Residential Life Housing Assistant - 140683

About the role

Sixth College is one of undergraduate colleges at UC San Diego and is home to over 5,000 students. Sixth prepares students to become effective global citizens who engage creatively and ethically with the complex issues facing the world in the 21st Century. Through the College's academic and co-curricular programs, students learn to become innovative, interconnected, and aware. The College draws its creative inspiration from the interdisciplinary examination of culture, art, and technology.

Responsibilities

• Recruits, supervises, trains, and provides professional development opportunities for student support staff at the desk and affiliated spaces.
• Carefully coordinates the Reception Area and directs the daily workflow of the student employees working at the desk and affiliated spaces.
• Manages the room assignment and room change processes using the housing assignments database (RMS/Mercury) and room access systems (Persona).
• Makes and maintains key packets for A/DRL use during an emergency resident relocation.
• Manages the primary office email, telephone, and social media communication and updates the Residence Life webpage using the Content Management System (CMS).
• Schedules use of event facilities under Sixth College Residence Life control.
• Coordinates and facilitates semi-weekly meetings with community partners in RRSS (specifically Dining, Custodial, Maintenance, and Hospitality Information Desk).

Qualifications

• Experience working in an office/administrative setting, preferably in a college or university environment.
• Knowledge of residential housing operations in a university setting.
• Experience with or ability to quickly learn Content Management System (CMS) for website updates.
• Demonstrated ability to accurately proofread and prepare correspondence including correct grammar, punctuation, spelling and standard business format.
• Proven ability to initiate and track various issues and follow-up to ensure timely completion of projects.
• Effective interpersonal and verbal communication skills with the ability to clearly, courteously, and diplomatically communicate information to a diverse group of people (including students, parents, staff, and the community) in person, on the telephone, and via e-mail in a professional manner.
• Ability to organize and meet deadlines in a timely manner, deal with changing priorities and work well under pressure.
• Skilled in using general office equipment including laptop, desktop computer, projectors, fax machine, scanner, copy machine, etc.

Special Conditions

• Background check required.
• This position has been identified as a Responsible Employee pursuant to the Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, and requires immediate reporting of discrimination on the basis of sex (including, but not limited to, sexual harassment and sexual violence) in education programs or activities.
• This position has been identified as a Campus Security Authority pursuant to the Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Campus Crime Statistics Act (Clery Act), and requires immediate reporting of Clery Act crimes occurring on Clery Act geography to the UC San Diego Police Department (UCPD).
• The California Child Abuse and Neglect Reporting Act ("CANRA"), Penal Code sections 11164-11174.4) requires certain professionals, known as "mandated reporters", to report known or suspected instances of child abuse or neglect to law enforcement. This position has been identified as a "mandated reporter."

Pay & Benefits

Hiring Pay Scale: $53,160.48- $55,519/year
Work Schedule: 8 hrs/day, Mon-Fri
Total Openings: 1