Director of Housing, Recruitment & Operations

Company: Northampton Community College
Location: Bethlehem
Posted on: January 22, 2023

Job Description:

The staff and faculty of Northampton Community College share a single goal: to help students transform their lives through education. It's a goal that reaps rewards thousands of times over the course of a career. Employees at Northampton receive competitive compensation and an array of benefits while working on campuses located in a region with a very high quality of life.We invite you to consider to applying for one of our currently available positions. For more information on the College, please visit . For more information on life in the Lehigh Valley, please visit .NCC is strongly committed to increasing the diversity of the college community and the curriculum. Candidates who can contribute to that goal are encouraged to identify their strengths or experiences in this area.***Director of Housing, Recruitment & Operations---------------------Please note that this position will remain open until filled.---------------------Benefits SnapshotThe College offers a generous benefits package to Full-time employees. Just a few highlights of the benefits package include comprehensive medical plan options for you and your family (plus dental and vision), a College retirement contribution of 8% of your salary upon hire, NCC tuition waiver and an abundance of time off - up to 25 days' vacation/floating, 10 sick days, Four (4) day workweeks during Summer, Holidays (including a week+ break between Christmas and New Year's) - among other things! Please visit for more details on the full array of benefits.Primary Function: - The Director is responsible for promoting and maintaining a healthy living-learning environment and for assuring the quality of life of student residents. This position will be an experienced partner having knowledge of best practices regarding college housing management, recruitment & operations.Responsibilities: -Working with the staff assigned: - (1) Primary responsibility is to take students from the point of inquiry for housing to a signed housing contract and collaborate with Records, Financial Aid and the Health Center to get all clearances. Accountable for occupancy of the residential facilities, including reaching targets, goals, and strategy development (2) Working with marketing and public relations department to utilize all advertising options such as social media, public and campus outlets for advertising housing program. (3) In collaboration with other Residence Hall staff develop and oversee the departmental budget. Responsible for revenue projections and collections as well as capital requests (4) Lead efforts to maximize occupancy, in partnership with Admissions, Summer Conferencing and other programs on campus to ensure the residence halls have maximized occupancy. (5) Represent the College's Foundation and College Housing Staff in collaboration with other Residence Hall staff support major programs like NCC New Student Orientation, recruitment events, campus tours, Move-in Days and other events. (6) In cooperation with the Facilities department, develop master facilities management plans for the residential complex. -Work with vendors, other Residence Hall staff and college employees to ensure facility is maintained for compliance for fire & safety. (7) Oversee all room assignments and changes. (8) Maintain keys, ID access, room condition reports, billing/deposits and other paperwork (9) In collaboration with Associate Director of Residence Life stay abreast of and incorporate changing trends and best practices in housing & residence life and the student experience. (10) Oversight of Housing software as well as reporting to effectively assess and evaluate the residence life program. (11) Collaborate with housing team with conduct issues and on call responsibilities at non peak times for recruitment (12) Supervise the Secretary for College Housing & Residence Life (13) Implement special responsibilities as assigned by the supervisor.Organizational Relationships: - (1) Responsible to the Vice President of Institutional Advancement for performance of assigned responsibilities. - (2) Work closely with Residence Life and other departments across the campus to carry out duties of Residence Life. (3) Supervise support staff in collaboration with the Associate Director of Residence Life. (4) Relate to college, divisional and department goals. (5) Function as an active member of the College's mid-management team.Performance Standards: - Performance in this position is considered satisfactory when: - (1) mutually agreed upon objectives have been attained within a specified time frame. - (2) Responsibilities of the position have been carried out at a level consistent with performance objectives. - (3) Effective cooperative relationships exist with the other members of the administrative team.Qualifications: - (1) Education: - Master's Degree (or equivalent graduate work with experience in the field) preferred in student personnel or a related field from an accredited college. - (2) Skills, Knowledge, Abilities: - (a) knowledge of college housing and residence life management; (b) good organizational, communication, and leadership skills; (c) ability to work with small and large groups; (d) ability to function effectively as a member of an administrative team;(e) ability to relate to varied needs of students and staff; (f) good interpersonal skills; (g) ability to work with and relate to community constituencies. - (3) - Experience: - (a) 3- 5 years related experience preferred (b) demonstrated competency to serve in an administrative capacity.

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