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University of South Carolina Upstate Assistant Director of Housing for Residence Life in Spartanburg, South Carolina
**[Assistant Director of Housing for Residence Life University of South Carolina Upstate STA00674PO24 Spartanburg, SC
Under the leadership of the Associate Director of Residence Education and Student Engagement, the Assistant Director is responsible for day-to-day residential life operations of three residential communities. The Assistant Director supervises 1-3 Residential Life Graduate Assistants/Assistant Hall Directors, who in turn supervise 2 Senior Student Staff (S3), 8-12 Resident/Community Advisers, and up to 15 Summer Conference Assistants (SCA) student employees. The Assistant Director adjudicates issues of student conduct. The Assistant Director will also take lead in different department functions such as summer conference operations, Living-Learning Communities, and assists with staff training and development as a presenter. The Assistant Director assists with staff recruitment and selection. The Assistant Director also participates in a weekly on-call rotation for after-hours emergencies.]{calibri=""}**
Supervise, develop and evaluate the Residential Life Graduate Assistants (RLGA)/Assistant Hall Directors (AHD) staff in their housing competency development to manage the buildings and supervise their Senior Student Staff (S3's) and Resident Advisers (RAs)/Community Advisers (CAs).
Monitor the completion of residential life components assigned to the RLGA/AHD such as Room Inventory/Condition, Monthly Key Inventory, Rosters/Head Counts, Health/Safety Inspections, Duty Assignments, and staff programming.
Recruit, train, hire, supervise, schedule, and evaluate up to 15 Summer Conference Assistants (SCA) student staff. Provides day-to-day supervision of assigned summer residential area including addressing issues from students, interns and guests. Develop the ACUHO-I Intern for Residence Education in summer operations.
Manages the recruitment of the RA/CA/S3/AHD student staff by working with the Assistant Director of Housing for Communications to provide branding and approval prior to distributing via email, flyers and media. Schedules and implements student staff information sessions for students interested in the positions. Provides support for the selection process of the RA/CA/S3/AHD positions by attending selection weekends as scheduled to serve as an interviewer and check-in liaison. Works closely with the Associate Director of Residence Education and Student Engagement to select staff for each community following grade checks and conduct review which are conducted by the ADRESE before the selection events.
Provide support during large-scale events (Move-UP, orientation, department/division wide events, Fab Fridays, Open House, Late Night Breakfast, Homecoming, etc.); may present at these events. Support operational aspects of camps and conference groups as assigned.
Adjudicate issues of student conduct through hearings/meetings with students and provide support and education for students who are struggling at the university. Serves as the conduct lead for the department utilizing Maxient software. Ensure RLGA/AHD are trained to use Maxient. Run reports in system to manage case load.
Be knowledgeable of StarRez software and utilize reports and other functions. Assists with Cbord CS Gold student ID access, Persona. Assists with reviewing maintenance work orders and School Building submissions from students. Assists in the collection of data and generating various reports related to enrollment, budgets, and historical data.
Lives on site and is available to students and others on campus in the event of an emergency. Serves in a rotation for On-Call. Serves as a liaison for Upstate campus support offices.
Attend and participate in monthly All Staff student staff meeting and staff in-services. Develop agenda and facilitate monthly All-Community student staff meeting.