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Job Posting Title:
Assistant Director -Occupancy Management
Position Type:
Professional / Unclassified
Department:
LSUAM AA - SA - ResLife - CA - Occupancy Management (Monelle Grace Wells (00003630))
Work Location:
0103 Grace King Hall - Office
Pay Grade:
Professional
Job Description:
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, OCCUPANCY MANAGEMENT
Reporting to the Associate Director for Occupancy Management, the Assistant Director for Occupancy Management plays an integral role in strategic planning for retention and occupancy management. With minimal direction, the Assistant Director takes initiative in challenging circumstances, solves problems where solutions are not readily apparent, interprets established departmental, divisional, and university guidelines and policies, and prioritizes work while meeting changing student needs.
GENERAL RESPONSIBILITIES FOR THIS POSITION INCLUDE:
• Provide oversight of assignments and occupancy processes and procedures
•Supervise two Assignments Managers and support student staff who process housing records.
• Coordinate with university partners, including Athletics, Global Engagement, Disability Services, ITS, and the Graduate School
• Analyze occupancy and housing trends, support room selection and allocation planning, maintain application change-management processes, and develop reports and dashboards for the department and campus partners.
OPPORTUNITIES FOR LEADERSHIP:
Strengthen Occupancy Planning and Processes
Residential Life shapes yearly room-selection timelines and room-allocation decisions by analyzing historical data and estimates for returning and transfer students. The Assistant Director has the opportunity to identify trends and recommend improvements to administrative policies, processes, and occupancy practices.
Support Reliable Systems, Reporting, and Partnerships
By working with ITS and campus partners, it is a top priority to maintain effective StarRez processes and provide useful reports, dashboards, and correspondence to departmental leadership. The Assistant Director has to opportunity to build collaborative relationships that support student recruitment, retention, and service and contribute to the conditions that matter for student success through operational excellence.
ATTRIBUTES OF THE SUCCESSFUL CANDIDATE:
• An experienced occupancy and assignment professional who can manage staff, lead comprehensive efforts, and formulate practical solutions.
• An independent, action-oriented decision-maker who exercises sound judgment across a range of responsibilities.
• A collaborative partner who cultivates productive relationships within the department and across campus.
• A strong communicator with excellent human-relations, customer-service, organizational, and interpersonal skills.
• A detail-oriented user of StarRez and other enterprise databases, with proficiency in Microsoft Word and spreadsheet software.
ABOUT THE DIVISION OF STUDENT AFFAIRS PRIORITIES:
In LSU Student Affairs, we create conditions that matter for student success. This priority guides how we approach our work, make decisions, and serve our students, their families, and our campus community. We pursue quality in all that we do. Students and staff deserve our best, every day, in every way. We consistently search for ways to always look to make it easy for students to succeed, whether by simplifying processes or removing barriers. We are LSU-centric as we think strategically and make decisions that advance LSU’s mission, priorities, and students. We lead with curiosity, explore possibilities, and remain open to better ideas, which means we always start with maybe. Finally, we…