Creates a residential community on campus, where residents thrive, with the guidance and direction of the Residence Life leadership team. Completes the administrative aspects of a residential community and assists in the enhancement of the physical aspects of the residence halls. Establishes and maintains ownership over building area operations. Implement initiatives that further institutional objectives. Serves on Division of Student Affairs committees, or work groups and University committees; Is essential to University operations and expected to remain at work during emergency situations; Work hours: Monday-Friday with 24-hour on-call rotation and weekend and holiday break rotations 12-months/year; Serve as a Campus Security Authority (CSA).
Responsibilities:
30% Student Development: Provides input for Residence Life and Student Affairs initiatives to support learning and student success. Collaborates and implements departmental initiatives to include recruiting, training and community development. Selects, develops and coordinates student leaders and student workers to ensure a positive community environment where residents can achieve social and academic success. Builds teams.
35% Housing Administration: Addresses and confronts (âœruns towardâ) crisis situations within and involving the building area over which responsibility rests. Initiates problem-solving skills, directly investigates solutions, takes initiative, demonstrates persistence and resilience. Is relentless and tenacious in pursuit of helping create a residential environment conducive to student success. Completes the administrative aspects of the residential community which includes room change paperwork, occupancy reports, rosters, closing documentation, resolves conflict, and contributes as an administrator on committees and by delivering presentations. Controls building master keys.
25% Facility Management: Communicates and enters maintenance work orders and assists in the enhancement of the physical aspects of the residential halls. This includes ordering directional signage, attending to cleanliness, requests repairs, and attends to resident comfort, safety and security matters. Facilitates relationships with facility partners such as Campus Operations, SSC, Sodexo, and Environmental Health and Safety. Manages facilities by walking around.
10% Other Responsibilities:Â Serves on committees or work groups in the Division of Student Affairs and at the University. Completes other responsibilities as developed or assigned by the supervisor. Provides holiday break and summer housing rotation coverage. Serves as summer conference staff, Residence Life summer student program staff, and supports Texan Orientations during the summer. Performs other duties as assigned.
Education and Experience: Bachelorâ™s degree or equivalent combination of education and experience. One year of experience in student affairs work or related specialty.
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities: Oral and written communication skills. Ability to multitask and work cooperatively with others. Ability to work beyond normal office hours and/or work on weekends.
Preferred Requirements:
Masterâ™s degree is preferred.
Tarleton State University offers competitive wages, fully covered employee health insurance, comprehensive dental, vision, and life insurance options are also available. Benefits also include paid vacation, paid sick leave, holiday pay, retirement plan, longevity pay and more.
The target base annual salary is $35,745 and may be negotiable based on funding availability and candidate experience/skillset in relation to the minimum requirements of this position.
Qualified candidates are encouraged to submit a completed application for consideration.
Documents required:
â‹Completed online application
Cover letter
Resume/CV
Three professional references with complete contact information
Tarleton’s VisionTarleton State University will be the premier comprehensive regional university in the nation, dedicated to education, service and research. It is committed to being a university of opportunity for all students and believes it has a responsibility to drive regional innovation and job creation for all graduates.About Tarleton State UniversityTarleton’s innovative and transformative approach provides more than knowledge. Through real-world experiences and effective teaching, research, scholarship and service, students gain the know-how for promising careers, no matter their field of study.Tarleton has evolved into the near-perfect model of size, academic scope and affordability. Founded in 1899 and part of The Texas A&M University System since 1917, it combines the resources of a major public institution — more than 100 undergraduate and graduate degree programs, cutting-edge academic facilities, faculty experts — with its own brand of personal attention, history and community to be a first-choice destination for students across North Texas and beyond.Students can choose to study in one of seven colleges — Agricultural and Environmental, Business Administration, Educ...ation, Graduate Studies, Health Sciences and Human Services, Liberal and Fine Arts, and Science and Technology.The primary campus is in Stephenville, which consistently ranks as one of the best small towns in America. Additional locations are in Fort Worth, Waco, Midlothian and Bryan, complemented by a fully online Global Campus.Students come to Tarleton from around the world, representing some 30 countries and nearly every state in the U.S., and leave as moral, ethical thinkers with civility and integrity who contribute meaningfully to a global society.Tarleton State University is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action/Veterans/Disability Employer. Students may select areas of study from six colleges: Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, Business Administration, Education, Graduate Studies, Health Sciences and Human Services, Liberal and Fine Arts, and Science and Technology.More than 60 bachelor's programs and 30 graduate degrees, featuring doctoral studies in educational leadership, have led more than 13,000 students from 45 states and more than 20 foreign countries to make Tarleton State their collective choice for a college education.Tarleton's research centers are daily searching for solutions to global problems. For instance, the Texas Institute for Applied Environmental Research conducts analyses to address environmental issues facing the state and nation, while the Southwest Regional Dairy Center, using an almost $1 million grant, is working on ways to turn animal waste into a viable energy source.Tarleton's blueprints for a brighter-than-ever future include a new applied sciences building with engineering laboratory space on campus in Stephenville, a new academic building on the university's planned 80-acre Fort Worth campus near Chisolm Trail Parkway, and $24 million in upgrades and improvements to the institution's venerable Memorial Stadium.Tarleton State University is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action/Veterans/Disability Employer.