| Position Title: | Administrator of Logistics and Project Management |
| Location: | Big Rapids (Main Campus) |
| Department: |
62102 - Housing and Residence Life |
| Advertised Salary: | $45,000 - $50,000 Salary commensurate with education, experiences, and other requirements. |
| Benefits: |
Comprehensive benefit package (health care, vacation, etc.). Please see the following link for a list of benefits offered with this position. |
| FLSA: | Exempt |
| Temporary/Continuing: | Continuing |
| Part-Time/Full-Time: | Full-Time |
| Union Group: | N/A |
| Term of Position: | 12 Month |
| At Will/Just Cause: | At Will |
| Summary of Position: | The Administrator of Logistics and Project Management is responsible for coordinating multiple logistical operations and projects for the department, ensuring efficient housing operations that maximize student satisfaction. Required to participate in Central Office on-call schedule providing crisis management. |
| Position Type: | Staff |
| Required Education: | • Bachelor's degree from an accredited institution |
| Required Work Experience: | • Prior full time work with communications and outreach. • Experience with different formats of communication including written, social, and media. |
| Required Licenses and Certifications: | |
| Physical Demands: |
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| Additional Education/Experiences to be Considered: | Adirondack, Banner, Concur, Touchnet; work experience with students in an educational setting. |
| Essential Duties/Responsibilities: | • Assist in the leadership and administration of residence halls, suites, and apartment system. • Ensure office processes are in compliance with appropriate university policies. • Participate in the central office duty schedule. • Direct, manage, and oversee the operations of the residence hall front desk system, ensuring an exceptional customer service experience for stakeholders. • Maintain oversight of student staff and professional staff. • Maintain the oversight processes of payroll and hiring. • Actively participate in campus outreach programs including Dawg Days, Orientation, Newly Admitted Student, etc. • Develop and implement both internal and external communication on behalf of Housing and Residence Life. • Create a communication plan that will provide regular and timely updates to the residential community about policies, procedures, urgent events, and other pertinent updates related to their housing experience. • Maintain and manage all the fitness areas in Residence Halls, Apartments, and Suites. • Maintain and update the website as needed. • Demonstrates an understanding of diversity, equity, and inclusion, especially in working relationships with students, faculty, staff and community members. • Support, promote, and develop University student enrollment and retention initiatives. • Utilize all formats of media to communicate on behalf of Housing and Residence Life. • Work with University Advancement and Marketing to develop and implement a marketing plan for recruitment and retention of students to on-campus living. • Recommend for hire, train, supervise, and evaluate assigned front desk student staff. • Develop and implement dynamic and impactful campus wide programs that encourages the building of community including move-in, move-out, and various other ways to encourage campus community building. • Lead the coordination and efficient execution of the departments summer conferences program. • Provide excellent customer service to all summer conferencing participants ensuring efficient and accurate smooth operations in all aspects of logistical planning. • Provide secondary support and leadership in managing the housing assignment process for the residence halls, apartments, and suites. • Assist in the successful operations and implementation of housing management software, ensuring efficiency and accuracy of operations, and delivery of services to stakeholders. • Partner in the execution of all housing operations and coordinate processes related to residence hall, apartments, and suites occupancy transactions including, but not limited to: room changes, assignments, cancellations, waitlists, room selection, and ADA accommodations. • Serve as secondary support for all of Housing’s computer software including THD, Maxient, AIM etc. • Inventory control of furniture, supplies, and storage for all of Housing and Residence Life. • Serve as secondary support for business operations. • Provide support to manage housing budget operations including responsibility to reconcile, review, analyze, forecast budgets, including deficits/projected revenue. • Participate in the recruitment, training, and retention of residence hall professional and student staff. • Serve on campus-wide committees as appropriate. • Responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of designated information. • Supervises student staff. • Carries out supervisory responsibilities in accordance with University policies and applicable laws. • Perform any other duties assigned within the position classification area. |
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| Skills and Abilities: | • Demonstrated commitment, experience and understanding for diversity, equity and inclusion. • Demonstrated ability to communicate in different formats. • Understanding of managing projects and logistics. |
| Required Documents: |
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| Special Instructions to Applicants: | • Unofficial Transcript 1 (REQUIRED): Applicants must attach a copy of unofficial transcript of Bachelor's degree from an accredited institution. • Transcript must include: Institution name, applicant name, date degree attained, degree awarded. Finalist will be required to submit an official transcript. |
| Initial Application Review Date: | January 6, 2025 |
| Open Until Position is Filled?: | Yes |
| Posting Close Date: | |
| EEO Statement: | Ferris State University, an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity employer, is committed to enhancing equity, inclusion, and diversity within its community. Ferris offers employment opportunities to qualified candidates seeking careers in a student-focused environment that values opportunity, collaboration, diversity and educational excellence. Learn more about the Ferris Mission and community at ferris.edu. The University actively seeks applications from women, minorities, individuals with disabilities, veterans, and other underrepresented groups. For more information on the University’s Policy on Non-Discrimination, visit: Ferris Non-Discrimination Statement. |
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