Job Description

POSITION TITLE: Asst Director, Contracts & Assignments

COMPENSATION RANGE: 60,770.00 - 64,375.00 USD per year

EMPLOYMENT CLASSIFICATION: Professional Administrative

DEPARTMENT: Residential Education

TARGET HIRE DATE: 9/14/2026

BENEFITS: UNC’s Career Hub

Candidates must have valid U.S. work authorization at the time of application; UNC cannot provide H-1B sponsorship at this time.

To ensure full consideration, applications must be received by 11:59pm (MT) on 08/25/2026.

The
Division of Student Affairs is a forward-thinking student success operation
committed to its role as leading the student experience at the University of
Northern Colorado (UNC). Staff members within the Division are expected to
positively contribute to our mission of supporting students in the
co-curricular environment and providing an experience that inspires students
academically, intellectually, personally, and emotionally.

Housing & Residential Education is the sole provider of
on-campus living accommodations at UNC. With approximately 3400 beds in UNC’s
16 residence halls, Arlington Park Apartments and university owned houses, with
an operating budget of $20 million dollars, the Housing system at UNC is
comprehensive. HRE also manages 3 Sorority Facilities and the Old Man Mountain
Retreat Center. Work across the unit is divided into Residential Education,
Housing Services, and Contract and Assignments. Staff frequently partner with
Dining Services to provide a holistic residential experience to undergraduate
and graduate students as well as visiting students, faculty, and staff. Housing
staff members help to build inclusive and intentional communities focused on healthy
relationships and student success. Housing staff members exhibit the values of
Inclusivity, Integrity, Service, and Growth in their work on campus.

The Assistant Director for
Contracts and Assignments is a full-time live-on position responsible for
leading work with residential facilities assignments for the Office of Housing
& Residential Education. This role includes accountability for Occupancy
Management, Assignments, and Contracts. This role directly supervises the Graduate
Assistant for Housing Business Operations, and a student staff position. This
position is responsible for management of the assignments portion of the office's
housing management system (eRezLife). The role provides training and support to
professional staff related to housing software.
This role is a member of
the Housing Leadership Team. Members of the Leadership Team serve in a
cross-functional role. Members assist in creating, evaluating, and recommending
policy and policy changes across all functions of Housing and Residential Education,
including but not limited to occupancy planning, facilities management,
residential curriculum, budgeting, marketing, resident policies and contracts,
and large campus transitions.

This role works with the
following University Committees: Banner Student Data Team; Divisional
Committees: DRC ESA and Housing Committee; and Department Committees: xx.
This position is exempt
from overtime pay.

Job Duties:

Business / Management – 60%
The Assistant Director for Contracts and Assignments
is responsible for planning the work of the office of Housing and Residential
Education as it relates to contracts and assignments. The role has significant
collaboration with the Housing Services and Residential Education team. Direct supervision Graduate
Assistant for Housing Business Operations and Contracts and Occupancy Student Assistant. This role also coordinates
work with the Residential Education staff and Housing Services team.

• Designs and coordinate effective training programs for staff within HRE.
• This includes conducting needs assessments to determine skills and knowledge and actively provide learning-outcome based, on-going training and developments to enhance the staff job competency, skills, confidence and support the office in achieving its goals.
• Supervision of Contracts team including hiring, payroll, scheduling/staffing, and training.
• Manage day-to-day contracts work under the direction of the Executive Director and contribute to overall planning for office.
• Responsible for the management of the housing management software and proposing strategies. Create, document, and update contracts & assignments operational procedures including maintenance of housing contracts and software, managing room assignments. Manage and administer the contract process for web application, roommate matching, room search, and contract renewal.
• In conjunction with leadership team, verify and determine student qualification for living on-campus as well as contract cancellations (new and renewal).
• In conjunction with leadership team, recommend a timeline for housing contract timelines. Training and communicating contracts and deadlines for incoming first-year students with admissions partnership groups and housing team.
• Coordinate contract exemptions and releases processes with team.
• Review and auditing of residence hall bed space allocation in conjunction with associate director for housing services.
• Work with contracts team to develop, collect data, analyze, and extract reports from the office housing management software related to occupancy and contract trends for use by administrators, staff, students, and other areas. (i.e., demographic information, turnover, withdrawal) for use by administrators, staff, students, etc. Coordinate various reports on the status of occupancy in the housing facilities, housing applications, etc.
• Coordinates programming adjustments and upgrades with Information Management and Technology for and participates in system data review.
• Maintain the new student and return sign up housing processes and recommend changes. Co-leads committee focused on this goal and liaise with Dining, IM&T, Admissions, Marketing and other areas to pursue this work.
• Provides oversight to communications with current residents and some communications to non-residential and perspective students.
• Maintains and updates HRE timeline and ensure task completion for their team.
• Coordinates with the Housing Services team to manage financial suspensions, academic suspensions, behavior suspensions and expulsions, and other resident requirements (i.e., credit hour requirements)
• Oversight of Housing Exemptions for local area students and Petitions for Release from a housing contract or the live-on requirement.
• Design and facilitate training for HRE staff regarding assignments, occupancy management, software management.
• Contribute to the development of budgets and operational forecasts; accountable for monitoring budgets and identifying opportunities for increasing revenue, containing costs, and ensuring compliance with policies.
• Oversight of Housing & Dining websites. Working with shared UNC/ASC marketing for large events such as move-in, return sign up (Call dibs), and general communication.
• Shares guidance on responses to other staff who monitor email inboxes such as housing@unco.edu, parents@unco.edu, etc. and social media sites to answer questions specifically related to Housing & Dining.
• Management of short-term housing assignments and non-affiliated resident process, including building and updating lease templates, request forms, and managing and creating communication templates for non-affiliate processes.
• Manual assignments as needed based on student housing contracts and matching of residents based on information provided by students and accessing facility information for assignments: Including Disability Resource Center approved housing accommodations, family housing, and specialty housing needs.
• Summer housing management – collaborating and communicating with partners in Extended Campus and other programs to gather information, and update website and contract. Manually assign students for summer housing
• Work with the US Census Bureau and Colorado State Demographer for reporting and data requests for items such as the American Community Survey for group quarters including the office’s residential facilities, and leased sorority houses.
• Coordinates housing management system financial processes with Accounting staff and Associate Director for Housing Services to ensure financial aspects of housing processes are maintained.

Student Learning and Development– 20%
The Assistant Director for Contracts and
Assignments is responsible for working with the Associate Director for
Residential Education, Associate Director for Housing Services, and the
Executive Director to plan and assess use of facilities for residents as well
as coordinate other needs for Conference and Event Services, Office of Global
Engagement Groups, and planned updates to facilities. This role also assists in
the annual review and updating of the Student Code of Conduct, Housing &
Residential Education Handbook, HRE duty protocol, and similar materials that
affect the residential experience. This role works directly with the Disability
Resource Center, Office of Institutional Equity and Compliance, and others to
support the needs of students with processes such as room placement, renewal,
and contract release.

• Role coordinates with the Associate Director for Residential Education to plan assignments practices for Residential Learning Communities and Specialized Housing, Student Athlete Housing, etc.
• Monitor room/hall changes related to existing policies in collaboration with Residential Education team (e.g., determines if student qualifies for residential learning communities).

Residential Facilities– 5%
The Assistant Director for Contracts and
Assignments collaborates
with Housing Services Team to ensure proper use of facilities is reflected in
software and coordinates with Associate Director for Housing Services to ensure
that software is setup to manage room condition reporting.

• Submits work requests for facilities issues in residential facilities as appropriate.
• Submits IM&T tickets for technology-related issues in residential facilities as appropriate.

Crisis Management– 5%
The Assistant Director for Contracts and
Assignments is responsible for emergency response and risk management of the
residential campus.

• Respond, evaluate, notify, and direct staff in response to student crisis and life/safety emergencies for all housing facilities.
• Provide direction and supervision of initial onsite responders pending the arrival of police, fire, and medical support.
• Provides guidance and reporting around emergency and crisis support.
• Design, implement and evaluate emergency response plans including student life/safety issues, facility matters, behavioral standards and risk management/liability issues.

Dining Services/Public-Private Partnerships– 10%
The Assistant Director for Contracts and
Assignments manages significant
relationships with on-campus and off-campus vendors related to the residential
experience.

• Primary liaison with Housing Management Software Vendors (CBORD, eRezLife, etc.) and management of relationships, software needs, etc.
• May collaborate with vendors for software and contractors for various projects.

Minimum Qualifications:

Education:

Minimum
requirements include a bachelor’s degree. Equivalent experience in lieu of
educational requirements could be an option, with
at least 3 years of administrative experience required, due to the need to
clearly understand housing assignments and operations.

Preferred
qualifications: 3 years of full-time experience in a comprehensive university
or college housing program.

Experience:

• Experience working with a customer relationship management database.
• Experience in housing/residence life administration is highly desirable.
• Development of people/large, diverse staff
• Demonstrated ability to build collaborative relationships across campus that enhance student engagement and success
• A strong understanding of current issues in higher education, Hispanic Serving Institutions, and curricular approaches to student affairs is highly desirable
• Strong problem solving skills
• Demonstrated ability to multi-task

Certification/Registration/Licensing:

None

Ability:

• Excellent and demonstrated organizational, communication, and people skills 
• Ability to lead, inspire, and motivate
• Problem-solving and decision-making skills, emotional intelligence, and independent judgment
• Computer skills, including Microsoft Office programs, such as Outlook, Word, Excel, Access, and PowerPoint, mainframe/CRM systems, and virtual meeting products
• Demonstrated written and verbal communication skills
• Computer system support for data gathering and analysis, including web-based research
• Research design and analysis regarding assessment and enrollment management

Special Considerations:

None

Benefits:
Benefits available include health, dental, vision, life and long-term disability insurance, as well as a selection of several defined contribution retirement plans for all full-time positions. Employees at UNC receive sick leave, and other leave options may be available based on position. Full-time employees are eligible to receive tuition waiver benefits, as well as dependents and spouses of UNC Employees who are employed at 0.5 FTE or above are eligible for undergraduate dependent tuition grants of up to 50%. These tuition grants will cover in-state tuition charges. Further requirements may exist. Other benefits may be available based on position.

About UNC
The University of Northern Colorado is a public doctoral/research institution located in Greeley, Colorado. UNC’s commitment to education began in 1889 and
continues to be a transformational force for our students. Recognized
as a top university for social mobility, UNC is proud to
be a Hispanic
Serving Institution and to serve more than 44% of our undergraduates who are the first in their
family to attend college. UNC is also committed to providing our faculty and staff with the support they need to succeed as professionals, educators, and in life. Please visit UNC’s Career Hub, to
learn more about UNC’s strategic plan, school programs, and employee benefits. Go Bears!

EEO Statement
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environment that provides equal opportunity to all members of the UNC
community. In accordance with federal and state law, UNC prohibits unlawful
discrimination, including harassment, based on race, color, national origin,
religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, pregnancy, disability, genetic
information, and/or veteran status. UNC also prohibits discrimination based on
gender identity, and gender expression. Retaliation against persons who oppose
a discriminatory practice, file a charge of discrimination, or testify for,
assist in, or participate in an investigative proceeding relating to
discrimination is prohibited. Constitutionally protected expression will not be
considered discrimination or harassment under this policy. It is the
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to providing reasonable accommodation to individuals with disabilities. If you
require reasonable accommodation in completing this application, interviewing
or otherwise participating in the employee selection process, please direct
your inquiries to 970-351-2718 or human.resources@unco.edu.

Background Check
Satisfactory completion of a background check, educational check, and authorization to work in the United States is required after a conditional offer of employment has
been made. The successful candidate must submit original transcripts within one (1) month of hire.

This position is contingent on funding from the Colorado State Legislature, approval by the Board of Trustees, and subject to the policies and regulations of the University of Northern Colorado.

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