The Role
/ Te mahiWe are seeking an experienced leader to serve as the Senior Warden of Colleges / Tautiaki Matua.
This position provides operational leadership across the University’s owned and operated residential colleges and University Flats, ensuring that our college communities continue to offer a safe, inclusive, and enriching scholastic experience for our tauira.
The Senior Warden / Tautiaki Matua will:
• Oversee and support College Wardens and their teams.
• Oversee policies, practices, and initiatives that enhance the wellbeing, safety, and academic success of students in our colleges.
• Champion and represent the Otago college experience internally and externally.
• Align services with the University’s key Pae Tata strategic frameworks and enablers.
• Foster a culture of academic support, community engagement, and operational effectiveness (including legislative compliance).
Your Skills and Experience / Kā Pūkeka me kā Wheako
We are looking for a leader who is/has:
• Proven experience managing large, complex teams to deliver results in a human-orientated service.
• Demonstrated experience in tertiary residential life or a related field.
• Comprehensive understanding of the tertiary environment and in particular accommodation or tauira services.
• A strong commitment to tauira and kaimahi wellbeing and development, with demonstrated ability to build inclusive, supportive communities.
• Strong organisational and time-management skills, capable of overseeing a 24/7 collegiate service portfolio across multiple sites, including on-call responsibilities while maintaining a healthy work/life balance.
• Excellent communication and relationship-building skills, with the ability to work effectively across diverse stakeholders.
• Skilled in negotiation, resilient, empathetic, and adaptable in responding to the challenges of student residential life.