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Job Description / Duties

Reporting to the Manager of Residence and Conference Services, the Residence Life Coordinator will promote and facilitate student success by ensuring emotional, physical, mental and social well-being of Residence students through organized social and educational programming as well as direct and indirect interaction. Specific responsibilities include daily supervision of Resident Assistants and Residence Council, planning and executing Move-In Day, Residence Orientation and other related
events in collaboration with Residence Operations and Administration. Additionally, the incumbent will conduct Residence Life staff training, set and monitor budgets for Residence Council, review and assess incident reports as well as represent Residence on various University committees.

Qualifications / Required Skills

The ideal candidate will have a university degree and experience living in a college or university residence. Specific skills include the ability to work independently, exercise good judgment, multitask as well as work under pressure and meet deadlines as required. The incumbent will also possess
excellent interpersonal and leadership skills along with the ability to handle all matters in a confidential manner. Proficiency in all multimedia and social media is an asset.

Additional Information

Interested applicants are invited to submit a single PDF document, quoting

competition # OR-19-06,

that includes cover letter, resume, along with the contact information of three references, by 4:30 p.m.
on May 29, 2019, to:

Office of Human Resources
Orillia Academic Building
500 University Ave.
Email: careers@lakeheadu.ca

Contact Information

Shannon Foster
Director, Residence Services
Lakehead University
sfoster@lakeheadu.ca
(807) 343-8195

Employer Profile

In 2016, Lakehead University celebrated the 10th anniversary of the Orillia Campus, which opened in September 2006 at Heritage Place in downtown Orillia. We now have over 1,200 students studying at the Orillia Campus.

Lakehead Orillia offers a unique interdisciplinary studies option, combining the arts and sciences, as well as programs in business, education and social work.