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Assistant Director of Residential Life for Summer and Integrated Learning Communities
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Position Number: 5046259
Location: New York, NY
Position Type: Residence Life and Housing

Assistant Director of Residential Life for Summer
and Integrated Learning Communities
Residential Life, Rose Hill
Fordham University

Fordham University has an excellent reputation as a dynamic institution located in New York City. Founded in 1841, Fordham enrolls more than 16,000 undergraduate and graduate students in its 9 Colleges and Schools.

Fordham University offers a comprehensive and competitive benefits package to its employees, which includes medical, dental, vision, life, and disability insurance.
We offer tuition remission for employees and their dependents
A generous employer match towards a 403(b) retirement plan.
As a tax-exempt organization under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code (IRC), Fordham is considered a qualifying employer for the Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) program, a federal program designed to forgive student loan debt for employees of certain public and certain nonprofit employers.
As part of its work-life balance program, the University provides generous PTO including 15 vacation days, 12 sick days, 2 personal days, 6 summer Fridays, and holidays that include paid time off between Christmas and New year.
University employees have access to the Employee Assistance Program (EAP). EAP provides no-cost, professional, and confidential services, to help employees and family members address a variety of personal, family, life, and work-related issues.

Hybrid Policy:
Please review the Hybrid Policy here.
https://www.fordham.edu/human-resources/policies-guides-and-agreements/hybridremote-work-policy-for-administrators/

Position Summary
The Assistant Director of Residential Life for Summer and Integrated Learning Communities leads Student Life at Rose Hill's campus-wide effort to integrate the academic, mission and ministry, and student life enterprises across 7 integrated learning communities (ILCs) and one new residential summer program for high school students.

The Assistant Director reports to the Assistant Dean of Students and Director of Residential Life at Rose Hill and coordinates closely with colleagues in the Division of Students Affairs with roles in integrated learning.

Essential Functions

Designs, builds, leads, evaluates, and continuously improves Fordham's pilot summer pre-college program for high school students, launching June 2023;
Works closely with the Dean of Students, the Assistant Dean of Students/Director of Residential Life and other colleagues overseeing and participating in the pre-college program;
Leads and trains a team of 3 full time Resident Directors for which the high school summer pipeline program is a summer assignment and who in turn recruit, train, and lead the 10 undergraduate program counselors;
Working with the Residential Life and Student Life staff, develops summer pre-college student handbook and policies, including reporting procedures specific to the pre-college population;
Coordinates contact on non-academic program elements with parents and potential students during the recruitment and marketing process beginning November 2023;
Coordinates with Admissions, Summer Session, and other staff in developing and updating the summer residential program website;
Serves as liaison to Admissions, Summer Session, and other areas contributing to the Summer Pipeline program;
Oversees the several Integrated Learning Communities ranging from first year hall programs to specialized upper-class programs, assessing and evaluating each program against learning outcomes with academic and mission integration-based partners and sharing outcomes data with the Assistant Dean/Director, Dean of Students, and partners on an ongoing basis;
Serves as liaison to the colleges and mission integration for Integrated Learning Communities;
Coordinates contact and periodic meetings and activities of supervisory groups for each ILC composed of colleagues with roles in each community;
Develops and continuously updates and improves published documents communicating and marketing the integrated learning communities (ILCs) and residential summer program for high school students;
Participates in on-call duty rotation to support the Resident Director on Duty along with other assistant directors;
Serves as part of an 18-person Residential Life professional staff supporting major office processes led by the Assistant Dean such as opening, closing, staff selection and Training as well as large-scale and campus-wide University events and major programs.
Must be on-campus during the summer time frame of the Summer Leadership program.

Essential Functions Note
This list is not intended to be an exhaustive list.
The University may assign additional related duties as necessary.

Management Responsibilities
Guides work of other employees who perform essentially the same work and/or student workers. Organizes, sets priorities, schedules and reviews work, but is generally not responsible for final decisions in hiring, performance management or compensation.

Required Qualifications: Education and Experience

Bachelor's degree
Education and experience should be related to position responsibilities.

Required Qualifications: Knowledge and Skills

2+ years of experience in the area of residential life, housing, residential education, and/or secondary education.
Possesses strong interpersonal communication skills and experience in curricular and program development, teaching and/or training, program development and implementation and supervision.
Working knowledge of computer working environments such as Google and Microsoft.
Demonstrates creativity and flexibility in working on various projects with a variety of constituent groups, including parents.
Successful candidates should have a knowledge of and commitment to the goals of Jesuit Education.

Preferred Qualifications

Master's degree in Secondary or Higher Education and/or Student Personnel Administration, Counseling or related area.

Minimum Starting Salary: $58,000 (plus room and board)

Maximum Starting Salary: $62,000 (plus room and board)

Note: Salary is commensurate with qualifications, experience, and skills.

FLSA: Exempt

START DATE: ASAP

APPLY HERE: https://careers.fordham.edu/postings/6887

ABOUT FORDHAM
Founded in 1841, Fordham is the Jesuit University of New York, offering an exceptional education distinguished by the Jesuit tradition to more than 16,000 students in its 9 colleges and schools. It has residential campuses in the Bronx and Manhattan, a campus in West Harrison, N.Y., the Louis Calder Center Biological Field Station in Armonk, N.Y., and the London Centre in the United Kingdom.

Fordham University is committed to excellence through diversity and welcomes candidates of all backgrounds.

Fordham is an Equal Opportunity Employer – Veterans/Disabled and other protected categories