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Director of Residence Life

Posting Number: SRGV6685
Number of Vacancies: 1
Location: Edinburg, Texas
Department: Residence Life
FLSA: Exempt

Scope of Job:
Plans, directs and administers all aspects of the University's student housing services, residence life and related facilities. Develops and implements strategic plans, sets departmental goals, and monitors progress.

Description of Duties:
• Directs and oversees the day-to-day management, maintenance, and administration of the university’s student housing facilities.
• Focuses on building community and developmental/educational programming by enhancing current efforts and coordinating new initiatives, including first-year programs, theme houses, and living-learning communities.
• Initiates work with faculty and staff to enhance programming where possible; Aligns programming with UTRGV initiatives.
• Develops and executes long and short term goals for assigned areas, including marketing initiatives.
• Develops effective policies, protocols, processes, and structures to ensure the health, safety, security, and welfare of students; ensures compliance with all relevant policies, procedures, standards, and laws.
• Responds to campus and student emergencies as needed and serves as a resource in the on-call duty rotation.
• Provides fiscal management for department budget and develops annual budget; assists with projections for budget forecasting related to Residence Life.
• Evaluates and assesses university’s housing and residence life operations including but not limited to housing occupancy, furniture and equipment inventory, retention, and projection trends.
• Ensures an effective key management and security system.
• Manages other department operations including, but not limited to, schedules, room condition reports, and maintenance schedules.
• Supervises the housing selection, assignment, and transition process for all students, which include, roommate matching and adjustment challenges when they arise; coordinates room assignments and changes; mediates roommate conflicts; administers and manages housing contracts and confirms that all room assignments and billings are completed and communicated to students and to appropriate constituencies.
• Collaborates closely with the Facilities Management to identify and respond to immediate maintenance needs, as well as to provide input to plans for deferred maintenance and capital requests; works directly in the design and construction phases of all residence hall construction and renovation projects.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Supervision Received:
General supervision from assigned supervisor.

Supervision Given:
General supervision of assigned staff.

Required Education:
Bachelor’s degree from an accredited university.

Preferred Education:
N/A

Licenses/Certifications:
None.

Required Experience:
Five (5) years of administrative experience in residential life or in a closely related field.

Preferred Experience:
N/A

Equipment:
Use of standard office equipment.

Working Conditions:
Needs to be able to successfully perform all required duties. Office Environment; some travel and weekend work is required.

Other:
Knowledge of current educational trends, student development theory, residential life philosophy and housing operations. Demonstrated ability to work independently and to maintain confidentiality. Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

Physical Capabilities: N/A
Employment Category: Full-Time
Minimum Salary: Commensurate with Experience
Posted Salary: Commensurate with Experience
Position Available Date: 05/01/2023
Grant Funded Position: No
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EEO Statement:
It is the policy of The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley to promote and ensure equal employment opportunities for all individuals without regard to race, color, national origin, sex, age, religion, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, genetic information or protected veteran status. In accordance with the requirements of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, and the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, as amended, our University is committed to comply with all government requirements and ensures non-discrimination in its education programs and activities, including employment. We encourage women, minorities and differently abled persons to apply for employment positions of interest.

Special Instructions to Applicants:
Dear Applicant, Human Resources will not be held responsible for redacting any confidential information from the documents you attach with your application. The confidential information includes the following: *Date of Birth *Gender *Ethnicity/Race Please make sure that you omit this information prior to submission. We are advising that Human Resources will be forwarding your application to the department as per your submission. The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley reserves the right to discontinue accepting applications prior to the stated close date of this position, after meeting the posting requirement of three (3) calendar days. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact us at (956) 665-2451 and/or careers@utrgv.edu.

Additional Information:
UTRGV is a distributed location institution and working location is subject to change based on need.

All UTRGV employees are required to have a criminal background check (CBC). Incomplete applications will not be considered.

Substitutions to the above requirements must have prior approval from the Chief Human Resources Officer.

To apply, visit https://careers.utrgv.edu/postings/38195





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