Category : Staff Subscribe : Department : Residence Life Locations : Westminster, MD Posted : Feb 14, 2025 Closes : Open Until Filled Type : Full-time Position ID : 185599 Share
About McDaniel College :
McDaniel College, recognized nationally among "Colleges that Change Lives" and U.S. News and World Report top-tier liberal arts colleges, is a four-year private college of the liberal arts and sciences offering more than 70 undergraduate programs of study, including dual and student-designed majors, plus 20 highly regarded graduate programs. At McDaniel College we value our employees by offering our full-time employees tuition remission, 403B retirement accounts, paid time off, medical insurance, flexible spending accounts, life insurance, and paid maternity and parental leave. For more information about the college's benefits, please click here to review the 2025 benefits guidebook. The A2 salary range is $43,880- 63,187. The target rate is $43,880 with a benefit of housing and a platinum meal plan.
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Job Description :
Reporting to the Associate Director of Residence Life, the Area Coordinator (AC) is responsible for student development within a diverse and inclusive residential community which includes supervision of student staff, social and educational programming, enforcement of college policy, student conduct adjudication, student conflict resolution and management, and area housing operations. The AC is also responsible for coordinating and implementing special programs and projects specifically designed to meet the needs of first-year students, upper-class students living in traditional housing, and students living in campus-owned apartments and houses.
Specific Responsibilities
Provide direction for a diverse and inclusive environment supportive of the mission and goals of the College.
- Facilitate co-curricular educational and social opportunities for students residing on campus to develop and promote community with student staff.
- Initiate area-specific projects or programs designed to develop community and cohesion among residential students.
- Proactively communicate with students to foster an understanding of rights and responsibilities of individuals in the community, particularly the encouragement of self-regulation within the residence halls.
- Assist in the resolution of roommate conflicts and community disputes.
- Advise students with personal and emotional conflicts, and act as a referral agent for other resources on campus.
- Educate students regarding their shared responsibility for maintaining a living environment that supports individual and community health and hygiene.
Communicate, interpret, and enforce college rules and regulations necessary for maintaining high standards of individual and community behavior.
Participate in on-call duty rotation with other area supervisors.Respond to crisis and emergency situations.Enforce and regulate the College's student conduct system within a residential hall area.Compose notification letters, conduct administrative hearings, gather relevant information pertinent to a case, decide responsibility of policy violations, and make judgments regarding sanctions appropriate to policy violations and inappropriate behavior for which an individual is found responsible.Monitor completion of judicial sanctions and follow up immediately with students when deadlines are missed.Promote respect for living units and common area space by monitoring damage and vandalism reports, initiating prevention and awareness programs, and holding individuals or the community accountable through damage billing and judicial process.Coordinate with the Department of Campus Safety responses to safety and security concerns, particularly with respect to fire safety equipment and security devices.Provide supervision and leadership to resident assistants (RA)
Supervise and develop RA staff in a residence hall area.Conduct weekly staff meetings, hold regularly scheduled individual meetings with staff members, and evaluate staff members once a semester.Provide on-going feedback to RA regarding their performance and confront inappropriate staff behavior.Oversee social and educational programs, administrative tasks (room condition reports, safety inspections, etc.), nightly duty coverage and other RA responsibilities.Provide staff with opportunities for growth and development.Act as a liaison between student leaders and Residence Life.Manage area programming budget to support RA programming efforts.Coordinate and administer area housing operations including, but not limited to, room changes, work orders, room and common damage billing, break period safety inspections, lock changes, key assignments, facility cleanliness, and room inspections.
Serve as a liaison with Physical Plant and Campus Safety regarding maintenance and safety concerns in the residential facilities. Conduct periodic walk throughs (monthly) of residence facilities with Housekeeping and Physical Plant staff.Responsible for properly checking students into and out of a residence hall area.Coordinate room changes in area.Responsible for periodic safety inspections of individual rooms and common areas of buildings.Report work orders to Physical Plant and follow-up on maintenance concerns with students and Physical Plant personnel.Assess individual and common damage and excessive cleaning bills. Communicate with students regarding damages and excessive cleaning charges.Responsible for the accurate handling of security related items including keys and access to the residence halls.On a weekly basis inspect the cleanliness and hygiene levels in common areas and take corrective measures as needed, including but not limited to, the submission of work orders for custodial services.Assist in the planning and implementation of department-wide and divisional functions and responsibilities.
Participate in the selection and training of the Resident Assistant staff. Attend all staff training programs; present training workshops; and assist in the implementation of group process interaction sessions.Assist in the administration of the room selection process, first-year housing assignments, and housing lottery events scheduled during the spring semester and summer, if needed.Assist with opening and closing of the residence halls at the beginning and end of each academic term including January Term.Be available to participate in other departmental responsibilities as requested including, but not limited to, Admissions events, summer orientation events, and Board of Trustees meetings.Serve as a "mandatory reporter", otherwise known as a Campus Security Authority, to report any information about potential, active or previously occurring crime(s) on campus as defined through federal regulation to the Department of Campus Safety immediately upon learning about them.Support departmental, divisional, and college-wide policies and decisions, especially when interacting with students. Work as a member of a team with other Campus Life staff both within the department and the division.Seek out and participate in opportunities for professional development.Assist the Associate Director of Residence Life, Associate Dean of Students, and Dean of Students in other duties as assigned.Requirements : Qualifications
Master's degree in an area related to higher education preferred; bachelor's degree required.Prior Residence Life experience (1-2 years) at the undergraduate or graduate level.Ability to work effectively with students, administrators, and faculty.Exemplary organizational and interpersonal skills.Prior experience with housing operations, responding to crises and emergencies, and adjudicating disciplinary incidents preferred.Must be able to reside in campus housing to assist with crisis response as needed.Interest in working with first year students, upper-class students living in traditional housing, and students living in campus-owned apartments and houses.Regular and predictable attendance is required.Physical Characteristics
This position requires sitting for long periods of time, as well as some bending and stooping when working with files. This position does have some limited lifting involved but not more than 10 pounds at a time. Quite a bit of finger / hand dexterity is involved in regard to typing and / or filing. The overall setting of the job is in an area conducive to a normal office environment with minimal exposure to adverse conditions.Work in conditions subject to noise, heat, cold, odors, dirt, outdoor temperatures, snow, steam, and emergency situations.Perform duties in all areas of college properties including areas that are non-handicap accessible
Salary : $43,880 - $63,187
