Residence Life Coordinator - Military Veterans

Job Summary:
The Department of Residence Life is excited to announce that we're accepting applications for anticipated Residence Life Coordinator openings!

With 8,900 residents, 21 residence halls, over 350 student staff, and 33 career staff, we are a large and thriving Residence Life program. We're committed to providing a secure and inclusive environment that supports learning, personal development, and community engagement through our shared values of Care, Community, Development, and Wellness. We have intentionally structured our department with specialist staff dedicated to our key priorities: Belonging & Inclusivity, Resident Learning, Engagement & Advocacy, Staff Development, and Continuous Improvement. The Wisconsin Residential Experience, our residential curriculum, frames student learning and growth in our residence halls.

Our Residence Life Coordinators (RLCs) oversee residential communities with an average of 580 residents assigned to them and supervise an average of 15 House Fellows (RAs). They're charged with creating inclusive communities in the residence halls through supporting residents in crisis, mediating interpersonal conflicts, guiding and assessing student learning and community development, and holding students accountable through an educational conduct process. Most RLCs collaborate with faculty and academic staff in one or more learning or theme communities.

We are committed to promoting balance and preventing burnout and have developed our departmental culture and staffing structure accordingly. RLCs are on-call an average of 6 weeks per year, don't need to request weekends away, and are encouraged to use their generous leave time balances. We promote continued learning and development in all our staff through supporting on-campus professional development opportunities, conference attendance, and participation in professional organizations.
Responsibilities: Coordinates programming and support for residents living in campus housing, responds to emergency situations, may supervise student and/or professional staff, and helps create an inclusive and safe living community.

• 15% Serves as a main point of contact for resident support providing mediation and resolution of personal and facility issues
• 15% Plans, implements, and evaluates student programs and initiatives for residence life
• 20% Receives and responds to crisis and student conduct situations according to established policies and procedures
• 35% May supervise the day-to-day activities of students and/or professional staff and assist with the personnel management allocation plan including hiring, training, supervision, and evaluation
• 15% Supports divisional and campus programs over the summer, which may include summer housing, Student Orientation, Advising, and Registration (SOAR), summer conferences, Marketing, Assignments, pre-college programs, etc.

Tasks:

• Live-in position.
• Prepares and maintains unit budget.
• Serves in the on-call rotation for crisis support of undergraduate residents.
• Provides support and assists as needed in the implementation of plans and procedures in the event of an emergency.
• Serves on department, division, and/or university committees as needed.

Institutional Statement on Diversity:
Diversity is a source of strength, creativity, and innovation for UW-Madison. We value the contributions of each person and respect the profound ways their identity, culture, background, experience, status, abilities, and opinion enrich the university community. We commit ourselves to the pursuit of excellence in teaching, research, outreach, and diversity as inextricably linked goals.

The University of Wisconsin-Madison fulfills its public mission by creating a welcoming and inclusive community for people from every background - people who as students, faculty, and staff serve Wisconsin and the world.

For more information on diversity and inclusion on campus, please visit: Diversity and Inclusion
Education:
Required
Master's Degree by start date.

Preference will be given to candidates with a master's degree in Student Affairs, Counseling, Higher Education, College Student Personnel, or a related field with relevant work experience.
Qualifications:
Required
- Post-undergraduate Housing, Residence Life, and/or Student Affairs experience is required

Preferred:
- Experience working in a live-in housing position
- Experience supervising and/or advising students
- Experience facilitating the student conduct process
- Experience serving in an on-call capacity and/or responding to crises
- Experience working with learning communities
- Experience working with a residential curriculum
Work Type:
Full Time: 100%

This position may require some work to be performed in-person, onsite, at a designated campus work location. Some work may be performed remotely, at an offsite, non-campus work location.
Appointment Type, Duration:
Ongoing/Renewable
Salary:
Minimum $47,840 ANNUAL (12 months)
Depending on Qualifications
Additional Information:
Primary schedule for this position is daytime business hours, 7:45am - 4:30pm with some evenings and weekends as needed plus on-call duty response. Schedule alterations as operation and position expectations demand.

This is a full-time, twelve-month, live-in, academic staff professional appointment. The minimum starting annual salary is $47,840. Confirmation of degree (unofficial transcripts) are required of all finalists.

For more information on Residence Life at the University of Wisconsin - Madison, please visit our website at: https://www.housing.wisc.edu/jobs/departments/residence-life-career-staff/

University Housing offers a pet policy for professional Residence Life staff that reside in a residence hall apartment. This policy includes an allowance for cats and dogs, contingent upon adherence to related guidelines and expectations.

Please note that successful applicants are responsible for ensuring their eligibility to work in the United States (i.e. a citizen or national of the United States, a lawful permanent resident, a foreign national authorized to work in the United States without the need of employer sponsorship) on or before the effective date of appointment.

University Housing may communicate with you about your application status using a text messaging service. To opt-out please reply "STOP" to text messages received or contact University Housing HR at hr@housing.wisc.edu or 608-262-2766. Message and data rates may apply.
How to Apply:
Please submit a resume, cover letter within the online application system. Within your cover letter, please describe how your qualifications and experience meet the required and preferred criteria for this position.

Candidates who reach the final round of interviews will be required to provide contact information for 3 professional references, including a current or most recent supervisor. No references will be contacted without advance notice.

Online applications must be received by 11:55pm on the deadline listed. We are unable to consider incomplete application materials. Applications for this position may be considered for future vacancies in this title within University Housing.
Contact:
Jennifer Mcfarlin
hr@housing.wisc.edu
608-262-2766
Relay Access (WTRS): 7-1-1. See RELAY_SERVICE for further information.
Official Title:
Residence Life Coordinator II(AE046)
Department(s):
A85-UNIVERSITY HOUSING/RES LIFE/RL ADMIN
Employment Class:
Academic Staff-Renewable
Job Number:
311188-AS
The University of Wisconsin-Madison is an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to, including but not limited to, race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, pregnancy, disability, or status as a protected veteran and other bases as defined by federal regulations and UW System policies. We promote excellence through diversity and encourage all qualified individuals to apply. For more information regarding applicant and employee rights and to view federal and state required postings, click here

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Employment may require a criminal background check. It may also require you and your references to answer questions regarding sexual violence and sexual harassment.

The University of Wisconsin System will not reveal the identities of applicants who request confidentiality in writing, except that the identity of the successful candidate will be released. See Wis. Stat. sec. 19.36(7).

The Annual Security and Fire Safety Report contains current campus safety and disciplinary policies, crime statistics for the previous 3 calendar years, and on-campus student housing fire safety policies and fire statistics for the previous 3 calendar years. UW-Madison will provide a paper copy upon request; please contact the University of Wisconsin Police Department .