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Job Description / Duties

Responsibilities include: 
Promoting a living and learning residence environment conducive to student’s academic success, personal growth, and social development. Supervising student staff (includes hiring, training, and evaluating).
Addressing behavioural concerns and complaints/participating in the student conduct process.
On-call duties for emergency response and student staff support.
Participate in evening community rounds during on-call shifts to be available for staff/students and develop greater community cohesion.
Works closely with other departments including, University Housing, Student Life, Facilities Management, Safety and Security, and Health and Counseling.

Qualifications / Required Skills

Qualifications/Skills: 
A relevant Bachelor’s degree. 
A minimum of 2 years of residence living experience. 
Residence hall supervision and/or related experience. 
Experience with crisis response and emergency management  Experience mentoring student leaders is an asset. 
Excellent communication and good judgement under pressure. 
Must be organized and efficient. 
Excellent multi-tasking skills. 
Enthusiasm and passion for student growth and development

Additional Information

The salary is $42,000 per annum and includes subsidization of a furnished residential suite and meal plan. The successful candidate will be required to live on campus, and must be able to work flexible hours in office, on-call and in residence communities. Preference may be given to graduates of St. Francis Xavier University.

A full job poster can be found at https://www2.mystfx.ca/hr/sites/mystfx.ca.hr/files/Residence%20Life%20Coordinator%20-%20Job%20Posting%202019.pdf

Salary: $42,000

Contact Information

To express your interest in this role, please direct your application on or before 12:00pm Friday, February 1st in confidence to: Human Resources St. Francis Xavier University Email: careers@stfx.ca

Employer Profile

StFX is a top ranking Canadian university and we are seeking a Residence Life Coordinator. Our Residence Life Coordinators carry out the institutional strategic mission to foster a campus culture of engagement, respect, inclusivity, service to others through actives and programs for over 1700 undergraduate students ranging in in age from 17 to 22 years. With a demonstrated commitment and understanding of student development in a residential learning community, the RLC supervises and mentors multiple teams of student staff and fosters healthy and academically engaged community development. This opening is for a three year contract with a possibility of extension.