Mesalands Community College Looking for Director of Student Life, Housing, and First Year Experience Full Time

The Director for Student Life, Housing, and First Year Experience
is accountable for the following duties:

Student Life – 25%

•  Serves as Chair of the
  Student Life Team.
• Assures the planning, development, and execution of collegewide student life activities
• Conducts
  quantitative and qualitative assessments of student life activities
• Collaborates with Student Government in planning, delivering,
  and executing student life activities
• Regularly engages Student Government and student college population and serves as an advocate
  for the student voice to College leadership and administration
• Assures that student activities, including cultural and
  multicultural activities, are occurring on a regular basis as determined and approved by the Executive Director in the areas of campus
  activities, co-curricular, off-campus activities, intermural activities, clubs, and organizations. 

Residential
Life Leadership & Supervision – 25%

• Serves as a key member of the Hispanic Outreach and Student Support
  Leadership Team.
• Assists in setting strategic vision in areas of residential curriculum and assessment.
• Assesses and
  proposes relevant policies, procedures, and initiatives to create intentional learning environments for residential students and the
  promotion of on-going assessment.
• Responds to emergent issues related to the student experience.
• Supervises 1 or more
  full-time Residential Assistants.
• Assists in hiring, training, supervision, and evaluation of full-time Residential Assistants

Residential Curriculum for Living Learning Communities – 5%

• Collaborate with the Executive
  Director, Vice President for Academic Affairs, staff, and faculty to develop and coordinate the mission, vision, values for the educational
  priorities and associated learning outcomes for the residential curriculum programming model.
• Monitor, reconcile, forecast, and
  strategically plan for the spending of the programing, staff training and selection, and assessment budget
• Utilize best practices
  and data to assist LLC/affinity space staff to develop, enhance, assess, and evaluate their LLC/affinity space to ensure each LLC/affinity
  space is meeting their desired goals.
• Work collaboratively to promote LLC/affinity spaces and residential curriculum via printed
  publication, website, recruitment events, social media, etc.
• Assist with training staff (professional and student) assigned to work
  with LLCs/affinity spaces within the residential curriculum.
• Provide guidance and resources for event planning related to
  LLC/affinity spaces and general residential curriculum programming as it relates to a 1st and 2nd year student experience/curriculum.
• Develop recognition and awards for academic initiatives.

Assessment – 10%

• Lead Living
  Learning Communities assessment initiatives.
• Create a departmental assessment plan to include: An overarching educational priority,
  associated learning outcomes, data collection plan, data analysis plan, reporting structure format, and “closing the loop” related to the
  cycle of assessment.
• Develop surveys and other quantitative data collection efforts, and develop focus groups, interviews, and
  other qualitative data collection efforts.
• Plan and create standard data report documents to showcase appropriate outcomes and data
  to various stakeholders.
• Assist with the development of marketing and promotion of academic support, LLCs/affinity spaces, and
  student success initiatives utilizing various sources (brochures, newsletter, email, webpage, social media, etc.).

Academic Intervention & Support – 10%

•  Collaborate with the Director of Student Support and
  the Coordinator of Academic Advising to support residential student learning in the residence halls (i.e., tutoring in the residence
  halls).
• Identify collaborative opportunities with other academic support units such as Academic Advising, Career Services, Learning
  Center, etc. to support students’ academic success.
• Identify resources for programs and initiatives that support students’ academic
  success.
• Assist in faculty/staff engagement and involvement in the residence halls. 

Recruitment
Selection and Training – 5%

• Lead the student staff recruitment and selection process related to supporting
  LLCs/affinity spaces and the 1st and 2nd year student experience/curriculum.
• Coordinate and lead student staff training as it
  relates to academic initiatives and residential curriculum.
• Collaborate with the Executive Director, Director of Student Support,
  and Vice President for Academic Affairs to develop and facilitate professional staff training as it relates to academic initiatives,
  residential curriculum, and assessment.
• Promotes professional development opportunities.
• Actively engages in recruitment
  and hiring new employees.
• Develops and fosters supportive working relationships, motivation, and staff engagement.
• Communicate information to staff on an ongoing basis to influence staff engagement and to be a part of a larger community.
• Adjust leadership style as needed to achieve results.
• Recognizes value of and promotes diverse workforce. Values and encourages
  diverse perspectives, creativity, and teamwork.

Residential Student Support – 10%

• Provides
  behavioral intervention to students including counseling, mediation, problem solving, policy violations, and referrals of individuals or
  groups of students regarding personal concerns, academic needs, or policies.
• Serves as a mid-level conduct hearing officer within
  Hispanic Outreach and Student Support and the Office of Academic Affairs.
• Responds to and supports medical emergencies, safety and
  security emergencies, and students in crisis as needed.
• Reviews incident reports, follows-up with students involved in documented
  incidents, determines various levels of behavioral sanctions and enters incident report data into computer records.
• Interprets and
  counsels students on College policy violations and refers as appropriate for educational sanctions and or responsibilities for policy and
  behavioral infractions.
• Serves in on-call professional staff duty rotation.

Other Duties as Assigned –
10%

Qualifications:

Minimum Qualifications: The successful candidate must meet the
following criteria:

• Bachelor’s degree required with three (3) years of full time Residential Life

experience OR Master’s degree in Higher Education Administration, Student Affairs, or related field from
a regionally-accredited institution. (Serving as a part time Graduate Level Hall/ Area Director/ Coordinator for two (2) years may count
as one (1) year of full time Residential Life experience for the purpose of this job description).

•  Experience that
  demonstrates a thorough understanding of academic initiatives including but not limited to LLCs/affinity spaces and residential curriculum
  programming models required.
• Must have successfully completed graduate-level courses in Student Development Theory and Student
  Affairs at the time of hire or by completion of the next full semester following hire from a regionally accredited institution. Preference
  will be given to candidates who have completed the courses at hire.
• Experience that demonstrates a thorough understanding of
  assessment
• A strong record of successful experience working in higher education, preferably comprehensive community colleges
• Experience as a self-starter and embrace a diverse, inclusive, and equity driven philosophy.
• Experience with policy and
  procedure development and implementation
• Experience with higher education technology
• Must have experience in developing a
  vision for the Center and execute the vision
• Must have the ability to lead an organization through transformation
• The
  successful candidate must have highly effective and demonstrated organization skills.
• The successful candidate must possess
  professionalism and exemplary communication and presentation skills.
• The successful candidate must demonstrate a commitment to
  student success and access.
• The successful candidate must contribute to the positive spirit of MCC through an engaging, fun, and
  welcoming demeanor with students, colleagues, staff, and the community

Preferred Qualifications:

• Preference for candidates with a doctoral degree in educational leadership or student affairs or a related field or near completion of a
  doctoral degree in a related field conferred from a regionally-accredited institution.
• Preference for candidates with three or more
  years of student affairs, housing, or student life experience
• Preference for candidates who have worked in an Hispanic-Serving
  Institution or a Rural-Serving Institution
• Preference for candidates who have 3 or more years of experience serving
  underrepresented, student athletes, minority, under-resourced, or low-income communities.
• Preference for candidates with leadership
  experience including committee leadership or special project assignments, in the educational or non-educational sectors.
• Preference
  to candidates who have experience with or embrace a student success agenda.
• Preference to candidates who are bilingual in English
  and Spanish.

Mesalands Community College is in
Tucumcari, New Mexico nestled among the beautiful mesas of eastern New Mexico on Interstate 40 between Albuquerque, NM and Amarillo, TX and
along historic Route 66. Outdoor opportunities abound with lakes, hiking, and mountains. Historic Tucumcari is a small, rural, affordable
town with mid last century accents, top ranked local restaurants, and a small- town friendly charm. Mesalands is a small comprehensive
community college where everyone works as a team for student success and access and is a residential institution attracting, not only local
students, but students from across the nation and abroad. MCC is home of the North American Wind Training and Research Center, the Center
for Innovation for Renewable Energy (wind, solar, and stored energy), the wind energy training program is ranked in the top 3 in the nation,
the agricultural programs are ranked in the top 10 in the nation, a vibrant paleontology program, ranked 3^rd nationally, hosts
the Mesalands Dinosaur Museum of finds from local excavations. In addition to a range of associate of arts degrees, ideal for transfer, MCC
offers numerous occupational/technical associate of applied science degrees in a wide range of areas including cowboy arts, silversmithing,
agribusiness, Farrier, and ranch sciences embrace the southwestern culture. MCC hosts the Mesalands University Center where, through
partnerships with Universities, students may begin at Mesalands, earn a microcredential, certificate, or degree, and transfer on-campus into
the University Center where they may complete bachelors, masters, and doctoral degrees without leaving the Mesalands campus. Mesalands is a
member of the NJCCA Athletic Conference for golf and cross country and NJCCAE for eSports. MCC is the proud home of nationally-ranked rodeo.
MCC is a Hispanic Serving and Rural Serving Institution, a member of Excelencia in Education, Hispanic Association of Colleges and
Universities, and a leader in student success and access through guided pathways.

Closing Date:

The position is
open until filled with first review of applications will begin immediately.

To Apply:

Applicants must submit: 1) a
cover letter; 2) a resume; 3) a completed Mesalands Community College Employment Application; 4) unofficial copies of college transcripts.
References and former employers will be contacted. Applicants will be notified if selected for an interview. Search may be extended if
additional candidates are needed.

Mailed or fax applications will not be accepted. Use the following link to complete the
Mesalands Community College Employment Application and attach required documents.

https://www.mesalands.edu/faculty-and-staff/employment/