Welcome to the Campus Life Professional Staff Search web page!

About PLU & Campus Life
Position Openings

We're Glad You're Interested!

We are glad that you are interested in learning more about working in Campus Life at Pacific Lutheran University (PLU)! Campus Life is currently hiring for a Community Director for Tingelstad Hall that is integral to supporting student success at PLU. We hope these pages will provide a simple and informative guide to everything prospective candidates will need to know about Campus Life professional staff opportunities, living in the Pacific Northwest (PNW) and working at PLU. Please use the right-hand navigational menu above to navigate through our selection & hire webpages.

About PLU & Campus Life

The vision of Campus Life is to create opportunities and environments that: inspire and cultivate joy; champion equity and justice; enrich authentic growth; and care for wellbeing. We work to fulfill this vision through our mission: Campus Life seeks to engage students in co-creating and sustaining radically inclusive communities of belonging, learning, and leadership — for students and the intersecting communities in which we are rooted.

Campus Life creates a cohesive, intentional, and holistic student experience while enhancing student learning, engagement and success at PLU. The work of Campus Life staff transcends a single functional area and provides the opportunity to engage with a variety of other functional areas, including: New Student Orientation, Student Activities, Clubs & Organizations, Leadership Programs, Residential Life, Commuter Student Programs, and Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) initiatives. Campus Life is situated within Student Life, a Division that strives for improved care, learning and service to students through increased synergies and efficiencies.

Available Positions

Community Director for Tingelstad

Apply for this positions today via PLU’s Human Resources Webpage: https://employment.plu.edu/postings/8880

About the Community Director Position

Community Directors are an integral part of the educational community at Pacific Lutheran University (PLU). They collaborate with faculty, staff, and students to create and manage purposeful and dynamic learning environments across campus that support student wellbeing and thriving. They have a broad knowledge of student development theories and implement these theories into daily practice, particularly in support of retention and persistence for historically marginalized students (e.g., Students of Color, First Generation, LGBTQIA+, and other students). Finally, Community Directors are reflective educators who are able to communicate with diverse individuals and communities. Community Directors report to the Associate Director(s) for Campus Life.
Campus Life integrates the traditional work of Student Engagement, Commuter Services, and Residential Life to create a more cohesive, intentional, and holistic student experience while enhancing student learning, engagement and success at PLU. Campus Life is situated within the Student Life Division, Through shared departmental leadership, vision and work, the Campus Life department enhances student learning, engagement and success at PLU.
The Campus Life Community Director team comprises five (5) staff members with responsibility for student communities including PLU’s residence halls, the Commuter Lounge – a learning community space for commuter students, and the ARENA – a collaborative workspace for student leaders across campus. This team directs our twelve (12) learning communities, provides care through participation in an on-call duty rotation, and supervises our student leaders (Resident Assistants [RA], Commuter Advocates [CA], Residential Operations Student Assistants [ROSA], and Campus Life Coordinators [CLC]).

Compensation & Benefits

  • $20.43 per hour with benefits. Hours worked over 40/week paid overtime. Position includes on-campus housing ($15,130.00/yr value) and meal plan ($7,174.00/yr), will be prorated based on start date.
  • Working at PLU and with Campus Life, in the State of Washington offers many benefits and quality of life opportunities. These include:
    • Washington State does not have state income tax.
    • Reproductive rights are protected by state law.
    • PLU offers excellent benefits (see Other Information below) and paid time off, including a bonus 56 hours of flexible time off and winter holiday time off with university closure from 12/25 through 1/1 (at noon for Campus Life depending on winter opening schedules).
    • A flexible, 40-hour/week hourly work schedule, including a commitment to sustainable weekly schedule that keeps to 40 hours/week and overtime for any hours worked over 40 per week when this is unavoidable due to crisis response, move in/out, or other anticipated or unanticipated busy times of the year.
    • This position also includes a furnished private apartment, meal plan (in LuteBucks, a declining balance debit commensurate with the value of Meal Plan D available for students), free reserved parking spot, and option to purchase an unlimited regional transit pass at a discounted rate.
    • PLU has no summer on-call responsibility for Community Directors.
    • Campus Life has Pet Policy allowing each Community Director to have 2 pets, and Partner Policy allowing each Community Director to have 1 partner (no legal marriage documentation required).

Thank you for your interest. We hope you learn a lot and have fun exploring. If you have any questions about these professional staff opportunities within Campus Life, the search process, or this web page, please direct them to  Alexis Austin, Director for Campus Life Engagement.