Position Details
Posting Summary
College VP Student Affairs-DIV Executive Area VP Student Affairs Department Residence Life
Posting Detail Information
Posting Number S1784P Job Type Full Time, Regular Pay Type Exempt/Salaried Pay Grade F Campus Location WMU-Kalamazoo - Main Campus Salary Range Pay is commensurate with qualifications and experience, combined with an excellent benefits package. Number of Vacancies 1 General Summary
Provides leadership for residential learning and engagement initiatives by coordinating residential learning communities and supporting learning community staff. Oversees housing assessment and recruitment.
Major Duties
- Leads the department's residential learning community framework, overseeing its vision, structure, assessment, and continuous improvement.
- Researches emerging trends and best practices to ensure program effectiveness and relevance.
- Directs implementation across residential communities, establishes expectations for stakeholder engagement, training, professional development, and evaluation, and provides input on staff selection.
- Collaborates with campus partners to support student recruitment and retention initiatives and the student group, which is responsible for provides housing tours during major university recruitment events.
- Oversees academic support and learning initiatives within residential communities, developing partnerships and programs that promote student success.
- Collaborates with staff and campus partners to implement academic resources and services across residential communities.
- Serves as the department's primary resource for internal marketing and communications, including resident, staff, and stakeholder messaging. Partners with divisional marketing and communications staff on external communications, publications, web content, social media, and other outreach initiatives.
- Serves as the department's primary liaison for assessment initiatives, ensuring departmental priorities are reflected in division-wide surveys and data collection efforts. Interprets and communicates assessment findings to leadership and staff and facilitates data-informed decision-making, planning, and continuous improvement.
- Serves as a member of the leadership team, participates in on-call duty rotations, and advises departmental committee chairs.
- Hires, trains, evaluates and supervises student employees.
Minimum Qualifications
- Master's degree in related field from an accredited institution.
- Three years' relevant experience.
- Supervisory experience.
- Experience working in Residence Life.
- Experience with residential living learning communities and assessments.
- Strong interpersonal communication skills.
- Formal training and experience in crisis intervention and mental health emergency response.
- Ability to work irregular shifts and extended hours, including weekend and holiday rotation. On call duties.
- Ability to travel.
Desired Qualifications Special Instructions to Applicants
- External applicants should use the WMU - Application.
- Internal applicants should use the WMU - Internal Application.
Additional Position Information
- Staff Compensation System pay grades and rates are available at: https://wmich.edu/hr/staffcompensation.
- Western Michigan University offers generous benefits to its employees including health, dental, vision, life and disability insurance, retirement, and tuition discount for the employee and tuition remission for eligible dependents. To access information about the specific benefits available for this position, go to: https://www.wmich.edu/hr/enrollment-staff.
Physical requirements and working conditions
- Light work with some physical demands such as continuously lifting or moving materials less than 25 pounds but rarely moving more than 25 to 50 pounds.
- Work is generally performed in a well-lit, temperature-controlled indoor environment with occasional exposure to the outdoors or any number of elements.
Supplemental Questions
Required fields are indicated with an asterisk (*).
- Do you have a master's degree in a related field from an accredited institution?
Yes
No
- Do you have three years of relevant experience?
Yes
No
- Do you have supervisory experience?
Yes
No
- Do you have experience working in Residence Life?
Yes
No
- Do you have experience with residential living learning communities and assessments?
Yes
No
- Do you have strong interpersonal communication skills?
Yes
No
- Do you have formal training and experience in crisis intervention and mental health emergency response?
Yes
No
- Do you have the ability to work irregular shifts and extended hours and be on-call, including weekends and holidays?
Yes
No
- Do you have the ability to travel?
Yes
No
Documents Needed To Apply
Required Documents
- Cover Letter
- Resume
- List of References
Optional Documents