Residential Engagement Coordinator

Key Responsibilities

• Develops, promotes, and implements a wide variety of social, recreational and educational initiatives with broad student appeal under the Residential Curriculum Model.
• Advises the Residence Hall Association (RHA) and the National Residence Hall Honorary (NRHH)
• Attends weekly student leader meetings for RHA and NRRH members.
• Plan and facilitate student leadership training for RHA, and ongoing leadership development for RHA, NRHH and Hall Government
• Coordinates the annual RHA elections to ensure compliance with campus regulations and RHA bylaws.
• Collaborates with Academic Initiatives and the Faculty in Residence program to support and execute experiences to enhance academic success.
• Maintains community presence and actively foster connections with residents in the community.
• Leads in the planning and implementation of Division of Student Affairs signature events such as Weeks of Welcome, Homecoming, Parent & Family Weekend, Spartan Speakers Series, Admitted Spartans Day, and other large-scale campus initiatives
• Organizes and maintain inventory of programming resources / supplies.
• Creates, maintains and promotes engagement calendars.
• Serves on at least (1) departmental committee to plan, execute and evaluate student leader recruitment and training.
• Develops and implements, with the Residential Education professional team, learning outcomes, programmatic initiatives, and assessment tools.

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

• Ability to communicate with constituents in a professional and respectful manner
• Thorough knowledge of grammar, business writing, punctuation, and spelling.
• Ability to compose and appropriately format correspondence and reports.
• General knowledge of interviewing and counseling techniques, and ability to listen and reason logically.
• General knowledge of group facilitation, oral presentation, and public speaking skills.
• Ability to rapidly acquire a general knowledge of overall operation, functions and programs of San Jose State University.
• Ability to collect, compile, analyze, and evaluate factual data and make oral or written presentations based on these data.
• Ability to advise students individually or in groups on routine matters, and general knowledge of principles of individual and group behavior.
• Ability to maintain dignity and self-control in stressful situations; and ability to respond to emergency and crisis situations.
• Ability to establish and maintain cooperative working relationships with students, staff, faculty, administrators, and private and public agencies.
• Ability to advise students individually or in groups on routine matters, and general knowledge of principles of individual and group behavior.
• Ability to perform accurately in a detail-oriented environment, and to handle multiple work priorities, organize and plan work and projects.
• Ability to maintain confidentiality and appropriately handle sensitive communications with employees and external agencies.
• Strong oral and written communication skills.
• Excellent customer service and public relations skills.

Required Qualifications

• Equivalent to graduation from a four-year college or university in a related field, including or supplemented by upper division or graduate coursework in counseling techniques, interviewing, and conflict resolution where such are job-related.
• Three years of progressively responsible professional student services work experience. A master’s degree in Counseling, Clinical Psychology, Social Work, or a directly related field may be substituted for one year of experience.

A doctorate degree and the appropriate internship or clinical training in counseling or guidance may be substituted for the three years of experience for positions with a major responsibility for professional career or personal counseling.

Preferred Qualifications

• Master is Degree in Student Affairs, Education, Counseling or a related field.
• Residence Hall Management experience
• Experience providing education about Diverse Populations
• Leadership Program Development experience
• Student Conduct / Judicial Affairs experience
• Supervision Experience
• Experience teaching and / or presenting educational workshops

Compensation

Classification : Student Services Professional III

Anticipated Hiring Range : $5,276 / month

CSU Salary Range : $5,276 / month - $7,517 / month

San José State University offers employees a comprehensive benefits package typically worth 30-35% of your base salary. For more information on programs available, please see the Employee Benefits Summary .