Area Coordinator

Essential Job Duties:

Supervision and Training Responsibilities

• Recruit, select, train, and directly supervise student staff. Supervision includes: expectation setting, leadership development, performance evaluation, improvement plans and performance documentation and discipline.
• Support the community development model through programming, events and social connections
• Support residential education initiatives such as Community Councils/the Residence Hall Association, Residential Learning Communities, and community programming.

Management/Operations Responsibilities

• Create a working relationship and establish a routine meeting structure with the facilities team (i.e. maintenance, trades and custodial services).
• Manage residential area budget for programmatic and developmental initiatives.
• Coordinate processes, including but not limited to: room inventories, room changes, health and safety inspections, work orders, damage billing, and opening and closing of the residence halls.
• Maintain and update the housing and occupancy management database.
• Support marketing, communications and public outreach initiatives.

Student Care, Wellbeing, Conduct and Community Standards

• Establish and maintain contact with students and address student needs and concerns.
  Serve in an all-campus on-call rotation.
• Clearly document concerns and incidents via appropriate campus reporting procedures.
• Serve as a hearing officer, adjudicate cases, and hear appeals as assigned.

College Contributions

• Be front facing within the residence halls and at campus events.
• Serve on task forces and initiatives to support a diverse and creative residential experience.
• Participate in new student recruitment and yield and orientation events.
• Participate in benchmark data initiatives.
• Engage in foundation levels of qualitative and quantitative data analysis.
• Support, respect, and commit to embracing diverse backgrounds, values, and points of view to build a strong and inclusive community.

Please review the full job description here:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1HRN74L42SbLMeq3dIWjxtiu594QcM3eE/view?usp=sharing

Who We Are:

Founded in 1874, St. Olaf College is a residential, coeducational liberal arts college with approximately 3,000 students and 800 faculty and staff employees. The college is located on a picturesque 300-acre campus in Northfield, Minnesota, a vibrant, restored, historic river town of 20,000 located 45 minutes south of culturally rich and diverse Minneapolis and St. Paul.

The college offers an academically rigorous, nationally ranked liberal arts education that fosters the development of the whole person in mind, body, and spirit and emphasizes learning in an inclusive and globally engaged community. We encourage applications from candidates committed to multicultural understanding and the enrichment of our diverse community.

The college offers a comprehensive benefits package including a 9% company retirement match, company monthly contributions to a retirement healthcare account, company contributions to eligible employee’s health savings account, significant tuition discount (up to 80% off) at ACM and ELCA colleges and universities for employee’s children, and generous paid time off. For a full review of benefit offerings, see the summary of the benefits program here: https://wp.stolaf.edu/hr/benefits/

To provide a safe and secure educational environment, St. Olaf College verifies the accuracy of all credentials presented by applicants and conducts a criminal background check on every new hire.

A summary of the Flexible Work Policy: https://wp.stolaf.edu/hr/flexible-work-policy/

A link to our DEI page: https://wp.stolaf.edu/equity-inclusion/

A virtual campus tour: https://www.stolaf.edu/multimedia/play/?p=483

An overview of Northfield: https://wp.stolaf.edu/admissions/visit/northfield/

An overview of the Twin Cities: https://wp.stolaf.edu/admissions/visit/twincities/

The college strongly recommends that incoming students and new employees complete the primary COVID vaccine series before beginning their studies or work on campus, and that all members of our campus community remain up to date with COVID vaccines, per CDC guidance.

St. Olaf College is an equal employment opportunity employer. The College is committed to providing an inclusive and welcoming environment for all members of our community. With regard to its hiring and employment practices, the College prohibits all forms of discrimination and harassment based upon an individual’s legally protected status including race, color, creed, national origin, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, religion, disability, marital status, veteran status, or status with regard to public assistance.

For Staff Application Assistance:
employment@stolaf.edu
507-786-3068

For Faculty Application Assistance:
facultysearch@stolaf.edu
507-786-3356

Title IX Contact Information:
Pamela McDowell, Title IX and Section 504 Coordinator
1520 St. Olaf Avenue, Tomson Hall 180
Northfield, MN 55057
507-786-3465
mcdowell@stolaf.edu