UNM Residence Life & Student Housing (RLSH) is looking for a dedicated and experienced individual to join our team as an Associate Director to work in a dynamic, student oriented, and academically focused residential environment. Residence Life & Student Housing is a comprehensive department which manages all aspects of the housing experience with a capacity of 2500 residents over 9 residential communities.

Under the Executive Director of Residence Life & Student Housing, the Associate Director plays an essential role in fulfilling the department mission through forward thinking and conscientious stewardship of the residential facilities and financial operations. This full-time, exempt position will provide direction and leadership of department business and financial operations, maintenance and custodial operations, and capital projects for UNM housing facilities. This position will be key in implementation of a newly developed asset management plan and will serve as the primary responsible party for developing and managing a dynamic and responsive deferred maintenance plan.

RLSH operates year-round and serves a variety of campus and community populations. To support this service level, the department have staff that participate in an on-call rotation and the Associate Director is available to the department to respond for extraordinary facility emergencies or situations the on-call staff cannot solve.

The University of New Mexico is a proud to be a Hispanic Serving Institution and the flagship higher education institution for the state with more than 26,000 students. UNM offers a competitive compensation and benefits package, including medical, dental, retirement, paid time off, which includes 21 days of vacation, 8 days of sick leave, 14 paid holidays, and tuition waiver.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Designs, establishes, and maintains an organizational structure and staffing to effectively accomplish the organization's goals and objectives; oversees recruitment, training, supervision, and evaluation of unit staff.
• Directs and coordinates the strategic and day-to-day human resources development, management, and administration functions of the organization.
• Interacts with senior management and administrators within the university and, as appropriate, within industry and government, to represent and promote the development of strategic projects.
• Coordinates the administration of multiple strategic projects, and serves as a principle point of liaison between program principals, administrators, and funding sources.
• Coordinates strategic planning and goal development for the organization; monitors achievement of goals and objectives and provides reports.
• Facilitates interdisciplinary collaborative efforts among senior staff and the development of extramural support.
• Provides direction and integrative coordination in the planning, development, and implementation of a comprehensive University projects.
• Provides coordination and serves as liaison with other components of the University with respect to assigned departments.
• Reviews and ensures accurate completion and timely submission of governmental, University, and other reports as required, with respect to assigned areas of responsibilities.
• Represents the organization to various institutional divisions as well as externally to professional and community constituencies.
• Oversees and monitors performance of assigned operating units to ensure compliance with University policy and operating standards; oversees supervision of technical and administrative support staff assigned to the unit.
• Develops and coordinates annual budgets for the organization and performs periodic cost and productivity analyses.
• Oversees and coordinates the planning, implementation, and management of all aspects of information systems, technology, system security and database integrity for the organization.
• Oversees compliance activities across the various organizational components.
• May oversee and coordinate one or more specified client-focused services operations, to include in-service and/or outreach programs and facilities and service activities.
• Provides coordination and serves as liaison with other components of the University with respect to assigned departments.
• Performs miscellaneous job-related duties as assigned.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities Required:

• Strong interpersonal and communication skills and the ability to work effectively with a wide range of constituencies in a diverse community.
• Ability to develop and deliver presentations.
• Program planning and implementation skills.
• Skill in examining and re-engineering operations and procedures, formulating policy, and developing and implementing new strategies and procedures.
• Ability to lead, guide, and integrate strategic planning processes and organizational goal development.
• Ability to create, compose, and edit written materials.
• Ability to supervise and train employees, to include organizing, prioritizing, and scheduling work assignments.
• Knowledge of management principles and practices.
• Knowledge of finance, accounting, budgeting, and cost control procedures.
• Ability to foster a cooperative work environment.
• Employee development and performance management skills.
• Ability to identify and interpret long-term information system needs on an organizational basis.
• Ability to negotiate and manage contractual arrangements.
• Skill in the development and documentation of operating and administrative policies and procedures.
• Ability to analyze problems and develop creative solutions to complex human resource issues.