Brandeis University Hiring for Assistant Director, Community Living at Waltham, MA Full Time

The Assistant Director for Operations and Community Development will focus their efforts on assisting the Associate Director with all
operationally significant matters in addition to serving as the student staff recruitment and training specialist. The Assistant Director
will be directly responsible for all elements of the Community Advisor (CA) Program. The Assistant Director will have previous experience in
housing operations and residential life along with experiences in student development and programming. The ability to work both autonomously
and collectively with multiple constituents (students, parents, administrators, etc.) is necessary.

Essential & Other
Functions

• Work collaboratively with all members of the department to deliver an industry leading, holistic Community
  Advisor (CA) Program. Program elements include: Training, and development of the program, overall program management, as well as
  participating in the recruitment and selection process
• Supervise full-time Area Coordinators. Professional staff members will be
  specific to the upper class (2nd-year students and above.)
• Work collaboratively with the Associate Director to maintain a high
  quality, “customer first” customer service philosophy.
• The Assistant Director will serve as the second line in all matters
  “operations” including but not limited to social media, website, student assignments, central billing, and our housing management
  software
• Manage and maintain all early arrival requests for each academic session.
• Assist the leadership team with
  professional staff selection and retention on an as needed basis
• Attend regularly scheduled staff and supervision meetings. Serve
  on Administrator on Call (AoC) duty rotation
• Implement developmental programs and provide support to members of the residential
  student community
• Plan and coordinate a training program for the Community Advisor staff
• Collaborate with the leadership
  team to integrate the Community Advisor and Orientation Leader training models
• Support students in crisis by assisting in the
  management of care cases
• Determine developmental programming needs for the residential student community
• Manage the
  Lockout Assistant (LA) program

Position Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree required; Master’s Degree
  required. (Master’s degree in the field of Higher Education strongly preferred.)
• 3-5 years of professional experience working in
  Housing/Residence Life, Housing Operations, and/or Student Affairs
• Strong commitment to working cross collaboratively between
  multiple offices is a must
• Prior experience working in an administrative setting
• Ability to utilize a variety of software
  packages – including Word, Excel, Access, and Publisher
• Familiarity with Adirondack Solutions software package, SAGE, and SLATE
  preferred
• Ability to manage projects and activities on a mainly residential campus

Closing
Statement

Brandeis University is committed to providing its students, faculty and staff with an environment conducive to
learning and working and where all people are treated with respect and dignity. We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified
applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, ancestry, national origin, ethnicity, caste, sex,
pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, including transgender identity, religion, disability, age, genetics, active
military or veteran status and any other characteristics protected under applicable federal or Massachusetts law.