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Associate Director, Residence Life

Lake Michigan College

Associate Director, Residence Life

Posting Number: 0001006

Reports to: Director of Residence and Student Life

Department: Housing

Classification: Exempt

Full or Part-time: Full Time

Job Summary:

Position is responsible for supporting overall management, leadership, and administration of college’s residential life and housing operations. Position assists Housing Director in fostering a safe, inclusive, and engaging living environment that promotes student success and personal development. Position provides direct supervision to student staff, assists in overseeing daily housing operations, coordinates occupancy management and assignments, responds to student concerns, and assists with policy enforcement and crisis response. Role requires a strong commitment to student development, effective collaboration with campus partners, and ability to lead initiatives that enhance residential experience. This is a live in housing position and must stay at least 40 minutes away from building when on call.

Essential Functions:

1. Facilitate development of a campus community by creating opportunities for residents and students to interact. Solicit, plan, organize and implement campus wide events and activities that meet intellectual, social, cultural and academic needs of students and residents. Oversee RA’s in execution of plans and student staff. Guide and support residents and students in efforts to prepare for life and career choices. 2. Participate in college recruiting activities including open houses, high school visits, assisting with opening and transitioning at beginning and end of each term and other officially scheduled breaks. 3. Assisting with Housing Agreement submissions, room assignment process, housing eligibility, background checks, housing lease billing, and process invoices for payment. 4. Provide supervision and training for RA’s and student staff throughout year, leads RA and student staff meetings. 5. Oversees and manages all conduct related events in Beckwith Hall. 6. Oversee facility management program including an active preventive maintenance plan, maintenance ticket system, well-regulated housekeeping and grounds-keeping plan, inventory control and assess management, and ongoing quality improvement efforts. 7. Supervise and evaluate student staff (direct and indirect reporting), conduct regular performance reviews, hold staff accountable, and address complaints, mediate conflicts that occur between residents and resolve issues. 8. Ensure compliance with relevant policies, procedures, professional standards, laws and national trends as applicable. (Example: Fair Housing Act) 9. Responsible for crisis response, risk management and is in “on call” rotation with other staff. 10. Participate and contribute to broader Student Life programs, campus events, and athletic initiatives as necessary.

Other Duties:

1. Other duties as assigned.

Positions at Lake Michigan College require regular and predicable on-site attendance as an essential job functions. Under certain circumstances, College may consider alternative work arrangements and will do so in compliance with and according to parameters outlined in College’s Flexible Scheduling and Remote Work Options policy.

Accountabilities:

Job Specifications:

Bachelor’s Degree is required, Master’s Degree Preferred. At least two years of progressively responsible experience in a higher education environment is required. A comprehensive understanding of student development, cultural diversity, and managing confidential crisis issues is expected. Excellent organizational and interpersonal skills are required, including strong verbal and written communication skills, diplomacy, and ability to work with diverse stakeholders.

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Special Instructions to Applicants:

Be a part of the Red Hawk family and apply today! Benefits start on first day of hire! Extensive paid time off (including Spring Break), College fully pays the in-network health insurance deductible, minimum of 10% employer retirement contribution per payroll, and much more!

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Official transcripts required upon hire.

Monday-Thursday summer hours apply to this position.

Information on our standard hiring process: Lake Michigan College will accept applications on this position for at least 14 days. Please use a non-mobile device to fill out the application and upload documents. Applications will be screened for minimum qualifications as received. Once a sufficient number of qualified applications have been received and sufficient diversity of applicants achieved, those applicants will be passed along to the search committee. Once the search committee has determined which applicants they would like to interview, those applicants will be contacted. If this process extends beyond 21 days, a communication of the delay will be made to all applicants for the position. If you have questions, please contact Human Resources at hr@lakemichigancollege.edu.

Open Date: 07/15/2025

Closing Date:

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