Associate Director of Residence Life (75699)

******** $1,000 Sign-on Bonus ********

Residence Education Coordinator (REC) is responsible for providing day-to-day administration, supervision, and management of their assigned residential community and Resident Advisor team, as well as leadership for the development of the entire community of 1700+ students from 5+ downtown Chicago universities. 

What You'll Do:

• Providing leadership for residence education programs through their work with residents and their supervision of Resident Advisors.   

• Providing appropriate crisis response leadership for a variety of incidents and situations. 

• Collaborating with the Director of Residence Life, developing the departmental strategic planning process, performance review process and professional development opportunities.  

• Fostering a supportive and challenging multicultural environment focused on leadership through staff selection, training, community development, and interpersonal contact with staff and residents. 

• Adjudicating violations of conduct standards and administer judicial procedures that encourage appropriate community behavior.   

• Collaborating with member institutions and other staff members to address resident needs, concerns, and interests. 

• Respond to and manage any issues, conflict, or concerns brought forth by students, parents, staff, and guests.    

• Providing a high level of customer service in communicating with visitors, parents, employees, and vendors in day-to-day operations. 

• Responsible for one or more of the following areas: Conduct and Judicial, Resident Advisor Recruitment/Selection/Training, Manage/Plan/Lead Move In & Out Processes in conjunction with the Housing Team, StarRez & Systems Management.  

• Management, operations, and leadership of the entire community as a member of the Residence Life and Management Team.  

This is a live-in required position in the heart of Chicago’s South Loop, with shared on-call and evening duty responsibilities.  In addition to all standard Peak Made benefits, this position is also eligible to receive* a furnished one-bedroom apartment, all-inclusive utilities, meal plan with flex dollars, and monthly cell phone stipend.   

What You'll Need:

• Ability to develop and cultivate relationships; works well in a team-oriented environment. 

• Strong work ethic, with the ability to multitask and prioritize needs.  

• Excellent customer service skills while maintaining the highest standards of professionalism.  

• Experience with Housing and/or Residence Life software, StarRez strongly preferred, and ability to learn new systems successfully.  

• Ability to track and maintain budgets for multiple, large-scale, and ongoing programs. 

• Ability to provide direction and development to individuals and staff.   

• Excellent record keeping and organization skills.  

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.  

• Candidate must be available on evenings and weekends during peak move-in and move-out periods. 

Education & Experience

• Bachelor’s degree required; Master’s degree preferred.  

• Experience in community development, educational programming, leadership training, and/or