Residence Life Coordinator

Position: Residence Life Coordinator
Department: Residence Life
Position Type: AUPAT 4, Full-time, Permanent
Date Posted: August 21, 2024
Application Deadline: August 29, 2024 at 11:59pm
Competition #: 24-35-AU
Salary: To be commensurate with qualifications and experience in the range of $50,231 – $59,095 per annum. A furnished on-campus apartment, parking, and meal plan will be provided.
Benefits: Our total compensation package includes a defined benefit pension plan, health and dental plan, Telemedicine with Greenshield Health, health spending account, life insurance, optional life insurance, AD&D insurance, long-term disability insurance, employee and family assistance program, tuition discount for employees and their dependents, free gym facility membership, 3 weeks’ vacation increasing with years of service, university paid holidays including winter break closure.
Other: The incumbent will be required to live on campus within a university residence and participate in a 24/7 on-call rotation.

Responsibilities

Acadia seeks a Residence Life Coordinator (RLC) to help create and promote an inclusive Residence Life program conducive to academic success, personal development and the overall health and wellness of each student living in residence.

Our Residence Life Coordinators (RLC) contribute significantly to student development at Acadia University. The RLCs help create a safe, comfortable, diverse, inclusive, and supportive residence environment that ensures opportunities for academic success and personal growth.

Our Residence Life Coordinators must have a genuine interest in the academic and personal growth of students and must understand (or be willing to learn) the traditions and importance of residence life at Acadia University. RLCs directly and indirectly contribute to university wide recruitment and retention activities.

The incumbent will be required to live on campus within a university residence and participate in a 24/7 on-call rotation. A furnished on-campus apartment, parking, and meal plan will be provided.Qualifications

• We are seeking a candidate with a minimum of a bachelor’s degree combined with related work experience.
• Excellent communication, interpersonal and organizational skills are essential, as is the ability to respond to concerns and situations in a professional and diplomatic manner.
• Candidates need to demonstrate, through previous accomplishments, a genuine interest in the academic and personal growth of students, an interest and understanding of student development principles, a commitment to the promotion of health and wellness, and an understanding of risk and risk reduction through education and programing.
• Candidates must have the ability to train and supervise staff teams comprised of primarily young adults. Experience dealing with young adults from culturally diverse backgrounds is essential.
• All Residence Life Coordinators must be available and may be called upon at any time, day or night, weekdays, weekends, or holidays while university students are living in residence.
• Applicants are expected to show evidence of a commitment to equity, diversity, inclusion, and the promotion of a respectful and collegial learning and working environment.

For further information or to request a detailed job description, please contact Keilani Tupper at keilani.tupper@acadiau.ca

Skills

• Commitment to EDI
• Cultural Awareness
• Student support
• Communication Skills

Are you interested?

TO APPLY: To apply for this opportunity, click on the “Apply Now” button and upload your cover letter, resume, and references.

Please be advised that only those invited for an interview will be contacted. The University reserves the right not to fill this position. A six-month eligibility list may be established from this competition to fill future vacancies for identical positions.

The University invites applications from all qualified individuals; however, Canadians and permanent residents will be given priority. Acadia University is committed to employment equity and diversity in the workplace and welcomes applications from Aboriginal people, African Nova Scotians, persons with disabilities, visible minorities, women, and persons of any minority sexual orientation or gender identity. Consistent with the principles of employment equity, the primary criterion for appointment to a position is qualifications and professional excellence. Candidates who identify as a member of one of the afore-mentioned groups, and who wish to have the application considered as such, are invited to submit the online Employment Equity Voluntary Self-Identification Form as part of their application package.

The university will provide support in its recruitment processes to applicants with disabilities, including accommodation that takes into account an applicant’s accessibility needs. If you require accommodation because of a disability or for any other reason during the interview process, please contact keilani.tupper@acadiau.ca

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