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Employment Opportunity: Assistant Dean of Students (Full time Contract)
Deadline: August 18, 2017, 11:59pm AST

SPECIFIC DUTIES/ACCOUNTABILITIES:

The Assistant Dean of Students is a live-in don who assists the Dean of Students to ensure the health and well-being of residence life. In addition to the responsibilities of a residence don, the Assistant Dean provides leadership to the residence staff team, offers mentorship and support to resident students, and assists in the administration and management of residence life including residence programming, student conduct, and budget management. While reporting directly to the Dean of Students, this position works in close collaboration with the Residence Receptionist and Residence Administrative

The Assistant Dean assumes the responsibilities of the Dean in the Dean's absence and for the following:

• Assume the full responsibilities of a residence don (see attached Residence Don Position Description)
• Participate fully and assist in the planning and leadership of residence staff training (August 22 to September 02, 2017) and residence move-in day (September 3, 2017.
• Assist with the preparation of residence for September and January openings and December and April closings.
• Review daily incident reports and logs and coordinate response to those incidents in close collaboration with the dons and the Dean. This includes student conduct and emergency crisis response follow-up
• Supervise the daily operations of the don and Student Patrol staff
• Meet weekly with the Dean of Students to review progress on departmental goals and address emergent needs of the community
• Meet bi-weekly with the Security supervisor to coordinate efforts to support students and uphold campus safety
• Meet bi-weekly with the Director of Facilities to coordinate and support efforts to maintain the upkeep, cleanliness and safety of campus facilities
• Share equally (50%) with the Dean emergency on-call duties every month during the academic term
• Review end-of-term residence extension requests and communicate decisions to students
• Review, approve and track expense reimbursements for residence programming
• Assist in the development and implementation of residence programming initiatives
• Participate in University committees as requested by the Dean
• other duties as assigned

This position requires a high degree of flexibility. Evening and weekend work will be expected, as required.

The above accountabilities are not intended to be an all-inclusive list of the duties and responsibilities of the position described.

QUALIFICATION AND SKILLS
• Previous experience living and working in a university residence environment with responsibilities for student welfare, conduct and supervision
• Previous training and education in student welfare and conduct as asset
• Undergraduate degree or higher (education in a related field an asset)
• Previous training and education in student welfare and conduct as asset
• Administrative experience an asset
• Able to respond to emergencies in a professional, organized manner
• Ability to think through complex situations and identify the resources necessary to respond to given situations
• Excellent oral and written communication skills

Closing Date: Friday August 11, 2017 at 11:59pm AST
Compensation: $49,497 (this includes a salary of $36,995 and a taxable benefit of $12,502)
Starting Date: As soon as possible – June 30, 2018 (contract term)

To apply for this position, please forward resume and cover letter to:
Dolly McIntyre
Human Resources & Compensation Officer
University of King’s College
6350 Coburg Road
Halifax, Nova Scotia B3H 2A1
dolly.mcintyre@ukings.ca

We thank all applicants for their interest; however, only candidates selected for an interview will be contacted.

The University of King’s College is an Employment Equity/Affirmative Action Employer. We encourage and welcome those who would contribute to the diversification of our staff and faculty including, but not limited to women, Aboriginal persons, persons with disabilities, visual minorities and persons of any sexual orientation or gender identity.