Assistant Director of Residence Life

SAIC

For more than 150 years, the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC) has been a leader in educating the world’s most influential artists, designers and scholars. Located in downtown Chicago with a fine arts graduate program consistently ranking among the top four graduate fine arts programs in the nation by U.S. News and World Report, SAIC provides an interdisciplinary approach to art and design as well as world-class resources, including the Art Institute of Chicago Museum, on-campus galleries and state-of-the-art facilities. SAIC’s undergraduate, graduate and post-baccalaureate students have the freedom to take risks and create the bold ideas that transform Chicago and the world—as seen through notable alumni and faculty such as Michelle Grabner, David Sedaris, Elizabeth Murray, Richard Hunt, Georgia O’Keeffe, Cynthia Rowley, Nick Cave, and LeRoy Neiman.

We offer a competitive, comprehensive benefits package:   

• Generous paid time off
• Paid holidays (up to 14 days)
• Medical, dental, and vision insurance
• Generous parental, caregiver, and medical leave benefits
• Competitive retirement plan (up to 9% matching contribution)
• Tuition remission and Tuition Exchange Program
• Great employee discounts
• Complimentary general admission to participating cultural institutions
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ABOUT THE DEPARTMENT

Residence Life provides a living-learning community in well maintained downtown facilities designed for the student artist. Student and Professional staff engage in community development, offer fun & educational events and programs, connect students with campus resources and provide 24hr on call support.

 

ABOUT THE POSITION

Provide supervision and direction to 1 full-time professional staff member, the Residence Hall Director who is responsible for the management of 1 residence hall facilities that house approximately 550 students and 4-6 Nuveen Center Peer Advisors.  Serves as primary conduct manager for the residence halls, monitors all on-campus conduct incident report tracking and assigns conduct cases to appropriate staff members. Research current trends for educational sanctions in higher education settings. Lead grant funded Nuveen Center for International Learning including managing student staff, physical space, and programming initiatives. Leads wellness programming in residence halls. Promotes, educates and assesses meal plan usage.  Advises and assists students by identifying their personal/emotional concerns.  Monitors, evaluates, purchases and reports on capital assets in  the residence halls.  Manages budgets.  Serve in on-call duty rotation. Evening and weekend commitments should be expected.

 

RESPONSIBILITIES 

Staff Supervision - Supervise and provide leadership for 1 full-time professional staff Hall Director and the Nuveen Center Peer Advisors (students). Communicate expectations and monitor work processes. Provide on-going direction & feedback about performance through weekly 1:1 meetings. Evaluate performance, including conducting performance evaluation, to ensure they  are equipped to perform their roles effectively and efficiently and attend to their professional development. Assist in recruitment and hiring of direct reports, including reviewing applicant materials, conducting candidate interviews, and offering recommendations for hiring. 

  

Student Conduct - Serve as primary conduct administrator for the residence halls; monitor and review all on-campus conduct incident reports; track and monitor conduct cases using Symplicity database, distribute cases to appropriate staff members; with leadership of Assistant Dean for Student Affairs for Student Support and Conflict Resolution research and stay current on trends for educational sanctions in higher education; create and implement training for all Residence Life professional staff members regarding departmental philosophy, symplicity database, and expectations regarding student conduct; create semester and yearly reports regarding conduct violation trends, conduct officer timelines and make recommendations on improvements to structure and implementation of conduct process; review student handbook policies; process guest and visitor & lost ID logs for trends/behaviors in violation of policies

     

Nuveen Center For International Student Learning - Provide direct oversight of the Nuveen Center, a grant-funded program center geared towards providing students with an inclusive space for