Assistant Community Director
The application process is closed for the 2024-2025 Academic Year.
See below for details about our open positions and how to apply.
Positions include:
- The Residence Hall/Commons Desk Assistant Community Director position is a half-time (20 hours), live-in position responsible for assisting the Community Director with the management of a first-year 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 3,000 campus residents.
- The Cougar Village 400 side Assistant Community Director position is a half-time (20 hours), live-in position responsible for assisting the Community Director with the management of an upper-class apartment community. Responsibilities include: working closely with Family Housing residents, 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 3,000 campus residents.
Required Qualifications for all open positions:
- Bachelor’s degree
- A valid Driver’s license
- Admission to an SIUE graduate program is 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 Higher Education & Student Affairs graduate program.
Period of appointment:
This is a 50% assistant appointment; 2024-2025 academic year contract with the possibility of summer employment. The anticipated start date is July 15, 2024. Possibility of contract renewal based on positive performance.
Remuneration:
Assistant Community Directors receive a $1120/month stipend, a tuition waiver, a 2-bedroom furnished/carpeted apartment, a partial meal plan, and the opportunity to attend a regional student affairs conference.
How to apply:
Complete the 2024-2025 University Housing Assistant Community Director Application: https://siue.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_9ZW2wbM1lhOKJOS.
You will be asked to upload a cover letter, resume, a list of three references we could contact, and the Employment Application Form (https://www.siue.edu/graduate-students/assistantships/EmploymentApplicationForm.pdf). PDFs only, please.
Questions?
Contact Associate Director for Residence Life, Rex Jackson, at rjackso@siue.edu or 618-650-4251.
