Residence Life Coordinator - Queens University

The Residence Life Coordinator role is a multifaceted, live-in position where incumbents are required to work both individually and as a team to support students and student staff. This role requires a high degree of self-regulation and decision making. The Residence Life Coordinator (RLC) coordinates, oversees, and promotes student life in residence in accordance with the mission and policies of Housing and Ancillary Services (H&A) and Queen's University. The RLC supports students and student staff in creating an environment where students can find a sense of belonging, build resilience, and be academically successful. The RLC is responsible for supporting a vibrant residence community that provides feedback, mentoring, support, and compassionate challenge to residents through various interactions such as student conduct and behaviour management, educational programming, team development and student staff supervision, and crisis response.

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Additional Information

There are 9 RLCs total. Each RLC is assigned to specific building(s)/area(s) of responsibility. RLCs must work collaboratively to execute a consistent student- and student-staff experience. Teamwork is very important in our unit.

• This position requires living in residence. Incumbents are assigned to individual 1- or 2-bedroom apartments in residence, and are compensated with a partial taxable benefit (the balance of the apartment's value is paid by the incumbent in rent).
• Your regular hours of work will be 35 hours per week as follows:

September until April: Monday to Friday, 2:00pm – 10:00pm however, from September 1 to April 30 each year, excluding December and April exam periods your hours of work on Wednesdays will be 3:00 pm until 11:00 pm. May and August: Monday to Friday, 8:30am – 4:30pm. This schedule makes RLCs more available to students at convenient times, and allows them to better observe and participate in community dynamics and on-the-job student staff support.

• The position works from August-May (salaried), with a work break (unpaid leave) for June and July. Incumbents maintain access to their apartments during the work break.
• RLCs are part of an on-call rotation, with on-call weeks one week out of every nine during the academic year.
• This position is geared toward new/recent graduates, and contains multiple opportunities for professional development, with the goal of building skill and work experience for future career opportunities within Student Affairs and beyond.

The schedule for this position requires the incumbent to work frequent early mornings, evenings and weekends, according to program or area needs.

Required Education

• Three-year Community College Diploma or Three-Year Bachelor Degree, or equivalent.

Required Experience

• More than 1 year and up to and including 2 years of experience.

Required Licenses and Certifications

• Satisfactory Criminal Records Check required.
• Vulnerable Sector Screening required.

Consideration may be given to an equivalent combination of education and experience.

Please apply online at:
https://clients.njoyn.com/CL4/xweb/xweb.asp?clid=74827&page=jobdetails&jobid=J0725-0268&BRID=EX418067&SBDID=21474&LANG=1.