Assistant Community Director
The application process is closed for the 2021-2022 Academic Year.
See below for details about our positions.
Before starting this application you will need to have the following items ready to upload: Cover Letter, Resume, Reference List, and completed SIUE Graduate School Assistantship Application (https://www.siue.edu/graduate/forms/graduate-assistants.shtml). PDF format is preferred.
Positions Descriptions:
- The Residence Hall Assistant Community Director position (3 openings) is a half-time, live-in position responsible for assisting the Community Director with the management of a first-year or upper-class residential community. Responsibilities include: supervising a Desk Manager staff (hiring, training, evaluation, discipline, resolution of work concerns, termination), providing counseling and referral for residents, serving as a student conduct hearing officer and contributing to all community development efforts. Specific responsibilities vary by area. The Assistant Community Director shares on-call duty responsibilities for approximately 3,500 campus residents.
- The Cougar Village Assistant Community Director position (1 opening) is a half-time, live-in position responsible for assisting the Community Director with the management of an upper-class apartment community and assisting with department-wide residential education initiatives. Responsibilities include: developing academic programming; implementing academic support initiatives for residents and student staff members, supporting Family Housing residents with family-specific programming, providing counseling and referral for residents, serving as a student conduct hearing officer and contributing to all community development efforts. Specific responsibilities vary by area. The Assistant Community Director shares on-call duty responsibilities for approximately 3,500 campus residents.
Required Qualifications for all open positions:
- Bachelor’s degree
- A valid Driver’s license
- Admission to an SIUE graduate program are required
Note: Candidates do not need to be accepted to a program before applying for this assistantship, but they must have already applied for admission to a graduate program
Preferred Qualifications for all positions:
- Preference will be given to first-year graduate students with previous housing experience and who are enrolled in the College Student Personnel Administration graduate program.
Additional Preferred Qualifications for:
- Cougar Village position: Preference will be given to students with previous experience working with school-aged children and/or previous experience with academic initiatives (tutoring, mentoring, working with faculty, working in living-learning communities, etc.).
Questions?
- Contact Associate Director for Residence Life, Rex Jackson, at rjackso@siue.edu or 618-650-4251.
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