Position Title    

Student Development - Residential Life Coordinator - Cottages and Apartments

Classification Title    

Administrative Full Time (.75-1.0 FTE)

Benefits Eligibility   
Benefits Eligibility

Department    

Residential Life & Housing

Job Description    
The Cottage and Apartment Residential Life Coordinator (RLC) oversees the cottage and apartment communities and neighborhoods at Hope College. We strive to create opportunities that develop, foster, and promote academic success, personal growth, intercultural competence, and exploration of faith. The RLC also serves on the Residential Life Leadership Team collaboratively developing and implementing the mission, objectives, and program for the Office of Residential Life and Education in alignment with the missions of Student Development and the college.

Hope offers robust hall, house (cottage), and apartment living options and employs over 150 Resident Assistants (RAs), 4 RLCs, and eight part-time professional staff Resident Directors (RDs). RLCs provide leadership and oversight to a cluster of halls or neighborhoods, while also supervising their own student staff. RLCs are provided with a competitive salary and benefits; spacious furnished apartment; academic-year meal plan; and access to ongoing professional development opportunities.

This posting is for the Cottage and Apartment RLC position. The RLC has oversight over Hope’s 200+ individual cottages and apartments, which house over 1,000 students. The RLC will directly superivse 10 Neighborhood Coordinators (NCs), who are returning student staff members and leaders who are responsible for the supervision of cottage/apartment Resident Assistants (approximatelly 70 RAs).

Specific responsibilities include:

Relationship-Building

• Develop relationships with students, colleagues, faculty, and staff that are based in belonging, growth, dignity, respect, and care
• Assess and respond to needs of Resident Directors, Student Leadership Team members, Resident
• Assistants, and the campus community

Student Development

• Present educational programs that respond to the developmental needs of residents
• Link theory and practice in interactions with students, parents, colleagues, and other constituencies
• Engage in developmental conversations with students and make referrals to other agencies as appropriate
• Oversee operation of neighborhoods including, but not limited to, supervision of Neighborhood
• Coordinators, oversight of Cottage/Apartment Resident Assistants, student engagement, community development, and addressing facility needs
• Serve as Judicial Hearing Officer within an education-based campus judicial process
• Confront policy violations and take appropriate, timely, and developmental-based action
• Actively seek ways to integrate in-classroom and out-of-classroom experiences within the context of a Christian, residential, liberal arts college

Community Development

• Foster neighborhood connections and encourage qualities that exemplify being a “good neighbor” beyond college years
• Work collaboratively with Physical Plant to maintain facility, maintance, and furniture needs for cottage and apartment units
• Create communities that foster the development of relationships between members steeped in understanding and respect
• Teach students and colleagues in areas such as ethical decision-making, vocation and calling, conflict transformation, collaboration, intercultural competence, and faith exploration/formation/engagement
• Develop and implement specific programs and events to celebrate the richness of diversity and promote the active engagement of all students
• Meet regularly with individual staff members, groups of staff members, or entire staff to solve problems, implement programs, and address emergent issues
• Mediate conflicts within floors, neighbors, roommates; utilize a variety of approaches to effectively address emergent conflicts (e.g., roommate agreements, behavior contracts)
• Interpret policy and procedures for students, staff, parents, and others
• Participate in a rotation of on-call professionals to address residential/student crisis and concerns during evenings and weekends

Supervision

• Supervise 10 Neighborhood Coordinators. Neighborhood Coordinators each supervise approximately 8-10 Cottage/Apartment Residsent Assistants, who work directly with residents in the cottages and apartments (approximatelly 70 RAs).
• Oversee and support the planning, implementation, and evaluation of educational programs by RAs throughout the academic year
• Assist in the design and implementation of pre-service and on-the-job training covering a variety of topics pertinent to residential life and student development for RDs and RAs (e.g., policies and procedures, campus resources, leadership development)
• Manage programming budget for the cottages and apartments

Institutional Citizenship

• Serve on division-level and campus-wide committees
• Assist with and/or support divisional programs and events (e.g., Advising student groups, judging the Pull or Nykerk Cup competition, staffing Student Life events)
• Engage with the life of the College (e.g., attend institutional events such as speakers, performances, athletic contests, student programs and initiatives, and worship services)
• Be present in the College community allowing for the development of planned and unplanned relationships with students and colleagues
• Support the strategic vision of Hope Forward by engaging in departmental initiatives to cultivate generosity, accessibility and community for all students.

Qualifications    
Master’s Degree in College Student Personnel, Counseling, or a related field preferred. Residential life experience strongly preferred.
Physical Demands    
This position requires remaining in a sitting or standing position for frequent periods of time; uses office machinery such as a computers, printers, copy machines; Occasionally involves moving items over 10 pounds; frequently will move between different offices/workspaces/buildings; and requires effective communication abilities. In the case of temporary or permanent condition(s) that require(s) accommodation(s), reasonable accommodation(s) may be requested.

Pre-employment Screenings    
All offers of employment are contingent upon a background check. Some positions may have position specific requirements, such as education/licensure/certification verification, a physical, drug screening, credit checks and/or transportation record review.

Posting Detail Information
Posting Number    2023-263SR
Job Posting Open Date    02/11/2025
Job Posting Close Date    02/28/2025

Open Until Filled    No

Is this position available for sponsorship    No

Special Instructions to Applicants    
Applicants will need to submit a resume, cover letter and a document listing the contact information of 3 references