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Interim Assistant Director, Residential Life & First-Year Experience

Bowdoin College · Portland, Maine Metropolitan Area · 2 wk ago
On-siteEducation$50k–$52k/yrTemporary

About the role

The Interim Assistant Director, Residential Life & First-Year Experience will provide mentorship, programming and overall support for the First Year Experience specifically through the Office of Residential Life, but additionally by partnering with offices across the Division of Student Affairs. With a focus on Residential Life, this position will provide administrative and educational support for student staff in collaboration with the Associate Director of Residential Life.

This role focuses on administrative tasks and direct student mentorship, including support of the residential life student staff (communications, accountability, logistics), and coaching and mediation support for students in conflict. The Asisstant Director will assist in the recruitment, training, supervision, and ongoing development of student staff, and other departmental initiatives as needed. This position plays a strong role in articulating the institutional value of diversity, fostering an equitable and inclusive community, and promoting the health and well-being of individual students.

Responsibilities

  • Mentorship and support for First Year Experience students
  • Collaborate with the Associate Director of Residential Life on administrative tasks and student staff support
  • Support student staff in communications, accountability, and logistics
  • Coach and mediate support for students in conflict
  • Aid in the recruitment, training, supervision, and development of student staff
  • Participate in departmental initiatives as needed

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree required
  • Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
  • Sound judgment and ability to manage sensitive situations with discretion
  • Ability to balance multiple responsibilities and prioritize effectively
  • Strong facilitation and training skills
  • Excellent written and oral communication, with special attention to detail and tone
  • Ability to work independently while contributing to a collaborative team environment
  • Demonstrated commitment to equity, inclusion, and belonging

Qualifications

  • One to three years of experience working with teen/college students preferred
  • Student-centered and collaborative approach to work in student affairs
  • Sound judgment and ability to manage sensitive situations with discretion
  • Ability to balance multiple responsibilities and prioritize effectively
  • Strong facilitation and training skills
  • Excellent written and oral communication, with special attention to detail and tone
  • Ability to work independently while contributing to a collaborative team environment
  • Demonstrated commitment to equity, inclusion, and belonging

Benefits and Perks

  • Variety of health insurance plans (Medical, Vision, Dental)
  • Generous Retirement Plan – 401(a) and 403(b)
  • Life and Disability Insurance
  • Paid Time Off: 20 days of vacation per calendar year, 12 days of personal/sick time
  • Paid Holidays and Special Days Off
  • Paid Parental Leave (Available after one year of service)
  • Household access to many of the College’s facilities including the gym and pool
  • Free fitness and wellness classes!
  • And more: More benefits available

About Bowdoin

Bowdoin embraces diversity in all forms, and the College is home to talented students, faculty and staff—with a variety of racial, ethnic, cultural, and socioeconomic backgrounds; religious beliefs; and gender identities, among other factors. We encourage applications from candidates committed to the support of an inclusive campus community and those who will enrich and contribute to the College’s multifaceted diversity.

Shift

Standard administrative hours are 8:30am – 5:00pm. This is an 10-month, 40-hour-per-week, salaried position during the academic year. The schedule will include regular (though limited) evening and weekend hours to support student staff, training, opening/closing periods, and other residential life responsibilities.

Employment Category

Full Time Academic Year

Pay Type

Salaried

Background Check Package Requirements

Faculty/Administrative

EEO Information

Bowdoin College complies with applicable provisions of federal and state laws that prohibit unlawful discrimination in employment, admission, or access to its educational or extracurricular programs, activities, or facilities based on race, color, ethnicity, ancestry and national origin, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, age, marital status, place of birth, genetic predisposition, veteran status, or against qualified individuals with physical or mental disabilities on the basis of disability, or any other legally protected statuses.

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