Metro New York & Southern Connecticut

Position Purpose:

Minimum Qualifications:

• Master's degree in higher education, student affairs, or related field or an equivalent combination of education and/or experience.
• A minimum of three (3) years of full-time progressive leadership, management, and supervisory experience within an auxiliary residential housing operation.
• Successful candidates will also demonstrate strong knowledge in housing administration and personnel operations including but not limited to: exceptional business acumen, budget management, and fiscal planning; proven ability to recruit, train, support, and retain a large and diverse staff, including experience with unionized employee groups; ability to manage conflicts and crisis situations, including Title IX, student code of conduct, and mental health situations; commitment to students with an understanding of student development theory and how to promote student learning and success; ability to communicate and collaboratively work with other key stakeholders to promote student and campus life; excellent organizational and analytic skills with the ability to effectively communicate, both verbal and written, with an engaging public presence.
• Proven leader who is visionary, strategic, innovated, authentic, flexible, change-oriented, and capable of bringing stability to the unit.
• High aptitude, acumen, and experience of using data and predictive measures to evaluate and supervise services, facilities, programs, and personnel, through the use of assessments and best practices to make strategic and visionary advancements to enhance residential life.
• Communicator and collaborator to establish and build relationships and partnerships across the campus.

Desired Qualifications:

• A minimum of eight (8) years of full-time progressive leadership, management, and supervisory experience within residential housing administration is preferred.

About Oakland University

Oakland University is a nationally recognized doctoral university of high research activity located on 1,443 acres of scenic land in the cities of Rochester Hills and Auburn Hills in Oakland County, Michigan. The University has 142 bachelor’s degree programs and 138 graduate degree and certificate programs. Academics include programs in the College of Arts and Sciences, School of Business Administration, School of Education and Human Services, School of Engineering and Computer Science, School of Health Sciences, School of Medicine and School of Nursing. As an anchor institution in southeastern Michigan, Oakland University is committed to building ongoing and collaborative relationships with the surrounding communities. Community and civic engagement enhances the lives of our students and has a positive impact on our broader community.

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