Area Coordinator (23-24/24-25 Academic Year)

HIGHLIGHTS

Educational Priority & Mission

The SUNY Geneseo Department of Residence Life, in partnership with our residents, cultivates an inclusive living and learning environment that sparks engagement, encourages and fosters well being, and inspires a feeling of belonging for all students who live in our community.

Residence Life administers selected co-curricular educational and assessment initiatives within the residential experience. Opportunities for student engagement and learning within the department include the living-learning communities and residential college houses, as well as student leadership and applied learning opportunities.

Our trained Residence Life team members pursue ways to collaborate with Geneseo faculty and staff to support our residents as they pursue their individual educational and personal goals. By providing challenges to better themselves, demonstrating an ethic of individual care, and building a strong, vibrant campus community, we hope to make a long-lasting positive impact on the lives of our students.

Commitment to Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging

All Residence Life staff will participate in critical dialogue around DEIB, anti-racism, and cultural humility. All training, educational initiatives, and occupancy management will incorporate these commitments and staff will espouse these values in their roles through programmatic and engagement efforts.

Commitment to Wellbeing

All Residence Life staff will work together to create a working and living environment that promotes individual agency and advocacy for all community members and empowers them to build a well-lived life. All training, educational initiatives, and occupancy management will incorporate these commitments and staff will espouse these values in their roles through programmatic and engagement efforts.

The Area Coordinator is a professional position in the SUNY Geneseo Division of Student and Campus Life. As such, the Area Coordinator is expected to fulfill their specific responsibilities in a way that demonstrates an understanding and commitment to the articulated mission and goals of their department and the division. Area Coordinators are also expected to adhere to the professional and ethical standards promulgated by the professional association with which their department is affiliated.

Area Coordinators (AC) are live-in professional Residence Life staff members and are required to live in the on-campus apartment provided by SUNY Geneseo. The Area Coordinator's primary duty is to oversee and develop multiple residence halls (two to three) as residential educators, informed supervisors, connection builders, creative managers, and accurate record-keepers.

This responsibility includes informal counseling and co-curricular education of residential students, supervision of a staff of resident assistants, and oversight of facilities needs. Due to the nature of this work, the Area Coordinator is required to reside in the apartment provided and assigned by the College via the Department of Residence Life.

To be successful, you will have academic interests and experiences that include residential education, leadership development, a commitment to diversity, civic and social engagement, and an understanding of the needs of students transitioning to college, especially first-year and transfer students. We value colleagues who will be educators outside the classroom, who demonstrate intellectual curiosity and a commitment to academic excellence. By working collaboratively with colleagues both within and beyond the Residence Life department, ACs help residents foster leadership skills, develop critical reasoning skills, and practice ethical decision-making.

This position requires flexibility of work hours, including some evening and weekend work. As live-on professionals, ACs are considered "essential College personnel," and must have skills in crisis management. Each AC participates in a night and weekend duty schedule, requiring periodic overnight monitoring of a duty phone, the ability to respond to emergency situations, and other related residential duties.

This is a pool posting. Applications are accepted on an ongoing basis. Please read "Special Instructions to Applicant" for details.

Required Qualifications

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor's degree.

• Strong written and oral communication skills.

• Demonstrated ability to foster diverse and inclusive relationships as well as a high degree of cultural sensitivity.

• Ability to live in the provided on-campus apartment for the duration of employment in the AC position

Preferred Qualifications

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Master's degree.

• Professional or paraprofessional experience in residence life or commensurate experience in student affairs.

License/Certification Other Skills Required

Successful applicants will have academic interests and experiences that include residential education, leadership development, a commitment to diversity, civic and social engagement, and an understanding of the needs of students transitioning to college, especially first-year and transfer students. We value colleagues who will be educators outside the classroom, who demonstrate intellectual curiosity and a commitment to academic excellence. By working collaboratively with colleagues both within and beyond the Residence Life department, Area Coordinators help residents foster leadership skills, develop critical reasoning skills, and practice ethical decision-making.

Supervision Received

This position reports to the Associate or Assistant Director of Residence Life.

Supervision Exercised

This position supervises paraprofessionals (graduates and undergraduates):

• Residence Director Intern [possible (graduate students)]

• Assistant Residence Directors

• Resident Assistants