Job Title:

Residence Life Coordinator (P1 Career Level)

Student Affairs

The Residence Life Coordinator is a student-centered, collaborative, and intentional educator who supervises student staff and manages a residential learning community of approximately 250 students. The Residence Life Coordinator is - first and foremost - a residential educator, responsible for creating and sustaining a community of learners that reside in a self-governing environment. This is an exciting opportunity for a dynamic individual who is energized by the opportunity to grow as a generalist in Student Affairs and help shape a successful department that is focused on student learning and achievement.

Residence Life Coordinator responsibilities include day-to-day management of a residential community of approximately 250 students, supervision of high-achieving student staff, innovation program planning and implementation, personal and group advising, cooperative management of residential facilities, instruction of the Grinnell College First Year Experience course, and serving in an on-call and crisis response rotation.
This is a 12 month position with a salary of $39,000.

An earned master's degree in higher education administration, college student personnel, counseling or other area relevant to student affairs.
Experience and skills in: excellent written, verbal, interpersonal, organizational, and time-management skills; ability to work independently, as a member of the student affairs team, and with a highly selective student population within a rigorous academic setting; program development; outcomes assessment; working effectively in a diverse environment; responding to crisis and emergency situations; handling and protecting sensitive and confidential information and records; knowledge of and/or experience with selective, residential liberal arts campuses; understanding of and appreciation for college student development issues, and the student affairs field in general.

Live-in experience at a small, residential college or university; knowledge of and experience working with students in transition; knowledge of and appreciation for the Grinnell College tradition of student self-governance.

Residence Life Coordinator

Exempt

Staff

Full-Time

Term

Selected candidate must successfully pass a background check prior to first day of employment.


The College requires staff members to be vaccinated against COVID-19, with at least one CDC-approved vaccination dose by date of hire, or approved religious or medical exemption.

No

S00758

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