summary
The SUNY Geneseo Department of Residence Life, in partnership with our residents, cultivates an inclusive living and learning environment that sparks engagement, encourages and fosters wellbeing, and inspires a feeling of belonging for all students who live in our community.
Although not exhaustive, Residence Life has two very important commitments to our residents and colleagues:
Commitment to Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging
All Residence Life staff participate in critical dialogue around DEI , anti-racism, and cultural humility. All training, educational initiatives, and occupancy management incorporate these commitments and staff espouse these values in their roles through programmatic and engagement efforts.
Commitment to Wellbeing
All Residence Life staff work together to create a working and living environment that promotes individual agency and advocacy for all community members and empowers them to build a well-lived life. All training, educational initiatives, and occupancy management incorporate these commitments and staff espouse these values in their roles through programmatic and engagement efforts.
The Associate Director of Residence Life is a professional position in the Division of Student and Campus Life at SUNY Geneseo, a distinctive, equity-centered, public honors college. The position is expected to develop and manage programs and services that: 1. contribute to a rich co-curricular life for students; 2. contribute to individual student learning and development; 3. contribute to the field of student affairs consistent with our College vision to cultivate a distinctive, equity-centered, public honors college experience that propels learners to positively impact society; and 4. provide service to the College community.
The Associate Director of Residence Life is a member of the leadership team in the Department of Residence Life at SUNY Geneseo. A primary focus of the position is the promotion of paraprofessional and professional staff learning through the implementation and assessment of department training, development, and co-curricular initiatives. The Associate Director provides direct oversight of the coordination and execution of staff selection, student and staff conduct, and departmental committees. The selected individual supervises and evaluates professional staff, manages student staff employment accountability, and is the senior resource to all paraprofessionals. The Associate Director supports the administration of student housing and the coordination of academic, cultural, and social initiatives for resident students. The Associate Director participates in the 24-hour senior-level duty rotation for residential emergencies and executes summer responsibilities as assigned.
Supervision & Administration – provides orientation, supervision, and regular evaluation for all live-in professionals, provides indirect supervision to paraprofessional staff and professional staff who report to an Area Coordinator, serves as the leadership staff contact to all student staff members, manages all paraprofessional staff accountability measures, leads mid-level meetings with department peers to discuss professional staff performance needs as it relates to departmental functional areas, creates and updates appropriate policies and procedures and develops a process to catalog all materials
Recruitment & Training – oversees the department training committee which creates and implements ongoing professional development workshops for professional staff, performs assessment of all training initiatives, guides and provides oversight for the student staff recruitment and selection committee, performs assessment of all selection initiatives, manages all live-in professional staff recruitment and hiring
Assessment Initiatives – assesses the effectiveness of Living-Learning Communities (LLCs), student experience in the residence halls, evaluates departmental educational initiatives and programming efforts, creates and updates appropriate policies and procedures and develops a process to catalog all materials, represents Residence Life on divisional and college‐wide committees
Living Learning Communities (LLCs) – supervises the professional staff in the management of their LLCs, manages LLC housing assignments – reviews applicants, places applicants, creates assignments in Symplicity, fields inquiries, coordinates marketing, etc., supervises specialty positions and coordinator positions, partners with AD of Housing Operations to maintain LLC physical space, and advocates for resources, cultivates learning-focused residential environments through supervision and programmatic efforts, meets individually with professionals to ensure that end-of-year LLC reports are completed
Programming – manages and reconciles budget, provides allocation of funding to AC/RD, approves HI/ SEE proposals, performs shopping for SEEs, manages purchasing for the SEE program pantry
Committees – coordinates live-in professional and paraprofessional involvement in department, division, and campus-wide committees, supervises committee budgets, provides charges to the committees, selects membership for committees, and meets individually with committee chairs to ensure that end-of-year reports are completed, represents Residence Life on divisional and college‐wide committees
Inter-Department Collaboration – assists in disseminating information to staff and/or students relating to appropriate department events and processes, serves as a liaison to other campus offices including: Center for Community, Student Health & Counseling, Access Opportunity Program, Campus Scheduling & Special Events, Campus Auxiliary Services, and other Student and Campus Life offices
Required Qualifications
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS
Master’s Degree
Experience in the management of college/university residence halls and/or apartments with progressive upward movement.
Documented success in the areas of staff supervision and evaluation, college student support, staff recruitment, training and development, collaboration with multiple offices on a college campus, professional involvement and development, college service, or administrative responsibilities.
Professional experience in Residence Life at the Assistant Director level or equivalent.
Demonstrated desire to work with and advocate for diverse students, faculty, and staff.
Preferred Qualifications
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
Excellent customer service, collaboration, event planning, facilitation, and organizational skills.
Adaptable, creative, positive, and the ability to work autonomously and with a team.
Significant experience in problem-solving, decision-making, collaboration, team building, and training, with emphasis on facilitation of processes including, but not limited to staff recruitment and selection, learning outcomes, co-curricular development, assessment, mentoring/coaching, committee work, leadership, and crisis response.
Ability to negotiate challenging interpersonal dynamics.
License/Certification
Other Skills Required
Supervision Received
Reports to the Director of Residence Life
Supervision Exercised
Live-in professional staff team members report to the Associate Director.
Posting Details
Posting Details
Posting Number S358
Number of Vacancies 1
Line # to be filled TBD
Full or Part-time Full-Time
Appointment Type Term
Anticipated Appointment Start Date
Job Posting Date 05/22/2024
Apply By 06/12/2024
Job Posting Closed Date
Open Until Filled Yes
Salary $68,000 - $70,000
Special Instructions to Applicant
Applicants are required to upload a cover letter and resume. Additionally, applicants will submit contact information (email address and phone number) for three professional references.
- References will be contacted after initial interviews.
For guaranteed consideration, please submit your application by 6/12/24.
About SUNY Geneseo
Mission Statement
We are a distinctive public liberal arts college that welcomes and inspires students to develop their knowledge and skills to build a better world. Our supportive, inclusive community is exceptional in cultivating creativity, engagement, and discovery. We find strength in diversity, joy in growth, and fulfillment in lifelong learning.
Vision
We will cultivate a distinctive, equity-centered, public honors college experience that propels learners to positively impact society.
Values
The Geneseo campus community is guided by our beliefs in and commitments to the following values:
Learning: Embracing high expectations for intellectual inquiry, critical thinking, scholarly exploration, and personal growth.
Creativity: Empowering a spirit of innovation that inspires intellectual curiosity, self-expression, and problem-solving.
Belonging: Welcoming a diverse campus community that supports and celebrates
different identities, promotes equity and inclusion, and respects the ideas and
contributions of each individual.
- Civic Engagement: Encouraging active participation grounded in self-reflection,
empathy, and an ethical commitment to the common good of our local and global
communities.
- Sustainability: Building a culture of well-being that integrates and applies principles of
environmental, social, and economic stewardship informed by an understanding of the
past and our obligations to the future.
Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer
SUNY Geneseo is committed to fostering a diverse community of outstanding students, faculty, staff, and administration. We recruit, hire, train, and promote persons in all positions and ensure that all other personnel actions are conducted without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, citizenship, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, age, veteran status, disability, genetic information, or any other protected characteristic.
Applicants, students, employees, and other members of the College community (including vendors, visitors, and guests) are protected from illegal forms of harassment or retaliation based upon a protected characteristic.
To request accommodation or assistance for job-related duties or the employment application process, please contact the Office of Diversity and Equity at (585) 245-5020 or email ode@geneseo.edu (ode@geneseo.edu%3Code@geneseo.edu%3E) . Find out more about our Community Commitment to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion! (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0E28zJDeYTU)
Background Investigation Statement
All applicants are subject to drug and criminal background checks. See our full Background Investigation Statement at http://www.geneseo.edu/hr/employment.
Clery Statement
Applicants interested in positions may access the Annual Security Report( ASR ) for the College at www.geneseo.edu/police. The ASR contains information on campus security policies and certain campus crime statistics. Crime statistics are reported in accordance with the Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Campus Crime Statistics Act. Applicants may request a hard copy of the ASR by contacting the SUNY Geneseo University Police Department at 585-245-5651.
NY State Executive Order 161
Pursuant to Executive Order 161, no State entity, as defined by the Executive Order, is permitted to ask, or mandate, in any form, that an applicant for employment provide his or her current compensation, or any prior compensation history, until such time as the applicant is extended a conditional offer of employment with compensation. If such information has been requested from you before such time, please contact the Governor’s Office of Employee Relations at (518) 474-6988 or via email at info@goer.ny.gov.
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Job Duties/Responsibilities
Job Duties/Responsibilities
Percentage Of Time 30%
Job Duty/ Responsibility
Function 1: Supervision
Provide orientation, supervision, and regular evaluation for all live-in professionals.
Provide indirect supervision to paraprofessional staff and professional staff who report to an Area Coordinator.
Serve as the leadership staff contact to all student staff members.
Manage all paraprofessional staff accountability measures.
Serve as Officer in Charge when the Director is unavailable. Fulfill the responsibilities of the Director when the Director is absent.
In consultation with the Director, conduct scheduled meetings to develop and review goals/outcomes achieved, discuss issues, and provide and solicit feedback.
Cultivate learning-focused residential environments through supervision and programmatic efforts.
Lead mid-level meetings with department peers to discuss professional staff performance needs as it relates to departmental functional areas.
Demonstrate cultural humility and sensitivity in supervision and mentorship.
Percentage Of Time 25%
Job Duty/ Responsibility
Function 2: Educational Programming & Living Learning Community Coordination
Propose, approve, and coordinate the LLC Program
Supervise all LLC initiatives.
Manage LLC housing assignments – review applicants, place applicants, create assignments in Symplicity, field inquiries, coordinate marketing, etc.
Supervise specialty positions and coordinator positions.
Partner with AD of Housing Operations to maintain LLC physical space.
Advocate for resources and cultivate learning-focused residential environments through supervision and programmatic efforts.
Meet individually with professionals to ensure that end-of-year LLC reports are completed.
Manage and reconcile programming budget.
Provide allocation of funding to professional staff.
Approve HI/ SEE educational program proposals.
Perform shopping for SEEs.
Manage purchasing for the SEE program pantry.
Support and inspire programming, encourage attendance at College DEIB events, and celebrate and observe the diverse traditions, customs, and holidays of residents and fellow staff members
Percentage Of Time 25%
Job Duty/ Responsibility
Function 3: Recruitment, Selection, Training, and Development
Assist in developing the vision for and guide and participate in all training and development initiatives for professional and paraprofessional staff.
Create and implement ongoing professional development workshops for professional staff.
Assess all training initiatives.
Assist in evaluating departmental educational initiatives and programming efforts.
Conduct scheduled meetings to develop and review goals/outcomes achieved, discuss issues, and provide and solicit feedback.
Guide and provide oversight for paraprofessional staff recruitment and selection.
Assess all selection initiatives.
Model DEIB for Residence Life staff through conversations, intervention when needed, and role modeling
Administer formal Restorative Justice program – including sustainable curriculum, communication plan, and assessment practices.
Percentage Of Time 15%
Job Duty/ Responsibility
Function 4: Administration and Cross-Campus Collaboration
Assist the Director in overseeing the daily operations of the Department of Residence Life.
In conjunction with the Director, create and update appropriate policies and procedures and develop a process to catalog all materials.
In consultation with the Director, conduct scheduled meetings to develop and review goals/outcomes achieved, discuss issues, and provide and solicit feedback.
Coordinate and provide oversight to all departmental committees, including supervising budgets, providing charges to the committees, selecting membership for committees, and meeting individually with committee chairs to ensure that end-of-year reports are completed.
Represent Residence Life on divisional and college‐wide committees.
Assist in disseminating information to staff and/or students relating to appropriate department events and processes.
Serve as an advisor or assist in the advisement of Inter-Residence Council ( IRC ). This is SUNY Geneseo’s equivalent to Residence Hall Association ( RHA ).
Serve as a liaison to other campus offices including Center for Community, Health & Counseling, Access Opportunity Program, Campus Scheduling & Special Events, and other Student and Campus Life offices.
Serve as the professional staff liaison with Campus Auxiliary Services.
Percentage Of Time 5%
Job Duty/ Responsibility
Function 5: Crisis Intervention, Counseling, and Helping
Respond to crises or emergencies; provide guidance to professional and paraprofessional staff members and students.
Provide appropriate crisis referrals and post‐crisis follow‐ups and debriefings.
Oversees the Residence Life conduct process and provides direction in residential conduct matters.
Serve in “on‐call” rotation with senior-level staff.
Participate in emergency preparedness and emergency response.
Respond to higher-level student issues and parent interactions in consultation with the Director.
In coordination with other leadership staff, disseminates critical messages relating to health, safety and service delivery to residents.
Demonstrate cultural humility and sensitivity in responding to incidents, concerns, and in conversations.
Supplemental Questions
Required fields are indicated with an asterisk (*).
- Do you have an earned master's degree?
Yes
No
- Do you have Residence Life or equivalent work experience at the department leadership level? (post live-in)
Yes
No
- Do you have supervision experience at the professional level?
Yes, I have supervised professional staff with a master's degree.
Yes, I have supervised professional staff with a bachelor's degree who are working on a graduate degree or making progress toward.
Yes, I have supervised professional staff with a bachelor's degree.
I have supervised student staff.
- SUNY Geneseo's Values include Belonging: Welcoming a diverse campus community that supports and celebrates different identities, promotes equity and inclusion, and respects the ideas and contributions of each individual. Are you able to incorporate this value into your workplace?
Yes
No
- Please confirm that you understand that this position cannot be worked remotely.
Yes, I understand this position cannot be worked remotely.
No
Applicant Documents
Required Documents
Resume
Cover Letter/Letter of Application
Optional Documents