Staff Employment Opportunities
WARREN WILSON COLLEGE
Position Announcement
Dean of Students
We invite applications for the position of dean of students at Warren Wilson College. Review of applications will begin immediately, with plans for the new dean to start work as early as July 1, 2010.
Warren Wilson College is an independent liberal arts college on a beautiful 1,135-acre campus in the Blue Ridge Mountains beside Asheville, North Carolina. Distinguished by a triad education program combining academics, work, and service, the College is recognized in many publications including the Fiske Guide to Colleges, Barron’s Best Buys in College Education, Newsweek’s Kaplan Guide, Making a Difference College Guide, and Peterson’s Guide to Top Environmental Studies Programs. We enroll about 940 undergraduates in a wide range of liberal arts and pre-professional programs, as well as in an acclaimed MFA program in creative writing. For more information, visit our web page at http://www.warren-wilson.edu.
Reporting to the president, the dean of students is a member of a highly collaborative senior administrative team. The dean is responsible for the following programs: Academic Support, Athletics, College Health Services, Counseling Center, Multicultural Affairs, Residence Life and Student Housing, RISE, Spiritual Life, Student Activities, and Wellness. The position also advises student governance. It is important to note that the dean of students works in an environment with a high level of student involvement and engagement.
Candidates must possess a master’s degree in a field related to work in Student Affairs and significant experience in student development administration. Compensation is commensurate with experience and includes an excellent benefits package. For assurance of consideration, applications should be submitted by March 26, 2010. Please send a cover letter, vita, and three letters of reference, by electronic submission only, to the Office of Human Resources at hr@warren-wilson.edu. Review of applications will begin immediately, with plans to fill the position by July 1, 2010. Warren Wilson College is an equal opportunity employer committed to the diversity of its community.
Dean of Students position description
Area Coordinators
POSITION TITLE: Area Coordinator – Housing and Residence Life (3 positions)
(Full-time, 12-month position)
DEPARTMENT: Housing and Residence Life
REPORTS TO: Assistant Dean of Student Life
POSITION SUMMARY: The Area Coordinator is a full time live-in professional staff member responsible for creating a residential environment which supports learning, builds community, respects diversity, promotes environmental citizenship, enhances wellness, and encourages responsibility.
The Area Coordinator’s job responsibilities include: serving as the resident director for a residence hall housing 85 to 130 students; supervision of a residential area of approximately 250 students; supervision of 5 undergraduate RDs and 6-10 RAs; assisting with the recruitment, selection, training, and evaluation of residence life staff; managing the day-to-day administrative and facility operations of a residential area; coordinating educational, recreational and social programming; mediating conflict and adjudicating conduct issues; crisis management and participation in an emergency on-call rotation.
The Area Coordinator will also assume collateral responsibilities in one of the following areas: Housing Operations; Student Coffee House Programming and Management; Health Educator and supervisor of Peer Educators on Substance Use.
WORKING CONDITIONS:
1. Twelve-month live-in position.
2. Regular evening and weekend hours required.
3. On-call responsibilities.
QUALIFICATIONS:
1. Master’s degree in Higher Education, Student Personnel, Counseling, or other related field preferred.
2. Two years of residence life experience as an RD with emphasis in student and community development, staff supervision and program development experience in the collateral area of interest.
3. Ability to work independently with excellent organizational, communication and interpersonal skills.
4. An appreciation for the college’s unique mission and triad educational program.
COMPENSATION:
Salary is competitive with similar institutions and includes full college benefits (health insurance and TIAA-CREF or Diversified Investments matching). This is a live in position that provides an apartment, including utilities, local phone and internet access, and a partial meal plan. The Area Coordinator reports directly to the Assistant Dean of Student Life, and has the opportunity to work as part of a dynamic Student Life team.
Warren Wilson College is an equal opportunity employer committed to the diversity of its community. Interested candidates should submit a letter of interest which speaks to the collateral area of interest, resume’, and names and contact information of three professional references by email to hr@warren-wilson.edu. Electronic submissions are required. Review of applications will begin March 22, 2010