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Residential Life is seeking to hire a dynamic Associate Director of Residential Life - Student & Community Support. This position serves as an integral member of the Residential Life leadership team in providing leadership and daily management to a vibrant residential education program in a liberal arts environment. This position supervises Residence Hall Directors and provides department leadership for residential student conduct and residential case management, in close partnership with the Executive Director of Residential Life.    About The Department:  Mission: Residential Life at Macalester College utilizes a student-focused, learning-centered approach to foster resident development, authentic relationships, and inclusive living-communities. We do this through our implementation of LIFE@MAC, community standards, and housing services.   Living on campus is an important part of a Macalester student’s education. Residential Life focuses on the whole student experience as well as fostering learning beyond the classroom setting.  Students are provided numerous opportunities to learn about themselves as well as meet, interact, and develop relationships with others on the floor, building community with those who are different from themselves.  Our goal is to give students a greater understanding of their responsibility to the local, national, and global communities as citizens of the world.   Residential Life at Macalester serves approximately 1300 students in campus housing. Living options include traditional and suite style residence halls, theme houses, language houses, and apartments located above a Grand Avenue restaurant.   - Language Houses: Chinese, French, German, Japanese, Russian, Spanish - Specialty Areas: Veggie Co-op, Eco House, All-Gender Community, Interfaith House, Healthy Lifestyles, Arabic House, Cultural House.   All first-year and sophomore students are required to live on-campus. About one fourth of the junior class and one fifth of the senior class also live on campus.   Staffing includes five professional, masters’ degree level Residence Hall Directors (RHD), Assistant Director of Residential Services, two Associate Directors and the Executive Director of Residential Life.  It also includes a student staff of 35 Resident Assistants and 5 Office Assistants, and 4 Programming Assistants.  The RHD team provides 24-hour on-call support to residential communities and trains, coaches, and supervises a team of undergraduate paraprofessionals (Resident Assistants) who are resources, educators, and community builders to our students. RHDs and RAs are also visible and involved members of their residential communities. All members of the staff work in collaboration with students, faculty and staff to provide opportunities, support, and a rewarding living environment to residents.  Office Assistants (OA) are students who provide a welcoming environment in the building in which they’re assigned and offer administrative support to the multiple living communities. Programming Assistants (PAs) develop programming for students in the residence halls.

The Purchasing Card Administrator manages Macalester College’s purchasing card (Pcard*) program to optimize annual revenue share through responsible card use, effective training, adequate controls, and quality service delivery.  This is a full-time with a hybrid onsite/work from home schedule and daily business hours of approximately 8:00am-4:30pm.    About The Department:  The Business Services Team fosters responsible stewardship of Macalester’s financial resources through integrity, effectiveness, and innovation. Guided by the College’s mission, we strive to deliver consistently exemplary service with respect for the diverse needs of the entire Macalester community and external parties who rely on our work. We partner with our constituents to help them achieve their goals through timely and accurate resources, fiscal accountability, best practices, technical expertise, and ethical guidance fueled by a solutions-oriented spirit.

The Russian Language Lab Instructor provides Macalester students with supplemental classroom language instruction including teaching language labs, maintaining office hours, and meetings with language faculty.  Performs other duties as assigned by the department chair including oral exams, conversation practice, and organization of department activities.     This is a 0.56 FTE, exempt, 12 month position with the most active work taking place during the 9 month academic year. The expected weekly hours during the 9 month school year is 26 hours.    About the Department:  The Russian Studies major gives students a pathway to achieving linguistic and cultural proficiency by the end of their undergraduate career. Graduates of the program emerge with a profound understanding of a geopolitically significant world region as well as a skill set (including critical and analytical skills, writing, public speaking, and research) transferable to a variety of professional settings.

The Loan Officer oversees administration and collection of Institutional Loan programs. Toward that end, the Loan Officer: accurately completes documentation of loan portfolios; manages entrance, exit, and collection process as well as works collaboratively with the other Loan Officer, the Financial Aid office and other departments on campus. In addition,this role follows federal/state regulations governing the Institutional Loan funds and general lending practices, educates borrowers, works to increase timely repayment of funds, maintains low loan fund default rates, and collaborates with campus colleagues to develop and maintain procedures or processes that meet student needs.   This is a full time (.75 FTE) position that requires onsite 5 days a week with hours 10:00am-4pm.  About The Department:  The Business Services Team fosters responsible stewardship of Macalester’s financial resources through integrity, effectiveness, and innovation. Guided by the College’s mission, we strive to deliver consistently exemplary service with respect for the diverse needs of the entire Macalester community and external parties who rely on our work. We partner with our constituents to help them achieve their goals through timely and accurate resources, fiscal accountability, best practices, technical expertise, and ethical guidance fueled by a solutions-oriented spirit.

The Assistant Dean for Academic Programs and Advising supports student success as part of the student care team, through academic orientation of first-year and transfer students, and by collaborating with the Associate Dean for Advising on advisor training, first-year seminar instructor training, and the first-year experience.  About The Department: The Academic Programs and Advising Office works closely with faculty and staff to carry out the academic mission of the college. We support faculty advisors, support Macalester’s First-Year Course Program, manage the Academic Standing process, work with students in academic difficulty, facilitate Macalester’s departmentally-based Honors Program, and oversee funds for student academic travel, prizes and awards, and honors.

About The Department and Overview:    The Laurie Hamre Center for Health & Wellness offers campus leadership on health promotion and sexual respect, along with integrated medical and counseling services for all students, through  public health and health equity lenses. The Hamre Center serves as a leader and resource for the entire Macalester community’s effort to build a healthy campus. We are dedicated to providing culturally responsive care, support, and resource referrals for all students. Within the Hamre Center, the Health Promotion and Sexual Respect department is dedicated to working within various areas of health and well-being, with particular emphasis on mental health, substance use, and sexual respect. We utilize approaches from public health, higher education, psychology, and sociology, especially the socio-ecological model, to ensure our work goes beyond individual-level knowledge and awareness and supports interpersonal skill development and advocacy for tangible, community-level impacts. We aim to assess, analyze, review, and recommend policies, procedures, and processes to make positive changes at a systemic level: rather than only teaching people how to cope with difficulties, we aim to create a less difficult environment.  We are a collaborative and supportive team, dedicated to empowerment, trust, and treating one another as holistic individuals. The Health Promotion and Sexual Respect team works to promote well-being; a broad task, but one we approach with intentionality and passion. This includes an emphasis on both promotion and prevention.   Mission The mission of the Laurie Hamre Center for Health & Wellness is to promote a healthy community by partnering with students, staff, and faculty to achieve physical, emotional and social well-being while promoting the value of life-long learning and health.

Macalester College is seeking a Public Safety Manager of Technology. This position requires prior experience directing staff in a security or law enforcement setting. The candidate must possess strong communication and problem-solving skills along with the ability to interact well with others. In addition, the candidate must be well versed in the management and operation of security technology including CCTV, access control and records management systems. Prior experience in higher education is desirable along with familiarity with the Clery Act, Title IX, and local, state and federal laws, especially those related to Colleges and Universities.    The manager will supervise both professional and student staff including the development of operating policies, work review, and performance management. The manager will respond to emergency and routine calls for service as needed and assist with investigations as assigned.    The manager plays a critical role in the engagement and promotion of our culture of diversity and inclusion encompassing individuals of any heritage, identity, status or orientation.     This is a full-time position with a four day on and four day off schedule. Working hours for the role will be Noon to 10pm.    About The Department:  The Department of Public Safety provides security services and emergency response on campus and develops and maintains the campus Emergency Operations Plan, a broad plan that establishes response protocol and a chain of command for emergencies that threaten the health and safety of the campus community or that disrupt its programs and activities. The plan covers emergencies ranging from natural disasters to terrorist attacks and conforms to state and federal regulations. The plan is reviewed and updated as situations, threats, and resources change.

The Biology Department at Macalester College invites applications for a full-time, benefits eligible Biology Lab Instructor/Supervisor position to begin as early as May 1, 2024. Teaching responsibilities will be focused on the laboratory sections for the department’s introductory Genetics course, and will include the preparation, teaching, and evaluation of labs, as well as the supervision of undergraduate lab teaching assistants. The technical support expectations include training and assisting students (and faculty) in the use of specialized scientific equipment, maintaining equipment, and organizing and maintaining shared and teaching lab spaces, including oversight of common chemical reagent stocks and other lab consumables. We seek a broadly trained biologist with expertise in cellular and molecular biology and encourage candidates from groups underrepresented in the Biological Sciences to apply. A Master’s degree in biology is preferred, but applicants with a bachelor’s degree and commensurate research and/or teaching experience are also encouraged to apply.    The successful candidate will be eager to engage undergraduate students in introductory-level laboratory courses, to train and supervise students working with departmental equipment in upper level courses and research projects, and to maintain the Biology Department’s equipment and laboratory spaces for teaching and scholarship needs. Macalester College is committed to student and faculty diversity, equity, and inclusion. Strong candidates will have a record of experience or demonstrated commitment to teaching diverse students.    This is a full-time, exempt position that requires being onsite Monday-Friday. Hours are 8:00am-4:30pm on days when labs for Genetics are taught, and are more flexible on non-teaching days.    About the Department:  We aim to open students’ eyes to the myriad wonders of the natural world: from the strange creatures inhabiting the depths of the oceans and the tops of the earth’s highest mountain peaks, to the plants and pollinators right here on Macalester’s campus, to the diverse array of microbes that thrive inside each one of us, to the ways our remarkable bodies function—and what happens when things go wrong. Our faculty work to help students discover how the history of evolution led to the present moment, how humans are an integral part of this framework, and what climate change might mean for the future of life on our planet.   See more about the Biology Department at Macalester here.

We are seeking an enthusiastic Research and Instruction Librarian who would thrive in a dynamic and collaborative environment. For this position, we are specifically looking for someone who will liaise with the Social Sciences departments and provide Data Literacy support as their specialty functional area. This position will play a vital role in providing research and instructional support to faculty and students, integrating information literacy goals into course assignments, leading efforts in data-oriented pedagogical and support services, and fostering a collaborative and inclusive environment within the library and across campus.    We encourage candidates who are curious and eager to explore data literacy in academia further to apply. We welcome candidates excited to learn and expand their expertise while in the position. This position offers some work-from-home opportunities with increased flexibility during academic calendar breaks.

We are seeking an enthusiastic Research and Instruction Librarian who would thrive in a dynamic and collaborative environment. For this position, we are specifically looking for someone who will liaise with the Natural Sciences and Mathematics departments and provide support in Emerging Technologies as their specialty functional area. This position plays a pivotal role in providing research and instructional support to faculty, students, and staff, focusing on integrating information literacy goals into course assignments and leading efforts in emerging technologies in libraries and research.    We encourage any candidate who is curious and willing to delve deeper into Artificial Intelligence (AI) and emerging technologies in academia to apply. We welcome candidates excited to learn and expand their expertise while in the position. This position offers some work-from-home opportunities with increased flexibility during academic calendar breaks.

Macalester College in St. Paul, Minnesota, is seeking to hire a Public Safety Officer, Casual to patrol building interiors/exteriors and parking facilities. Monitors ongoing campus security issues. Responds to requests for assistance. Provides initial response as needed, including first aid. Directs scene activities and coordinates communication with internal and/or external agencies as needed. Performs other related duties as assigned..   This role provides coverage for shifts as needed. No assigned hours.  Non-Exempt Hourly Pay Rate: $20.68