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A Glimpse of the Job

The Student Development Specialist II creates a safe living environment for Residence Halls; ensures resident halls run smoothly on the campus. Assists in daily operations. Implements residential living policies and procedures within the University guidelines; appropriately confronts and handles discipline procedures for students.

Essential Duties/Tasks

• Housing Coordinator - Responsible for the day-to-day operations of 1-3 Residence Halls with direct supervision of 6-12 student staff and indirect supervision of the front desk of designated buildings. Manages work-orders and key/safety systems.

• Communication - Creates, manages and communicates via social media platforms to keep students informed. While on-call, frequent communication after hours may be required as appropriate to manage incidents that occur. Responsible for any Living Learning Communities in the buildings that are supervised and helps continue to facilitate those. Assists in teaching a first-year experience course as part of Hullaballoo-U and/or Freshmen ZOPS with the Corps of Cadets (redundant with the paragraph above). Assists with Summer Camps and Conferences from check-in process to day-to-day operations.

• Campus/Student Involvement - Advises various student groups. Attends, participates in, and helps plan numerous Student Activities events (New Student Conference, Fall Festival, Howdy Week, etc.) Assists in the presentation of leadership workshops/campus orientations and other presentations as needed. Serves on campus committees.

• Educational Leadership - Takes part in a Divisional Curriculum by planning, developing and implementing educational programs within the residence halls. Helps guide community leaders in community building, intentional conversations with residents, and crisis management. Serves as conduct officer for basic adjudication of in-hall violations of student rules as required.

• On-Call/Crisis Management and Other - Lives in an on-campus provided apartment. Responds to campus emergencies and works on call shift 1 or more weeks and weekends a month while remaining on or close to campus. Is considered essential personnel during crisis and response due to their live on capacity. In case of a campus evacuation for storms or other events, they will lead and co-locate with any students or staff to safety zone destinations as needed. Performs other duties as assigned.

What you need to know

Salary: $3,750 monthly

Special Instructions: A cover letter and resume are strongly recommended. You may upload these in the CV/Resume section.

Required Education and Experience

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• One or more years of experience in student affairs work or related specialty with a bachelor's degree. No experience required with a master's degree.

Preferred Qualifications

• Master’s degree.
• Two years of experience in Student Affairs, counseling or related area.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Exceptional organizational skills. Ability to multi-task and work cooperatively with others.

Other Requirements and Factors

• Must live on campus in Residence Hall Apartment; some required weekend/evening responsibilities. Works an on-call rotation. In the case of hurricane or other campus change or closure possible relocation may be required.
• This position is security sensitive.
• This position requires compliance with state and federal laws/codes and Texas A&M University System/TAMU policies, regulations, rules and procedures.
• All tasks and job responsibilities must be performed safely without injury to self or others in compliance with System and University safety requirements.

Who we are

We are the ocean campus of Texas A&M University at Galveston. Our employees come from throughout the world, with many different perspectives, talents, lived experiences, and interests. Aggies by the Sea promote a welcoming and highly productive work environment. We support the university’s goals to recruit and retain a quality workforce and encourage life-long learning practices.  We will do our part to assist you in your new position and encourage you to take advantage of training and development opportunities that are available to help you be successful.

Instructions to Applicants: Applications received by Texas A&M University must either have all job application data entered or a resume attached. Failure to provide all job application data or a complete resume could result in an invalid submission and a rejected application. We encourage all applicants to upload a resume or use a LinkedIn profile to pre-populate the online application.

All positions are security-sensitive. Applicants are subject to a criminal history investigation, and employment is contingent upon the institution’s verification of credentials and/or other information required by the institution’s procedures, including the completion of the criminal history check.

Equal Opportunity/Veterans/Disability Employer.