Area Coordinator
- Employer
- Williams College
- Location
- Massachusetts, United States
- Salary
- Salary Not Specified
- Date posted
- Sep 1, 2021
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- Position Type
- Administrative, Student Affairs, Other Student Affairs, Residence Life
- Employment Type
- Full Time
Opening Details
The Office of Campus Life at Williams College is looking for an
Area Coordinator to work with our first year students. This is one
of four newly created opportunities for Area Coordinators, who will
be responsible for supporting students' residential experience on
campus, as members of the Residential Life & Housing (RLH) team
within the Office of Campus Life (OCL). These positions, as well as
the college's new initiatives around TAPSI Housing
(theme/affinity/program/special interest), are in response to
Williams' strategic planning process, specifically in the areas of
Learning Beyond the Classroom and Diversity, Equity, and
Inclusion.
Williams is committed to enriching its educational experience and
its culture through the diversity of its faculty and staff. Our
expectation is that the successful candidates will excel at working
in a community that is broadly diverse with regard to race,
ethnicity, socioeconomic status, gender, nationality, sexual
orientation, and religion.
Responsibilities
The Area Coordinators are front-line, highly-visible,
student-facing roles focused on supporting students and residential
student leaders through a four-year developmental arc of
residential living and learning at Williams. The positions require
significant interaction with students as well as with colleagues in
several departments across campus, including but not limited to
Facilities, Accessible Education, Dining Services, the Davis Center
(multicultural/intercultural center), Campus Safety Services, and
the Dean of Students' Office.
Specific responsibilities include (but are not limited to):
- assist in training, supervising, and mentoring student residential leaders;
- create and execute a set of developmental residential programs that focus on 1) health & wellness, 2) community building, and 3) personal development;
- support and advise residential student leaders on community building initiatives and programming
- support and advise residential student leaders and students with conflict resolution using restorative practices and mediation;
- work closely with residential student leaders to track all aspects of residential operations, including administrative tasks and housing plans and expectations;
- meet regularly with the correlated residential student leadership team members, individually and as a group, to build & maintain positive collaborative relationships with the Area Coordinator and across the team;
- escalate issues as needed, to be followed up on by OCL staff or the correlated Class Dean (or by CSS in emergencies);
- support and assist the Assistant Director for Housing Operations with housing check-in & check-out, including key distribution/collection and room condition reports; following up on area damages; housing assignment/lottery processes; housing accommodation requests; student storage program logistics;
- serve in the Area Coordinator On-Call Rotation for after-hours & weekend support, to help resolve situations and provide emergency and crisis support for a variety of situations, including mental health distress, health issues, noise complaints, maintenance issues, etc.; will involve coming to campus as needed;
- focus on first-year residential life; support and assist the Dean of First-Year Students with preparing & executing first-year orientation and first-year experience programming; and
- assist with and support programming efforts of the broader OCL team.
Qualifications
- bachelor's degree plus a minimum of 2 years related experience, or equivalent education & experience is required
- experience in leadership development and team building;
- experience in student crisis response and support;
- conflict resolution, mediation, and dialogue facilitation skills;
- experience with and commitment to supporting diverse, equitable, and inclusive communities; direct experience in DEI work is desirable;
- innovative programming experience in the areas of wellness, community building, and personal development is desirable;
- strong people skills, a friendly and approachable demeanor, and the ability to calmly de-escalate difficult situations;
- the ability to work independently with self-motivation & flexibility while at the same time the ability to work positively & collaboratively as a member of a highly-developed, enthusiastic professional team;
- proficiency in Microsoft Office and Google Suite; understanding of internet for marketing and website updating (WordPress desirable); ability to quickly learn additional specialized college software/databases, including StarRez;
- strong attention to detail & strong organization skills; and
- experience and/or education in residential life, orientation, or a related student affairs area; knowledge of college student development theory and practice is desirable.
These are year-round, live-on, administrative positions. In
addition to the college’s standard benefits package, each Area
Coordinator is provided with a furnished apartment adjacent to
campus, as well as a 14-meal plan during academic periods. The
position is in job group 3-A; salary begins at $40,000. The salary
range has some flexibility, commensurate with experience.
Office space, shared with student residential leaders, is provided
within the correlated residential area; standard office hours are
Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays 5pm-10pm; Fridays & Saturdays
5pm-2am; some additional hours will be required for central office
meetings, programming, etc., and hours may change during academic
break periods.
Conditions of Employment
Employment at Williams is contingent on the verification of
background information submitted by the applicant, including the
completion of a criminal record check, and education when
applicable.
Equal Employment Opportunity
Beyond meeting fully its legal obligations for non-discrimination,
Williams College is committed to building a diverse and inclusive
community where members from all backgrounds can live, learn and
thrive. As part of this commitment, we will ensure that persons
with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodations. If
reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job
application or interview process please feel free to contact us via
phone at (413) 597-2681 or email at hr@williams.edu.
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