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Posted: 15-Mar-23
Location: Kunshan, China
Type: Full-time
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Position Overview:
Duke Kunshan University (DKU) is a Sino-American partnership of Duke University, Wuhan University, and Kunshan, Jiangsu, China. We seek to be a world-class liberal arts and research university, offering a range of academic programs for students from China and throughout the world. Granted accreditation approval by China’s Ministry of Education in September 2013, we welcomed graduate students in August 2014, and degree-seeking undergraduate students in August 2018. Undergraduate enrollment will grow from 300 in 2018 to over 2,000 in the coming years. Residence Life is an office within Student Affairs. The Residence Life Coordinator (RLC) position is a 12-month, full-time employee who is required to live on campus (live-in) and is often called upon to work unconventional hours. In the event of a campus emergency, this position is considered “essential personnel”. The RLC is responsible for helping create a safe, diverse, inclusive, stimulating, and vibrant living and learning community. Responsibilities will expand in scope and depth as DKU grows in size and complexity. We are looking for a 3-year commitment.
Reports to:
The Assistant Dean of Residence Life
Essential Duties:
Community Development (20%)
- Create opportunities for students to live, learn, and lead.
- Build an environment embracing our values: mutual respect, individual and social responsibility, interdependence, understanding, wellness, and resilience.
- Coordinate programming that challenges, supports, and inspires students to develop their potential.
- Oversee a community of around 150-400 residents.
- Adjudication of low-level cases referred to the student conduct process.
- Student of concern care & referral.
Supervision of Resident Assistant team (4-12) (40%)
- Coordinate and participate in the RA recruitment, interview, and offer processes.
- Coordinate semesterly trainings, weekly team meetings, and regular 1:1 meetings.
- Provide regular constructive criticism and reinforcement and conduct semesterly formal evaluations.
Residence Hall Administration (15%)
- Collaborate with the Housing department to ensure facilities are safe, cleaned, and maintained.
- Directly manage a residence hall budget.
- Residence hall semesterly openings and closing.
- Maintain office hours & offer high accessibility for students.
Departmental & Office Responsibilities (15%)
- Lead an assigned departmental initiative (e.g., Res Life email account, student worker recruitment processes, room assignments processes, leadership programs, etc.).
- Assist in departmental assessment initiatives.
- Assist in fall and spring New Student Orientation.
- Serve in an after-hours duty rotation & respond to crises and emergencies as needed.
Other duties as assigned (10%)
- University employees' job responsibilities will continue to expand in scope and depth as the University grows in size and complexity in its programs.
Required Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field in education, student personnel, and related programs.
- Residence Life work experience.
- Superb interpersonal skills, with a desire to work hard in a team-oriented, dynamic, fast-paced, environment.
- Intercultural competency achieved and demonstrated by having lived, worked, or studied in an international, cross-cultural setting.
- Strong organizational, planning, and English communication (verbal and written) skills.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Master’s degree in a relevant field in education, student personnel, and related programs.
- Understanding of advising and counseling techniques as well as university student development theory.
- 1 to 3 years of live-in experience in university student accommodations.
- Effective Chinese communication (verbal and written) skills.
- Knowledge of the differences between Chinese and western higher education systems.
