Assistant Vice President for University Housing

Coastal Carolina University; Conway, Northern (SC, KY); On-site; USD 180,000 - 250,000; Full time

Job summary

Coastal Carolina University is seeking an Assistant Vice President for University Housing in Conway, SC. This full-time executive role will lead University Housing, driving strategic direction, budget oversight, and operations across facilities, residence life, and occupancy management.

The position requires a Master's degree and 10+ years of progressive leadership in housing, with strong financial stewardship and crisis-management capabilities.

Qualifications

• Masters degree and ten (10) years of progressive experience within housing.
• Budget and financial-management experience.
• Significant personnel/supervisory experience.
• Strategic planning and organizational leadership experience.
• Crisis-management and compliance experience.

Responsibilities

• Provides executive leadership for University Housing, establishing mission and long-range strategies.
• Oversees budgeting, financial controls, and resource stewardship for the housing enterprise.
• Manages facilities operations, maintenance, and capital planning for housing facilities.
• Directs residence life, student experience, and community wellbeing programs.
• Oversees occupancy strategy, housing contracts, and enrollment support with data-driven modeling.

Skills

Budgeting

Financial management

Supervisory experience

Strategic planning

Crisis management

Compliance

Education

Master's degree

Tools

StarRez

Job description

Assistant Vice President for University Housing

Subject to Drug/Alcohol Testing Guidelines

Subject to Drug/Alcohol Testing Guidelines No

Subject to Credit Check

Subject to Credit Check No

Internal Title

Internal Title Assistant Vice President for University Housing

Department

Department University Housing

Position Type

Position Type PCLS - Slotted Classified

Full or Part Time

Full or Part Time Full-Time

Basis

Basis 12 mo.

Hours per week 37.5 hours per week

Normal Work Schedule

Normal Work Schedule M-TH 8:00AM-5:00PM; F 8:00AM-12:30PM

Coastal Carolina University is currently accepting applications for the following full-time positions: Assistant Vice President for University Housing in the University Housing Department.

Required Requirements: Masters degree and ten (10) years of progressive experience within housing. Budget and financial-management experience. Significant personnel/supervisory experience. Strategic planning and organizational leadership experience. Crisis-management and compliance experience.

Preferred Requirements: At least five (5) years of senior-level management experience, Doctorate in higher education, education, business, public administration, or related field, Experience managing a housing system of 5,000+ beds. Experience managing a multimillion-dollar housing budget. Experience with major housing construction, renovation, P3/private housing partnerships, or debt-financed capital projects. Experience with housing technology such as StarRez. Experience with occupancy optimization, revenue management, and housing demand modeling. Experience leading housing operations during major institutional crises.

• Executive Leadership, Strategic Direction & Institutional Alignment - Provides executive leadership for University Housing, establishing mission, vision, priorities, and long-range strategies that support institutional goals. Represents University Housing in campus-wide planning, policy development, and decision-making. Ensures alignment with enrollment, retention, student success, financial sustainability, and campus master planning.
• Financial Oversight & Business Stewardship - Provides executive oversight and serves as the Budget Officer for the University's 38 million housing enterprise Directs the development and execution of operating budgets financial controls and business processes to ensure fiscal integrity, operational effectiveness, and long-term financial sustainability. Promotes disciplined stewardship of institutional resources through transparent reporting, accountability, and alignment with University's strategic plan. Partners closely with Director of Auxiliary Finance, who provides financial analysis, forecasting, and reporting to support data-informed decision making and housing rate strategies.
• Facilities, Operations & Capital Planning - Oversees 1.4 million square feet of Housing Facilities, including maintenance, custodial services, access control, warehouse operations, renovations, and capital construction. Ensures safe, reliable, compliant, and student-centered residential facilities. Guides facility condition assessments, deferred maintenance planning, capital project prioritization, and modernization initiatives.
• Residence Life, Student Experience & Community Wellbeing - Oversees Residence Life, including residential education, student engagement, community development, risk management, emergency preparedness, crisis response, behavioral intervention, and student conduct. Ensures residential environments support belonging, learning, safety, and student success.
• Administration, Compliance, Occupancy Management, Assignments & Enrollment Support -Provides executive oversight for occupancy strategy, assignments operations, housing contracts, and capacity planning. Ensures accurate forecasting, optimal bed utilization, and alignment with enrollment and retention goals. Supports institutional planning through data driven occupancy modeling and demand analysis. Oversees administrative operations, business services, HR administration, procurement, contract management, policy development, business continuity planning, and compliance with federal, state, and institutional regulations. Establishes department-wide performance metrics, dashboards, and accountability systems. Ensures efficient administrative systems and high-quality service delivery.

Assistant Vice President (UC63/61121949/ FTE -S01197P), full-time position with benefits. Normal work hours are Monday through Thursday, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. and Friday 8:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Must be flexible to meet the special scheduling needs of the university.

Coastal Carolina University is a public comprehensive liberal arts institution located in Conway, South Carolina, just nine miles from the Atlantic coastal resort city of Myrtle Beach. Coastal Carolina University enrolls over 12,000 students from 48 states and 53 nations. The University is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges to award the baccalaureate and master's degrees of national and/or regional significance in the arts and sciences, business, humanities, education, and health and human services, a specialist degree in instructional technology, and PhD degrees in marine science: coastal and marine systems science and education sciences.

The University provides equal employment opportunity without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, citizenship status, national origin, or because an employee or applicant for employment is an individual with a disability or a disabled veteran, an Armed Forces service medal veteran, a recently separated veteran, or an active-duty wartime or campaign badge veteran, or other "protected veteran," as defined by law. Coastal Carolina University is an EO/AA employer.

Required Qualifications

Masters degree and ten (10) years of progressive experience within housing. Budget and financial-management experience. Significant personnel/supervisory experience. Strategic planning and organizational leadership experience. Crisis-management and compliance experience.

Preferred Qualifications

At least five (5) years of senior-level management experience, Doctorate in higher education, education, business, public administration, or related field, Experience managing a housing system of 5,000+ beds. Experience managing a multimillion-dollar housing budget. Experience with major housing construction, renovation, P3/private housing partnerships, or debt-financed capital projects. Experience with housing technology such as StarRez. Experience with occupancy optimization, revenue management, and housing demand modeling. Experience leading housing operations during major institutional crises.

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

Excellent executive communication and relationship-building skills. Strategic leadership, Financial and resource management, Executive decision-making, Crisis and risk management, Collaboration across the university.

Required fields are indicated with an asterisk (*).

• * What is your highest level of education completed?
  • High School Diploma or GED
  • Associate's Degree
  • Bachelor's Degree
  • Master's Degree
  • Doctoral
• * Do you have at least ten (10) years of progressive experience within housing?
  • Yes
  • No
• * Do you have budget and financial-management and significant personnel/supervisory experience?
  • Yes
  • No

Coastal Carolina University prohibits any form of discrimination against its students, faculty, staff and applicants in its programs or for admission to or employment with the University. For more information, visit Title IX or EEO.