Supervisor, Residence Life (Live-in)

The State of California’s Affordable Student Housing grant program was instrumental in facilitating a significant expansion of Sierra’s student housing capacity, effectively tripling our housing availability. This transformational initiative addresses the pressing need for affordable housing among students, providing a supportive and conducive living environment. The grant’s impact extends beyond mere expansion, fostering a vibrant campus community that enhances the overall student experience and promotes academic success.

Under general direction of the Manager of Residence Life, Housing & Conduct, the live-in Supervisor oversees the Residence Life Program consisting of a traditional 358-bed residential hall community. Areas of responsibility include, but are not limited to, developing a student learning and living environment within the Sierra College campus community. As a member of the Residence Life, Housing & Conduct leadership team, the supervisor participates in policy and procedure development, student learning and development, residential curriculum support, on-call duty rotation, resident satisfaction and support, and overall program development all through an equity lens.

The supervisor is assigned to supervise and oversee nine Resident Assistants and Community Assistants, students living within the residential community. This position plays a crucial role in developing inclusive and supportive residential communities and responding to the needs of a diverse student population. Residence Life, Housing & Conduct is committed to the total development of the student within an inclusive community through restorative practices, community standards, community development, intentional conversations, and encouraging personal growth and academic success.

Sierra College has a strong commitment to the achievement of equity and inclusion among its faculty, staff, and students and values the rich, diverse backgrounds that make up the campus community. The Supervisor, Residence Life must demonstrate a profound understanding of successfully supporting individuals with varying and diverse backgrounds, including persons with disabilities, various gender identities and sexual orientations, individuals from historically underrepresented communities, and other groups. The Supervisor, Residence Life will effectively ensure the district develops and provides strategies for justice-impacted student success, as well as proactive, student-centered practices and policies committed to eliminating equity gaps.

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• Use the online Help Guide or contact the NEOED Applicants Support Line at 855-524-5627 if you need assistance with your online applicant account.
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If you have any questions about this position, please contact the Human Resources Department at hr@sierracollege.edu .

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

•Hiring and staff development

•Oversees program development, staff training, and recruitment efforts

•Building community amongst the residents to ensure feelings of belongings

•Equity-minded residential programming and community building within the residence halls

Residence Life:

• Assists the Manager, Residence Life, Housing & Conduct with creating a strategic plan, learning outcomes, and assessment strategies for the department.

• Assists the Manager in other designated responsibilities or special projects as assigned.

• Coordinates and leads all in-hall processes, including, but not limited to move-in, closing, post-check-out inspections, New Resident Orientation, etc.

• Coordinate Resident Assistant training, recruitment, and selection initiatives.

• Maintain visibility and availability with staff and students through daily social interaction and attendance at hall functions.

• Assists with the annual turn of units between contracts including communication with vendors, housing and contract maintenance staff, and walking units for final preparation prior to student move in.

• Provides response and support to residents, caregivers, and students with elevated concerns about their residential experiences.

• Assists in residential responsibilities of summer housing and conferences including staff and student support and supervision.

•Takes part in national, statewide, or local professional development meetings and conferences to stay up to date on market trends and incorporates new trends as appropriate

Community Building:

• Develops and implements an equity-minded residential programming

• Plans, organizes, and implements community programs that meet the intellectual, social, cultural, and academic needs of students

• Provides training and direction to the Resident Assistants in intentional, equity-minded programming and community development, including oversight of the programming budget

• Develops and implements themed living communities in partnership and collaboration with other departments on campus

Staff Supervision:

•Recruits, selects, trains, and supervises Resident Assistants and Community Assistants; monitor work performance for accuracy and completeness in accordance with Department and College goals and objectives.

•Leads and coordinates all staff meetings and in-services

•Meets with RA staff for weekly 1:1’s

•Oversees the RA duty rotation schedule, nightly logs, and follows up on concerns

• Ensures compliance of staff with established Residential Life policies and procedures.

• Creates and implements extensive crisis response and conflict mediation training for staff members

Conduct, Community Standards & On-call Response:

• Serves as a housing conduct officer; reviews and investigates reports of low-level student misconduct, initiating disciplinary action as warranted

•Enforces residence hall rules and regulations; mediates student conflicts and assists in developing processes for problem/conflict resolution

•Submits incident reports for adjudication based on the residence hall and student code of conduct violations.

•Addresses individual student needs and concerns and follow up as necessary

•Mediates conflicts that occur between roommates or other residents

•Serves as a member of the on-call team for the residence halls

•Utilizes the Conduct software, Maxient to process conduct reports

Other Duties:

• Requires a regular workday with additional responsibilities in the evenings and weekends as needed. • Participates in professional staff on-call rotation, including after-hours emergency response. • This is a full-time, live-in position. • Other duties as assigned.

Education and Experience Guidelines : Any combination of education and experience that would likely provide the required knowledge and abilities is qualifying. A typical way to obtain the knowledge and abilities would be:

Experience : One to two years of professional or graduate level work experience in a student housing program.

Education/Training: A Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university.

QUALIFICATIONS: The following generally describes the knowledge and ability required to enter the job and/or be learned within a short period of time in order to successfully perform the assigned duties.

Knowledge of:

•Facilities operations

•Services and activities of a college residence life program.

•Principles and practices associated with student development.

•Laws and regulations relative to student residence hall housing.

•Student educational programming.

•Principles of supervision, training, and performance evaluation.

•Basic principles and practices of budget preparation and administration.

•Principles and procedures of record keeping.

•Principles of business letter writing and basic report preparation.

•Modern office procedures, methods, and equipment including computers.

•Computer applications such as word processing, spreadsheets, and statistical databases.

•English usage, spelling, grammar, and punctuation.

•Pertinent federal, state, and local laws, codes, and regulations.

Ability to:

•Coordinate and support college residence life programs

•Supervise, organize, and review the work of assigned staff involved in administering residence life programs.

•Select, train, and evaluate staff.

•Recommend and implement goals, objectives, policies and procedures for providing student residence hall housing.

•Understand the organization and operation of the District as necessary to assume assigned responsibilities.

•Understand, interpret, and apply general and specific administrative and departmental policies and procedures as well as applicable federal, state, and local policies, laws, and regulations.

•Prepare clear and concise reports.

•Participate in the preparation and administration of assigned budgets.

•Apply collaborative decision-making processes.

•Evaluate and solve administrative student relations problems and independently take corrective actions.

•Plan and organize work to meet changing priorities and deadlines.

•Effectively represent the District to outside individuals and agencies to accomplish the goals and objectives of the unit.

•Work cooperatively with other departments, District staff and outside agencies.

•Respond tactfully, clearly, concisely and appropriately to inquiries from the public, District staff or other agencies on sensitive issues in area of responsibility.

•Demonstrate an awareness and appreciation of the cultural diversity of the District.

•Communicate clearly and concisely, both orally and in writing.

•Establish and maintain effective working relationships with those contacted in the course of work.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS AND WORKING ENVIRONMENT : The conditions herein are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential job functions.

Environment : Work is performed primarily in a standard office setting.

Physical: Primary functions require sufficient physical ability and mobility to work in an office setting; to stand or sit for prolonged periods of time; to occasionally walk, stoop, bend, kneel, crouch, reach, and twist; to lift, carry, push, and/or pull light to moderate amounts of weight; to operate office equipment requiring repetitive hand movement and fine coordination including use of a computer keyboard; and to verbally communicate to exchange information.

Vision: See in the normal visual range with or without correction; vision sufficient to read computer screens and printed documents; and to operate assigned equipment.

Hearing : Hear in the normal audio range with or without correction.

WHY SIERRA?

• One of Aspen Institute’s Top 150 Community Colleges in the nation
• The Accrediting Commission recognized Sierra “for its exemplary practice of providing personnel with opportunities for continued professional development in order to meet its mission.” This includes providing students and employees with a robust set of programs, events, and conferences related to equity-mindedness and supporting the success of our students, etc.
• Public Employee’s Retirement System (PERS)
• 18 paid holidays (including extended time off during the winter break)
• 22 accrued paid vacation days per year (vacation accrual increases over time)
• Competitive benefits package
• Currently during summers, some employee groups participate in 4x10 schedules
• Qualifying Employer for Public Service Loan Forgiveness (in most cases)

Sierra College is a Community College located near Sacramento, California where a heavy emphasis is placed on academic excellence and student success. Since its founding in 1936, Sierra College has focused on quality instruction and meeting the evolving needs of the students and communities that it serves. The Sierra Community College District covers more than 3,200 square miles and serves the Northern California foothill counties of Placer and Nevada, as well as parts of El Dorado and Sacramento. We serve over 17,000 students throughout the region in both on-ground and online courses, including students at our main Rocklin Campus as well as at two centers located in Grass Valley and Tahoe/Truckee. Our District prides itself on academic excellence.

Sierra College has a strong commitment to the achievement of equity and inclusion among its faculty, staff, and students and values the rich, diverse backgrounds that make up the campus community. A strong candidate for this position must demonstrate a profound understanding of and experience with successfully supporting individuals with varying backgrounds. This includes persons with disabilities, various gender identities and sexual orientations, as well as individuals from historically underrepresented communities and other groups. Our District is committed to providing strategies for success and proactive student-centered practices and policies focused on eliminating equity gaps to ensure the District provides an inclusive educational and employment environment focused on strategies for success and equitable outcomes for all.

As an institution, Sierra College is committed to eliminating the equity gap in all student populations with dynamic, learner-centered practices and policies that fully engage the college community. The ideal candidate will share the College’s commitment to helping its racially and socioeconomically diverse students succeed in their degree and career objectives. Currently, Sierra College enrolls 17,800 students per term, where approximately: 23% of Sierra College’s students are Latin(o)(a)(x)(e), 3% are African-American/Black, 2% are Filipino, 6% are Asian, 1% are American Indian/Alaskan Native, 8% are Multiethnic and 55% are White.

The successful candidate will join a College dedicated to the use of culturally responsive strategies and methods that meet the varying needs of our students, faculty, staff, and surrounding community. Sierra College demonstrates its commitment to equity by supporting ongoing professional development for students, faculty, and staff. These opportunities include trainings and workshops on equity and inclusion, active Academic Senate standing committees concerned with student success and equity, a Presidential Equity Advisory Committee (PEAC), culturally responsive student engagement centers, support for our undocumented and AB540 students, campus-wide equity summits, a robust set of programs, events, and conferences related to equity-mindedness and supporting the success of our diverse students.

Need Help With Your Online Account?

• Use the online Help Guide or contact the NEOED Applicants Support Line at 855-524-5627 if you need assistance with your online applicant account.
• Applicant Support is available between 6 a.m. and 5 p.m. Pacific Time, Monday through Friday.

If you have any questions about this position, please contact the Human Resources Department at hr@sierracollege.edu .

Helpful Tip:

Please note that as described above a strong candidate for this position must demonstrate a profound understanding of and experience with successfully supporting individuals with varying backgrounds; and therefore, hiring committees assess candidates for these knowledge, skills, and abilities.

Applicants may want to consider incorporating culturally-inclusive/equity-minded strategies practiced and/or evidence of the responsiveness to and understanding of the racial, socioeconomic, and cultural diversity of community college student populations throughout their application materials (including application and documents uploaded, if any).

Please see the Sierra College website for additional helpful tips and tools for prospective applicants .

Travel expenses may be partially reimbursed for candidates traveling beyond a 150 mile radius for second round interviews. All other travel expenses will be borne by the candidate (if in person interviews).

Key Information Regarding Our Hiring Process

Hiring Subject to Board of Trustees Approval

Please note that all new hires require approval from our Board of Trustees during one of their public meetings. Official hire dates will follow this approval. More information about the Board of Trustees and their meetings can be found at https://www.sierracollege.edu/administration/board-of-trustees/ .

H1B1 Visa Sponsorship Not Available

At this time, we do not offer H1B1 visa sponsorship for new employees.

Terms and Conditions of Employment:

Other terms and conditions of employment are specified in the applicable collective bargaining agreements on file in the District Human Resources Department. Position description of record on file in the Human Resources Department.

*Sierra Community College District currently operates campuses in Rocklin, Truckee and Grass Valley. In its management of a multi-campus environment, the District reserves right of assignment including the right to change assignment locations and shift assignments based on District need. Although this position may currently reside at the Rocklin campus, the assignment location may be subject to change as needed. Additionally, the district reserves the right to cancel, revise or re-announce this position as well as any and all positions at any time.

EEO / TITLE IX EMPLOYER

Sierra College is an equal employment opportunity employer committed to nondiscrimination and the achievement of diversity and equity among its faculty, staff, and students.

Persons with inquiries about the application of Title IX and/or EEO may contact the Director of Diversity, EEO & Title IX (Title IX Coordinator) at the address below, at (916) 660-7006 or via email at EEOT9@sierracollege.edu .

Persons with questions regarding reasonable accommodation of physical and other disabilities should contact the Sierra College Human Resources Department at (916) 660-7105.

If you have limitations hearing or speaking, the State of California offers a specially-trained Communications Assistant (CA) that can relay telephone conversations for all of your calls. Dial 711 to reach the California Relay Service (CRS). Dialing 711 is for everyone, not just those who have difficulty hearing on a standard phone. If you prefer having your calls immediately answered in your mode of communication, dial one of the toll-free modality and language-specific numbers below. The call will be routed to the CRS provider.

TTY/VCO/HCO to Voice

English 1-800-735-2929

Spanish 1-800-855-3000

Voice to TTY/VCO/HCO

English 1-800-735-2922

Spanish 1-800-855-3000

From or to Speech-to- Speech

English & Spanish 1-800-854-7784

Closing Date/Time: Sun, 21 Sep 2025

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