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Departmental Overview

Cal Housing is responsible for all applications, assignments, contracts, and billing for both single-student and family university-owned/affiliated housing properties during the academic year and summer. Our mission is to provide the campus community with homes that provide a foundation for the successful acclimation to their academic UC Berkeley experience while meeting the departmental/divisional fiduciary expectations of high-level occupancy. Cal Rentals specifically assists its clientele in making informed choices concerning their living arrangements, and it also operates rental listing services for students, faculty, and staff. Cal Rentals serves as a bridge between the campus and the community at large, collaborating with the City of Berkeley housing officials and property owners. Cal Housing is situated within the larger RSSP cluster.

Residential and Student Services Programs (RSSP) is part of the Division of Student Affairs under the direction of the Associate Vice Chancellor/COO for Student Affairs. RSSP provides and manages student housing, custodial and maintenance services, renewal projects, self-operated dining services, campus ID card as well as early childhood & education services for students, faculty, and staff.

Position Summary

The purpose of the Graduate and Family Housing Manager role is to oversee and manage the Graduate and Family Housing team, which includes Cal Rentals, an off-campus rental listing service. This role is critical for supervising and coordinating the work of the administrative staff, ensuring efficient operations, and maintaining a high level of productivity and performance to achieve maximum occupancy. This role is responsible for drafting and implementing policies and procedures, resident communication management including drafting and communicating annual rate notifications, updating communications and documentation ensuring the accuracy of housing agreements, publications, website content, and all communication material, monitoring delinquent housing accounts, resolving conflicts, providing guidance and support to staff, and collaborating with other departments within and outside RSSP to achieve organizational goals. This role consults legal counsel when resident eligibility is in question and oversees the termination notice management process.

Application Review Date

The First Review Date for this job is: 05/17/2024.

Responsibilities

• Supervises the work of a department with responsibility for quality and quantity of work.
• Graduate and Family Housing Manager - directs the work of the Single Graduate Apartments Coordinator, Family Housing Coordinators, Cal Rentals Coordinator, and student clerks.
• Provides backup support to the Resident Services Manager and the single undergraduate housing coordinator team members.
• Participates in the development and monitoring of policies and procedures for departmental operations.
• Participates as a member of Cal Housing's management team to advise on developing trends and changing students' needs vs business objectives vs system needs.
• Partakes in the development and monitoring of policies and procedures for department to minimize risk and achieve customer service and operational goals.
• Ensure adherence to policy, evaluate, recommend and implement changes providing equitable treatment of applicants and residents.
• Develop and maintain internal policy and procedures manual including process mapping and/or business process redesigning.
• Communicate policies, procedures and act as liaison to campus departments including B&PS, Fin Aid, Graduate Division, Graduate & Family Living, DSP, UVA staff, etc.
• Generates, serves, and follows- up on issued termination notices.
• Annually administers Sprouts Grant to eligible tenants. Collaborates with the Manager of Systems and Assignments to understand and provide enhancements for how clients are interfacing with systems.
• Analyses customer service problems while maintaining maximum occupancy.
• Maintains customer satisfaction by providing problem-solving resources.
• Recommends hiring of new employees, transfers, promotions, salary actions, terminations, performance management and budget recommendations.
• Following department, HR, campus and all compliance guidelines, oversees hiring, transfers, promotions, salary actions, terminations, performance management and budget recommendations.
• Selects, develops, and evaluates personnel to ensure the effective and efficient operation of the unit.
• May manage systems and procedures to protect departmental assets.
• Investigates and determines appropriate response to contract violations, seeks legal counsel, prepares and serves legal documents, and uses appropriate judgment to identify issues placing the University at risk.
• Responds to escalated tenant concerns.
• Monitors the ongoing eligibility of applicants and residents.
• Responsible for training and unit adherence to customer service, FERPA, ADA, NCAA, and California rental laws and guidelines.
• Appears in court as University representative.
• Monitors delinquent accounts and follows- up appropriately. Examines and verifies the graduation report for ongoing eligibility.
• Participates in the creation, maintenance and reporting of operational and budget processes, academic and/or staff FTE, finance, human resources and space planning.
• Provides reports, statistical data, analysis and advice to support data driven decisions.
• Responsible for contributing to the development of housing assignment strategies for immediate and long-term goals.
• Manages all communication with single graduate and family student housing residents during phases of assignments, contracts, transfers, cancellations, terminations, and appeals.
• Outreach, Recruitment and Marketing - Develop and implement marketing strategies to meet housing priority and maintain maximum occupancy.
• Develop outreach tools and comprehensive recruiting presentations; deliver speeches statewide to groups of prospective student and parents.
• Participates in outreach and recruitment events representing housing.
• This is an exempt position that will require some weekends and evening work during new admit season, move-in, Golden Bear Day, and Cal Day weekends (April, May, August).
• Some travel and overnight stay may be required to represent housing at recruitment events throughout California.
• Consult with General and Campus counsel about policy and contractual changes.
• Update contracts, publications, website and all communications with current information.
• Oversee facility tours provided to prospective students and families.

Required Qualifications

• Solid knowledge of and/or can quickly learn the organization's processes, protocols and procedures with a focus on budget, account and fund management and/or personnel management.
• Solid knowledge of and/or can quickly learn common organization-specific and other computer application programs to support administrative billing, tracking, customer service contact, etc. processes as well as strong desktop/mobile device skills for creating/analyzing/sharing word, spreadsheet, data base documents.
• Solid interpersonal skills including verbal and written communication, active listening, critical thinking, persuasiveness, advising, and counseling to effectively motivate others.
• Solid critical thinking and problem-solving skills to quickly evaluate complex issues and identify resolutions.
• Strong customer service orientation, experience and skills working with the public clientele such as staff, faculty, families, students and parents.
• Includes demonstrated ability to diffuse and respond to customer concerns to avoid escalation of the problem.
• Solid knowledge of financial analysis and reporting techniques; human resources and risk management planning; accounting and payroll.
• Demonstrated skills in employee supervision.
• Strong demonstration of an ability to support and contribute to a team.
• Solid organizational and time management skills to effectively manage multiple priorities.
• Attention to detail and the ability to multi-task with demanding timeframes.
• Demonstrated skill in developing and providing public speaking presentations representing housing at university events.
• Knowledge of FERPA (Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act), American with Disabilities Act, Fair Housing Act, National Collegiate Athletic Association, and California rental laws/guidelines.
• Knowledge of local housing market trends as well as national trends in university housing policies and processes.
• Political acumen to understand complex organizational structure and how to navigate effectively in collaborative environment that must work across multiple RSSP units and with campus and external partners.
• Strong leadership skills, including the ability to motivate, mentor, and develop represented employees while maintaining productivity and morale.
• Two+ years' experience supervising professional employees.
• Bachelor's degree in related area and/or equivalent experience/training.

Preferred Qualifications

• Two+ years' experience in a University setting interacting with families, students, parents, faculty and staff in a customer facing unit.
• Experience in supervising employees who are part of a labor union or collective bargaining agreement.

Salary & Benefits

This is a 100% full-time (40 hrs a week) exempt career position, which is paid monthly and eligible for UC Benefits.

For information on the comprehensive benefits package offered by the University, please visit the University of California's Compensation & Benefits website.

Under California law, the University of California, Berkeley is required to provide a reasonable estimate of the compensation range for this role and should not offer a salary outside of the range posted in this job announcement. This range takes into account the wide range of factors that are considered in making compensation decisions including but not limited to experience, skills, knowledge, abilities, education, licensure and certifications, analysis of internal equity, and other business and organizational needs. It is not typical for an individual to be offered a salary at or near the top of the range for a position. Salary offers are determined based on final candidate qualifications and experience.

The budgeted salary or hourly range that the University reasonably expects to pay for this position is $90,000.00 - $118,000.00.

How to Apply

• To apply, please submit your resume and cover letter.

Diversity Statement

Please include, as part of your application a brief (1-2 paragraph) statement on your contributions to diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging in your professional experience.

Advancing diversity, equity, and inclusion are fundamental to our UC Berkeley Principles of Community, which states that "every member of the UC Berkeley community has a role in sustaining a safe, caring, and humane environment in which these values can thrive."

Other Information

• This is not a visa opportunity.

Conviction History Background

This is a designated position requiring fingerprinting and a background check due to the nature of the job responsibilities. Berkeley does hire people with conviction histories and reviews information received in the context of the job responsibilities. The University reserves the right to make employment contingent upon successful completion of the background check.

Mandated Reporter

This position has been identified as a Mandated Reporter required to report the observed or suspected abuse or neglect of children, dependent adults, or elders to designated law enforcement or social service agencies. We reserve the right to make employment contingent upon completion of signed statements acknowledging the responsibilities of a Mandated Reporter.

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