DePaul University Hiring for Housing Facilities Coordinator (Living On Campus) at Chicago, IL Full Time

Diversity and Inclusion Statement Guided by an ethic of Vincentian personalism and professionalism, DePaul compassionately upholds the dignity of all members of its diverse, multi-faith, and inclusive community. We seek to hire collaborative, open-minded, and dedicated professionals who are committed to advancing our university mission to making education accessible to all, with special attention to including underserved and underrepresented communities. Successful candidates thrive in an environment where ideas and perspectives representing a wide variety of cultures, backgrounds and experiences are welcome and supported.

The Highlights
The Housing Facilities Coordinator is responsible for the coordination of day-to-day Housing facility and project issues, including, but not limited to project management, student staff supervision, building inspections, work orders, and procurement relating to residence hall buildings, furniture, fixtures, and equipment.  

Is This You?

• Manages residence hall furniture, fixture, flooring, and equipment condition inventories to include inspections, inventory tracking systems, preventative maintenance, replacement schedules, and small scale project oversight. Creates and maintains necessary written procedures. 
• Responsible for vendor management (appliance, laundry, cable, flooring, furniture) as it relates to preventative maintenance and projects.  Coordinates vendor project schedules, deliveries, procurement, vendor agreements, and necessary purchasing documentation. 
• Coordinates large-scale residence hall project management to include opening/closing, temporary housing, capital renovations, furniture procurement and replacement, and flooring replacement.  Procures and manages inventory in storage facilities. Collaborates with Housing Services and Facility Operations staff on logistical planning of projects, schedules, labor, purchasing, and other resources. 
• Hires, trains, and supervises student facilities crew, including generation and oversight of work projects and appropriate student service schedules.  
• Manages student staff emergency response and response to facilities emergencies afterhours (floods, power outages, fire safety, etc.).   Provides afterhours and holiday/weekend coverage to response to facilities emergencies and support staff in hall safety and security issues. 
• Manages the student work order system and conducts appropriate follow up with students, hall staff, and facilities staff to ensure resolution of outstanding issues. Submits and processes work requests. Performs monthly building inspections. 
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Your Education & Experience

• Bachelor’s degree required; degree in business or facility management preferred.
• 3+ years of facility management or university housing management experience required.

Managerial Responsibilities

• This position directly supervises 7-10 student employees.

Other Skills & Abilities Required

• Ability to visually inspect housing facilities on a regular basis in order to report work order issues. 
• Occasionally ascends and descends stairs while conducting inspections.  
• Ability to make and hear calls via radio communication.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, Access)
• Strong verbal and written communications skills.
• Ability to organize several projects and tasks with multiple deadlines in a high-volume, changing environment.
• Ability to effectively interact with students, parents, colleagues, vendors, University staff and faculty.
• Ability to provide student-centered customer service.
• Appreciation for and commitment to multiculturalism and diversity issues.
• Must maintain confidential information.

Additional Information
For consideration, please include a resume and cover letter.

Must be able to live in an on-campus apartment.

This position requires regular evening, weekend, and holiday coverage on rotation to respond to operational emergencies.  On-call coverage rotation is shared between 3 live-in staff. 

Perks:

• Working for a stable and well-known University that values diversity and inclusion.
• Top choice medical, dental, and vision benefits.
• Retirement plan matching contribution of 10%.
• Tuition waivers for employees and dependents.
• Generous paid time off, sick time, holidays, floating holidays, and more!
• Full-Time Benefits

For consideration, please include a resume and cover letter.

Diversity and Inclusion Statement:
Guided by an ethic of Vincentian personalism and professionalism, DePaul compassionately upholds the dignity of all members of its diverse, multi-faith, and inclusive community. We seek to hire collaborative, open-minded, and dedicated professionals who are committed to advancing our university mission to making education accessible to all, with special attention to including underserved and underrepresented communities. Successful candidates thrive in an environment where ideas and perspectives representing a wide variety of cultures, backgrounds and experiences are welcome and supported.

Required Background Check:

Employment at DePaul University is contingent on passing a background check. Only final candidates who are extended an offer of employment will undergo a background check.

Mandated Reporting of Child Abuse & Neglect:

Upon accepting an offer of employment with the university, you will also be required to sign an Acknowledgement of Mandated Reporter Status at the time of hire. A mandated reporter is required to make a report to the Illinois DCFS Hotline whenever there is reasonable cause to believe that a child known to them in their professional or official capacity may be abused or neglected. For more information, please visit the following pages:

Illinois Department of Children & Family Services (DCFS)  
Illinois Abused and Neglected Child Reporting Act  

DePaul University is an Equal Opportunity / Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, ethnicity, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, marital status, physical or mental disability, protected veteran status, genetic information or any other legally protected status, in accordance with applicable federal, state and local EEO laws.