Student Life Team Leader

Student Housing
Student Life Team Leader
Ball State University

Ball State University welcomes applications for our Student Life Team Leader position. 

Destination 2040: Our Flight Path establishes Ball State University’s ambitious goals for our second century:

• We pledge to provide a premier educational experience for every student.
• We pledge to partner with the community to improve the lives of our neighbors.
• We are dedicated to having a lifelong presence in the lives of our alumni.
And when we complement these promises with our commitment to our enduring values, we define that which makes our University and its culture distinctive.

Our faculty are collegial, collaborative, innovative, inclusive, and adaptive, both within and beyond one’s home unit. These attributes include commitments to collaborative discourse, interdisciplinary inquiry, and enterprising learning practices.

Our faculty are expected to be innovative, adaptive, engaging teachers across modalities; producers of impactful creative and/or scholarly work; leaders in meaningful service activities to multiple communities. We seek faculty members who are strategic thinkers, engaging our dynamic communities. We are committed to student and faculty success, impact, and access, within an environment that prioritizes inclusive excellence. We inspire each other to be critical thinkers and responsible citizens, so that we can pursue fulfilling careers and meaningful lives.

Ball State University lives the values of Beneficence. We invite you to be part of our community.

At Ball State University, inclusiveness and freedom of expression are a part of our enduring values and inform all of our efforts. We encourage applicants to familiarize themselves with our Inclusive Excellence Plan to learn more about our commitment and to identify how you might contribute to these efforts.

Duties and Responsibilities: Willingness and commitment to work with the Academy’s high school students and staff regarding the following areas: be a positive role model and example to others; protection and safety of all residents of the building; address conflict resolutions; addressing all behavior concerns and problems; counseling and referrals, encourage participation in community activities and events; supervise activities and special events; communicate maintenance needs to the Administrative Coordinator or the Associate Director of Residential and Student Affairs; work with, assist, and help support other areas of the school like Academic Affairs, Student Health Care and Mental Health and Support services. Foster relationships with students on various floors of the Academy within the first semester. Assess and provide feedback to students regarding residence life skills. Provide supervision of students and staff and effectively confront and re-direct behaviors that are contradictory to the mission and goals of the Indiana Academy with confidence and consistency. Provide input regarding roommate assignments; be aware of all room and roommate changes in coordination with the SLC’s and the Administration Coordinator in consultation with the Associate Director. Support the SLC’s in roommate conflicts and resolution. Provide support and participate in the orientation, retention, training and development efforts of students and staff. Work with Associate Director if Residential and Student Affairs to hire, train, supervise, and schedule Ball State undergraduate student workers for front desk staffing needs. Communicate regularly and be an effective resource to students, parents, teachers, and other professional staff and keep all documentation up to date and professional. Provide programming for the residence hall; responsible for 10 programs/activities pers semester; co-coordinate and advise weekend activities and special events, including but not limited to Academy Awards Banquet, All Hall Weekend and Prom in conjunction with fellow Team Leader, the Associate Director and SLCs; support Peer Assistants in planning and implementing program for individual floors. Manage the reservation of facilities, complete various desk duties, rounds, check-ins and curfew as part of daily residential operations. Enforce all Academy regulations and policies. Hold monthly meetings with team to organize team programming. Hold team members accountable for monthly and weekend programming. Work cooperatively with floor co-professionals and fellow team leader. Observe on-duty hours, including weekdays, weekends, and opening and closing the hall on specified times; perform duties as assigned and scheduled by the Associate Director of Student Life and the Director of Residential And Student Affairs; transport students in case of emergency, athletic practices, and general transportation needs as required. Perform other related duties as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications: Bachelor’s degree from an accredited institution by date of first pay period. Four months of experience working with students or youth of any age; or experience as a volunteer, working with, or helping others in a school, in-home, or any other setting. Possess and maintain a valid driver’s license and be insurable under the university’s auto fleet policy; must be 21 years of age.             

Preferred Qualifications: Bachelor’s degree in a field related to student affairs/development OR master’s degree from an accredited institution by date of first pay period. Supervisory experience; experience with gifted high school students; professional experience in a residential school setting; student affairs experience; event planning experience; educational programming experience. 

Candidates for searches must have current authorization to be employed in the U.S. without employer sponsorship.

To ensure full consideration, applications must be received by 12/3/2025. 

Apply online at: Workday.com. Include the following documents with your application: Curriculum Vitae and in support of your application for this position, please prepare and submit a cover letter that describes how your qualifications and experiences align with the elements of the position description (or leadership profile). In your cover letter, please also describe how you have demonstrated a commitment to our University’s enduring values, including inclusiveness, which we define as a commitment ‘to respect and embrace equity, inclusion, and diversity in people, ideas, and opinions.’

The option to upload transcripts is available. Original, official transcripts showing the highest related degree earner is required at the time of hire (even if obtained at BSU). Degree verification will be conducted. 

Ball State is a great place to work! In fact, Forbes has ranked Ball State University as the fourth-best midsized employer—and the only recognized education institution—in the State of Indiana.

Ball State University is located in Muncie, Indiana, on an attractive campus 45 miles northeast of Indianapolis. Approximately 20,000 graduate and undergraduate students enroll in one of eight academic colleges that offer 270+ undergraduate and graduate programs. Many of our master’s, doctoral, certificate, and specialist degrees rank among the best in the nation. We engage students in educational, research, and creative endeavors that empower our graduates to have fulfilling careers and meaningful lives enriched by lifelong learning and service, while we enhance the economic, environmental, and social vitality of our community, our state, and our world.

The Ball State way is rooted in the Beneficence Pledge – a commitment to excellence in teaching and scholarship, honesty and integrity, social responsibility, gratitude and valuing the intrinsic worth of each member of our community. Ball State students, faculty and staff are empowered in a culture that believes in them and demands they believe in themselves. They are partners in an innovative, immersive approach to education. They are supported by living and learning facilities that enable intellectual curiosity. We graduate scholars who are changing the world, and we’ve dedicated our University to do the same.

Ball State University is an equal opportunity employer.  All qualified applicants will receive equal consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression, disability, genetic information, ethnicity, national origin or ancestry, age, protected veteran status, or any legally protected status.