Provides direct supervision to Resident Assistants, Office Assistants, and graduate-level Assistant Residence Director (contingent on assigned community). Recruit, select, train, and evaluate student staff members.
Completes administrative paperwork and reports for their residential communities that includes facility management, community office operations, community budget oversight, spending processes and purchases, occupancy paperwork, and check-in and check-out process.
Serves on Division of Student Affairs and University-wide committees. Regularly collaborate with areas within the Division of Student Affairs and volunteers to help with campus traditions and initiatives. Serve on departmental committees such as Training, Recruitment, and Community Development and Learning. Participate in university-wide events such as Homecoming Week, Parent and Family Weekend, and Preview Day.
Advises, mediates, and counsels students and staff in various situations and work with a diverse population including graduate, undergraduate, families, and international students and staff. Refer students of concern to the Behavioral Intervention Team.
Oversees the cultivation of a positive learning environment and an engaging community. Supervise student staff and advise community council to develop the community that supports the mission and values of the department, division, and institution.
Serves as student conduct officer for violations within the residential communities and handle administrative tasks that include processing incident reports, assigning and tracking sanctions, and maintaining accurate student conduct records.
Participates in an on-call duty rotation (24 hours, 7 days a week) to aide in emergency and crisis incidents.
Assists with the daily management of summer camps and conferences that includes supervision of summer conference staff, processing billing paperwork, working closely with the housekeeping staff to prepare residential community.
Performs other duties and special projects as assigned.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS: Bachelor's degree and experience working in higher education. Applicants must include in their online resume the following information: 1)Employment history: name of company, period employed (from month/year to month/year), job title, summary of job duties and 2) Education: school name, degree type, and major.
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS: Master's degree. Supervisory experience. Two (2) years of experience in a student resident environment or the equivalent. Excellent communication skills (written and verbal).
KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES: Ability to work independently or part of a team. Ability to work with interruptions and meet multiple task deadlines. Ability to make sound decisions and delegate tasks; Ability to respond in a crisis or emergency situation; ability to recognize, analyze, and solve a variety of problems; ability to effectively communicate with students, staff, faculty, and parents.
WORKING CONDITIONS:
Required to live-in an assigned residence hall or apartment community.
Required to participate in a university provided meal plan.
Participates in a 24-hour emergency on-call rotation.
Some nights, weekends, and holidays may be required.
Exposure to standard office conditions.
Use of cleaning chemicals.
Repetitive use of a keyboard at a workstation.
Use of manual dexterity.
Climbing of stairs (some halls and apartments do not have elevators).
Lifting and moving objects (boxes, mail, etc. up to 30 lbs.).
OTHER REQUIREMENTS:
Criminal Background Check
JOB REQUIREMENTS
Minimum Qualifications: Bachelor's degree and experience working in higher education. Applicants must include in their online resume the following information: 1)Employment history: name of company, period employed (from month/year to month/year), job title, summary of job duties and 2) Education: school name, degree type, and major.
Preferred qualifications: Master's degree. Supervisory experience. Two (2) years of experience in a student resident environment or the equivalent. Excellent communication skills (written and verbal).
The University of Texas at Arlington is located in the heart of the thriving Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington Metro Area (population 7.6 million), The University of Texas at Arlington is a comprehensive teaching, research, and public service institution dedicated to the advancement of knowledge through scholarship and creative work.
As one of the largest and most diverse universities in Texas, UT Arlington is committed to providing access and ensuring student success, and to a culture of innovation, entrepreneurship, and commercialization of discoveries by our community of scholars. The University promotes lifelong learning through its academic, continuing education, and experiential learning programs. The faculty, staff, and student
community share diverse cultural values that foster inclusivity and cultivate mutual respect.\
Founded in 1895 as a private liberal arts institution, UT Arlington today enrolls approximately 46,000 students and employs nearly 5,000 faculty and staff. The University has the third most ethnically diverse undergraduate population in the United States (U.S. News & World Report, 2022) and is a Hispanic-Serving Institution and an Asian American Native Amer...ican Pacific Islander-Serving Institution (U.S. Department of Education). UTA graduates more African American students at the undergraduate and master's degree levels than any other Texas university (Diverse: Issues in Higher Education, 2021). In addition to nurturing student success, UTA is focused on making an impact through innovative research.
