Employment Opportunities

HIGHLIGHTS

The SUNY Geneseo Department of Residence Life, in partnership with our residents, cultivates an inclusive living and learning environment that sparks engagement, encourages and fosters well being, and inspires a feeling of belonging for all students who live in our community.

The Area Coordinator is a professional position in the SUNY Geneseo Division of Student and Campus Life. As such, the Area Coordinator is expected to fulfill their specific responsibilities in a way that demonstrates an understanding and commitment to the articulated mission and goals of their department, the division of Student & Campus Life, and the College. Area Coordinators are also expected to adhere to the professional and ethical standards promulgated by the professional association with which their department is affiliated. Area Coordinators must display the ability to foster diverse and inclusive relationships, as well as a high degree of cultural humility.

Area Coordinators (AC) are live-in professional Residence Life staff members. An Area Coordinator’s primary duty is to oversee and develop multiple residence halls (two to four) as residential educators, informed supervisors, connection builders, creative managers, and accurate record-keepers. Where applicable, some ACs will supervise a Residence Director as well. The AC position requires flexibility of work hours, including evening and weekend work. Area Coordinators do not have a traditional 8:00 a.m. – 4:15 p.m. work schedule. As live-on professionals, ACs are considered “essential College personnel,” and must have skills in crisis management. Each AC participates in a night and weekend duty schedule, requiring periodic overnight monitoring of a duty phone, the ability to respond to emergency situations, and other related residential duties. Due to the nature of this work, Area Coordinators are required to reside in the apartment provided and assigned by the College via the Department of Residence Life.

Responsibilities include informal counseling and co-curricular education of residential students, supervision of a staff of resident assistants, and oversight of facility needs. Successful Area Coordinators will have academic interests and experiences that include residential education, leadership development, a commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion, civic and social engagement, and an understanding of the needs of students transitioning to college, especially first-year and transfer students. Area Coordinators are educators outside the classroom, who demonstrate intellectual curiosity and a commitment to academic excellence. By working collaboratively with colleagues both within and beyond student life departments, Area Coordinators help residents foster leadership skills, develop critical reasoning skills, and practice ethical decision-making.

This is a pool posting. Applications are accepted on an ongoing basis. Please read “Special Instructions to Applicant” for details.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

Successful applicants will have academic interests and experiences that include residential education, leadership development, a commitment to diversity, civic and social engagement, and an understanding of the needs of students transitioning to college, especially first-year and transfer students. We value colleagues who will be educators outside the classroom, who demonstrate intellectual curiosity and a commitment to academic excellence. By working collaboratively with colleagues both within and beyond the Residence Life department, Area Coordinators help residents foster leadership skills, develop critical reasoning skills, and practice ethical decision-making.

This position reports to the Associate or Assistant Director of Residence Life.

This position supervises paraprofessionals (graduates and undergraduates):
- Residence Director Intern [possible (graduate students)]
- Assistant Residence Directors
- Resident Assistants

Please note: This is a pool posting for the 2025-26 academic year. Applicants will be contacted only if a position becomes available. It may be necessary for you to re-apply on August 1 if still interested next year.

Please attach a cover letter, a resume and contact information for three professional references. References will be contacted at the time of interviews.

Mission Statement
We are a distinctive public liberal arts college that welcomes and inspires students to develop their knowledge and skills to build a better world. Our supportive, inclusive community is exceptional in cultivating creativity, engagement, and discovery. We find strength in diversity, joy in growth, and fulfillment in lifelong learning.

Vision
We will cultivate a distinctive, equity-centered, public honors college experience that propels learners to positively impact society.

Values
The Geneseo campus community is guided by our beliefs in and commitments to the following values:

SUNY Geneseo is committed to fostering a diverse community of outstanding students, faculty, staff, and administration. We recruit, hire, train, and promote persons in all positions and ensure that all other personnel actions are conducted without regard to race, religion, color, ethnicity, creed, national origin, citizenship, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, age, veteran status, disability, genetic information, pregnancy, pregnancy outcomes, reproductive healthcare and autonomy, or any other protected characteristic.

Applicants, students, employees, and other members of the College community (including vendors, visitors, and guests) are protected from illegal forms of harassment or retaliation based upon a protected characteristic.

To request accommodation or assistance for job-related duties or the employment application process, please contact the Office of Diversity and Equity at (585) 245-5020 or email ode@geneseo.edu or visit the Reasonable Accommodations and Accessibility webpage.

All applicants are subject to drug and criminal background checks. See our full Background Investigation Statement at http://www.geneseo.edu/hr/employment.

Applicants interested in positions may access the Annual Security Report(ASR) for the College at www.geneseo.edu/police. The ASR contains information on campus security policies and certain campus crime statistics. Crime statistics are reported in accordance with the Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Campus Crime Statistics Act. Applicants may request a hard copy of the ASR by contacting the SUNY Geneseo University Police Department at 585-245-5651.