Area Coordinator

About the role

The Area Coordinator has overall responsibility in the apartments (housing 350-600 students) or residence hall complexes (housing 350-450 students) for creating a safe, secure, and learner centered environment. Requiring frequent and meaningful interactions with students in a variety of settings while maintaining good records. Area Coordinators serve as educators overseeing the development of students and student staff in the areas of academic growth, personal growth, skill building, and productive citizenship.

Responsibilities

• Collaboration
  • Direct supervision of resident assistants (7-15) including weekly meetings with professional staff and student staff both individually and collectively.
  • Maintain appropriate files and tracking to assess learning and development.
  • Lead, participate, assess and share results of staff committees overseeing recruitment/selection, training, development, recognition, wellness, and assessment.
  • Aid students experiencing emotional, academic, physical, and interpersonal difficulties, and refer them to other professionals when appropriate.
  • Serve as 24-hour on-call contact for housing emergencies; usually weeknight each week and several weekends during the semester.
  • Communicate with the leadership team and document interactions as appropriate.
  • Maintain office hours.
  • Participate in Housing and Residence Life events, student affairs and university workshops, opening, closing, and other processes and duties as assigned.
  • Work proactively with other offices across campus.
• Student Engagement
  • Advocate and empower individuals through role modeling, advising/supervising, and assisting students in their exploration of personal identity as a citizen in a global society.
  • Promote and support education programs and initiatives, sponsored departmentally and university wide.
  • Show initiative to develop individual skills.
  • Establish continuous personal contact with students to address student needs and concerns by remaining visible, approachable, and active in the areas.
• Innovation
  • Maintain general operation of an area (2 residence halls or 9-13 small apartment buildings), including budget management, assessment, occupancy management, and communication with related offices and personnel including housekeeping, housing, and supervisor.
  • Encourage the leadership development of students; facilitate a residential education action plan with student staff to support the specific needs of students living in your area.
  • Share in the implementation of campus-wide programming by Housing and Residence Life, primarily Eagle’s Night Out, a weekend programming series.
• Integrity
  • Understand, support, and enforce campus code of conduct in a developmentally appropriate context; facilitate educational conduct meetings; and assign appropriate sanctions.
  • Support resident assistants in the enforcement of policy and conduct.
  • Timely in person and written follow-up on Care Team concerns in support of student wellbeing and retention.
  • Respond to concerns and issues of students, parents/guardians, staff, faculty and others in a manner that provides exceptional service, accurate information, and fosters relationship-building.
• Learning
  • Develop intentional student interactions and programming focused on the curricular experience, including implementing a residential curriculum that seeks to create a meaningful residential experience; assess curriculum, ongoing development of lesson plans; and mentor students living on campus.
  • Support Theme Living Communities (TLC), themed communities and academic initiatives as outlined by the department.
  • Serve on various committees.
  • Participate in webinars and departmental and university wide professional development.
  • Provide basic crisis management interventions with students while educating and referring students to the campus resources available to enhance their collegiate experience; be an educator to student staff to be able to manage low-level referral situations.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree required. One year of related experience required.
• Strong interpersonal, organizational, writing, and time management skills required.
• Self-starter with the ability to work independently as well as effectively as a team member.
• Experience with computers, internet, word processing, spreadsheet, database, and email software.
• Strong customer service skills, written, and oral presentation skills.
• Ability to maintain confidentiality required.
• Must possess a high level of integrity.
• Must be able to be flexible and adaptable.
• Must be able to work with the student population.
• Must have a valid driver’s license an acceptable driving record as defined by USI's Vehicle Safety Policy (https://handbook.usi.edu/vehicle-safety-policy).
• Must be able to live on campus.

Preferred Knowledge and Skills

• Master’s degree strongly preferred.

Benefits

Benefits for this position include: Affordable medical, dental, vision, life and short term and long-term disability insurance plans. Retirement plan where the University makes the total contribution equivalent to 11% of annual salary. Full tuition fee waiver for employees/75% for spouses and dependent children. Vacation and sick time. Holiday pay. Free access to Recreation, Fitness & Wellness Center. Access to on-campus University Health Center and Dental Hygiene Clinic.

Contact

To apply, click “Apply Now!” Near The Top Right Of This Page To Complete An Application And Upload Application Materials To The Attention Of The Search Committee Chair. Application Materials Should Include Cover Letter Resume Search Committee Chair If you have questions about the open position, please contact Ms. Britney Orth, search committee chair, at bnorth@usi.edu. Best Consideration Date For best consideration, please submit materials by July 28, 2026.

EEO Statement

USI is an Equal Opportunity Employer as to all protected groups, including protected veterans and individuals with disabilities.