Residential Engagement Coordinator

 

Job Summary

Under the supervision of the Assistant Director of Educational Development, the Residential Engagement Coordinator is responsible for the advising and oversight of student leadership organization as well as the creation and management of an ongoing series of social and educational engagement opportunities for the students of University Housing Services.  The Residential Engagement Coordinator will interface with campus constituents to represent the department on various university committees.

 

Key Responsibilities

• Develops, promotes, and implements a wide variety of social, recreational and educational initiatives with broad student appeal under the Residential Curriculum Model.
• Advises the Residence Hall Association (RHA) and the National Residence Hall Honorary (NRHH)
• Attends weekly student leader meetings for RHA and NRRH members.
• Plan and facilitate student leadership training for RHA, and ongoing leadership development for RHA, NRHH and Hall Government
• Coordinates the annual RHA elections to ensure compliance with campus regulations and RHA bylaws.
• Collaborates with Academic Initiatives and the Faculty in Residence program to support and execute experiences to enhance academic success.
• Maintains community presence and actively foster connections with residents in the community.
• Leads in the planning and implementation of Division of Student Affairs signature events such as Weeks of Welcome, Homecoming, Parent & Family Weekend, Spartan Speakers Series, Admitted Spartans Day, and other large-scale campus initiatives
• Organizes and maintain inventory of programming resources/supplies.
• Creates, maintains and promotes engagement calendars.
• Serves on at least (1) departmental committee to plan, execute and evaluate student leader recruitment and training.
• Develops and implements, with the Residential Education professional team, learning outcomes, programmatic initiatives, and assessment tools.

 

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

• Ability to communicate with constituents in a professional and respectful manner
• Thorough knowledge of grammar, business writing, punctuation, and spelling.
• Ability to compose and appropriately format correspondence and reports.
• General knowledge of interviewing and counseling techniques, and ability to listen and reason logically.
• General knowledge of group facilitation, oral presentation, and public speaking skills.
• Ability to rapidly acquire a general knowledge of overall operation, functions and programs of San Jose State University.
• Ability to collect, compile, analyze, and evaluate factual data and make oral or written presentations based on these data.
• Ability to advise students individually or in groups on routine matters, and general knowledge of principles of individual and group behavior.
• Ability to maintain dignity and self-control in stressful situations; and ability to respond to emergency and crisis situations.
• Ability to establish and maintain cooperative working relationships with students, staff, faculty, administrators, and private and public agencies.
• Ability to advise students individually or in groups on routine matters, and general knowledge of principles of individual and group behavior.
• Ability to perform accurately in a detail-oriented environment, and to handle multiple work priorities, organize and plan work and projects.
• Ability to maintain confidentiality and appropriately handle sensitive communications with employees and external agencies.
• Strong oral and written communication skills.
• Excellent customer service and public relations skills.

 

Required Qualifications

• Equivalent to graduation from a four-year college or university in a related field, including or supplemented by upper division or graduate coursework in counseling techniques, interviewing, and conflict resolution where such are job-related.
• Three years of progressively responsible professional student services work experience. A master’s degree in Counseling, Clinical Psychology, Social Work, or a directly related field may be substituted for one year of experience. A doctorate degree and the appropriate internship or clinical training in counseling or guidance may be substituted for the three years of experience for positions with a major responsibility for professional career or personal counseling.

 

Preferred Qualifications

• Master is Degree in Student Affairs, Education, Counseling or a related field.
• Residence Hall Management experience
• Experience providing education ab