Duke University Looking for Residence Coordinator (November 1, 2023 Start Date) Full Time

Housing and Residence Life at Duke University is beginning its search for the Residence Coordinator position to start preferrably in
October, and November 1, 2023 at the latest.

Specific Duties

Student Staff Supervision,
Development, and Support

• Select, train, supervise and assess the performance of assigned staff members, including 1-3
  graduate-level student staff and 10-18 Resident Assistants.
• Monitor student staff performance in building and maintaining positive
  communities with an emphasis on forming individual connections with residents, as well as developmental accountability practices.
• Actively engage in ongoing team and department-level learning and development initiatives geared toward student staff skill
  development.
• Delegate and monitor student staff positional requirements including programmatic expectations, on-call, and crisis
  management, student of concern support, etc.

Student Behavior Management and Emergency Response

• Provide assistance, support, and referral for students of concern, in collaboration with CAPS and DukeReach.
• In collaboration
  with the Office of Student Conduct and Community Standards, educate students about community standards and expectations and adjudicate
  assigned student conduct cases, meeting with students in a respectful and developmental manner.
• Serve in a 24/7 on-call rotation
  approximately 7-9 times a year, providing coverage within the assigned residential area and occasionally across campus with approx. 5,500
  students. This may include holidays, depending on scheduling.
• Initiate outreach to students struggling with health-related,
  interpersonal, and academic concerns.
• Support the residential community in ways that attend to the well-being of its members,
  including mediating student disputes and providing emergency support for the residential community.

Community
Development and Engagement

• Develop and sustain living environments that celebrate learning as an integral focus of
  the residential and university experience.
• Strategically collaborate with academic partners such as Faculty-in-Residence, Academic
  Guides, Living/Learning Communities, and Faculty Fellows to enhance the intellectual climate of the residence halls.
• Engage with
  campus partners and departmental colleagues to build a strong residential community that promotes a strong sense of belonging, as part of
  the QuadEx initiative.
• Directly or indirectly advise House/Quad Councils, promoting opportunities for student self-governance and
  supporting efforts to develop special community-wide social events and advocacy efforts.

Sense of Belonging,
Inclusion, and Wellbeing

• Help develop and maintain a residential environment that creates a sense of belonging and
  equitable participation of all groups, while modeling ways to acknowledge and critically address issues of oppression, privilege, and
  power.
• Actively address issues of intolerance or bias that may arise within the community.
• Help promote and encourage an
  environment of mutual respect and inclusion for all students.
• Model respect and trust within the residential community through
  their interactions with their peers, supervisors, and residents.
• Initiate and follow appropriate institutional crisis intervention
  responses and processes in a timely manner.
• Appropriately maintain confidential and private information.

Administrative

• Perform administrative responsibilities as needed to support major HRL and Divisional
  responsibilities including, but not limited to, move-in/move-out processes, Health and Safety Inspections, A-Team, occupancy management,
  etc.
• Administer assigned programming and staff development budgets.
• Serve on assigned committees at the departmental or
  divisional level.
• Manage the space reservation processes for their assigned area and assist residential groups with event
  planning.
• Provide management coverage for the campus office, when needed.
• Perform related duties as assigned or required
  to meet departmental, division-wide, and University goals and objectives.

Required Minimum Qualifications

• Earned Master’s Degree by effective date of employment
• Previous experience in student affairs/student
  services.

Preferred Skills, Competencies, and Traits

• Master’s degree in student affairs
  administration, higher education, counseling education, or a similar field.
• Previous experience as a residential life staff
  member
• Previous experience in living-learning and/or themed communities.
• Experience supervising student paraprofessional
  staff and advising student groups
• Lived previously in campus housing

Conditions of Employment:

• Must live in the assigned apartment as the primary residence.
• Must respond to community needs, as required.
• Must
  use dining allowance to promote student and/or staff and/or faculty interaction.
• Must be able to obtain a North Carolina
  driver’s license within 60 days of employment.
• Must be able to successfully pass a criminal background check.

In accordance with Duke University’s policies and procedures, all faculty and staff are required to have a COVID-19 vaccination and
booster, as well as a yearly influenza vaccination. If hired, staff will be required to present proof of these required vaccinations OR have
an approved medical or religious exemption on file with the university.

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Interested applicants should apply via
the Duke Human Resources website AND send a copy of their resume and cover letter to [email protected].

Duke is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer committed to providing employment opportunities without regard to an individual’s age, color, disability, gender, gender expression, gender identity, genetic information, national origin, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, or veteran status.

Duke aspires to create a community built on collaboration, innovation, creativity, and belonging. Our collective success depends on the robust exchange of ideas—an exchange that is best when the rich diversity of our perspectives, backgrounds, and experiences flourishes. To achieve this exchange, it is essential that all members of the community feel secure and welcome, that the contributions of all individuals are respected, and that all voices are heard. All members of our community have a responsibility to uphold these values.