Housing & Residential Life (Housing), a self-funded auxiliary housed within Campus Life at the University of Arizona, operates 23 dorms and 1 graduate apartment complex that house over 7,800 students annually on the University of Arizona Main Campus. More than 80% of on-campus residents are first-year students. Our dorms range in style from historic to modern and range in size from 60 to 1000 residents. While the University does not require students to live on campus, more than 70% of all incoming first-year students choose to live in UA housing to help their transition to university life.
Housing & Residential Life plays a critical role in achieving institutional and divisional goals. We are proud of the supportive environment we provide our students, our vibrant academic partnerships, and our high-quality facilities.
Our Mission: Helping Students Build a Foundation for Success
Our Core Values:
- Excellence -Excellence is performing at an extraordinary level and exceeding expectations
- Respect - Respect is treating others courteously and professionally in all situations; valuing and honoring diversity in others; being honest, direct, and courteous in all communications and loyal to all, including those not present
- Integrity - Integrity is doing the right thing, being honest with oneself and others, being authentic, and being transparent in intent
- Caring - Caring is being welcoming, kind, compassionate, and willing to help others; showing concern for a person’s needs; listening more and talking less
Duties and Responsibilities:
Supervision:
- Supervise Coordinator for Leadership Development and Engagement
- Direct work within the Student Engagement and Leadership areas, building connections among staff, developing collaborative initiatives, and grounding work in residential curriculum and relevant theory.
- Manage the Student Engagement budget effectively by making strategic decisions to promote and support student development and educational initiatives; support staff in oversight of Leadership/Residence Hall Association budget.
- Indirectly supervise live-in staff (e.g., Community Directors/Graduate Community Directors) in related areas such as Living-Learning Communities and Student Engagement.
Living Learning Communities (LLCs):
- Oversee LLCs, providing day-to-day support with campus partners to develop long-term plans and goals connected to residential curriculum.
- Coordinate regular group and individual meetings with LLC campus partners and Housing partners.
- Manage housing assignment processes and building occupancy of LLCs in collaboration with Housing Assignment Services and campus partners.
- Assist with the marketing and recruitment for LLCs.
- Assess needs, develop outcomes, develop strategies, and evaluate LLCs.
- Collaborate with Housing and campus partners to facilitate annual Memorandum of Understanding implementation.
- Implement training for staff and campus partners related to LLCs.
- Foster relationships with academic colleges, Cultural Resource Centers, and other departments to represent Housing, bolstering current LLCs and creating pathways for future collaborations.
- Monitor student trends, perceptions, enrollment patterns, practices, and research related to LLCs at the institutional and national levels.
Wildcat Living Residential Curriculum:
- Plan and implement multi-media campaigns and materials to promote residential curriculum, living learning communities, and campus resources to students in dorms.
- Develop and help implement Department-Wide Engagement Strategies for residential curriculum.
- Contribute to student learning assessment efforts related to Department-Wide Engagement Strategies, campus partnerships, and LLCs.
Student Support:
- Develop and maintain collaborative relationships across the institution related to student success (e.g., Think Tank, Thrive Center, Student Engagement and Career Development, Advising Resource Center).
- Oversee academic accountability and support for Residential Education (ResEd) student staff.
- Chair the Student Recognition Committee, coordinating efforts to recognize Housing student staff.
- Develop recognition plans to support residential students.
- Develop academic support initiatives and materials for residents and Housing student staff.
- Plan enhancements to academic spaces in dorms in cooperation with Housing Facilities.
Other Duties:
- Serve on and/or lead departmental committees in areas such as training, selection, and curriculum development as appointed.
- Represent Housing & Residential Life on University committees as appointed.
- Serve on “Manager on Duty” rotation serving as a resource to On-Call Community Directors.
- Assist with various departmental activities during August Move-In.
- Other duties as assigned to meet the department’s mission.
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
- Knowledge and understanding of student development theory and its applications in the dorms.
- Leadership and team management skills
- Excellent communication skills, including interpersonal communication, writing, public speaking and presenting.
- Ability to conduct assessment and evaluation of housing academic initiatives, interpret and report data, compare data to benchmarking data and stay current with trends in academic support.
- Ability to act as a liaison between campus administration and students.
- Knowledge and understanding of diversity and an ability to work with a wide variety of people while recognizing the needs of students with marginalized identities.
- Possess the necessary skills to respond to internal and external customer needs in a timely, accurate and professional manner.
- Strong organizational skills and demonstrated ability to coordinate multiple and diverse tasks simultaneously.