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Administrative Manager – Event Management

University Housing is a dynamic operation with an emphasis on high standards for administrative processes and excellent customer service. We are looking for someone to help manage customer service operations within the Conference & Events and Desk Services area of University Housing. This position will help to streamline administrative, hiring, and training activities for student and career staff.

Application Deadline: May 9, 2025 – 11:55pm

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Catering Sales Coordinator

University Housing is looking for an experienced individual to join our Dining & Culinary Services management team! The Catering Sales Coordinator for Housing Catering will be the primary contact between clients and the catering operation.

This individual will need to be an effective communicator with excellent organizational skills. The successful candidate will need to communicate with various stakeholders both internal and external, and be the primary point of contact for our catering clients.

Application Deadline: May 1, 2025 – 11:55pm

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HVAC Mechanic

Join the Housing Facilities team as an HVAC Mechanic! We are seeking energetic and skilled candidates to provide repair and maintenance of all mechanical, HVAC, plumbing, electrical and refrigeration systems serving the residents and guests who call University Housing their home.

Work with a team of dedicated professionals focused on excellent customer service with no sales component. Base hours are all daytime hours with flexible start time. This position may have a rotating weekend schedule or scheduled on-call with standby and call back compensation. Apply today!

Application Deadline: April 28, 2025 – 11:55pm

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Facilities Technician III

Join the Housing Facilities team as a Facilities Technician III! We are seeking energetic and skilled candidates to provide repair and maintenance of all mechanical, HVAC, plumbing, electrical and refrigeration systems serving the residents and guests who call University Housing their home.

Work with a team of dedicated professionals focused on excellent customer service with no sales component. Base hours are all daytime hours with flexible start time. This position may have a rotating weekend schedule or scheduled on-call with standby and call back compensation.  Apply today!

Application Deadline: April 28, 2025 – 11:55pm

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Early Childhood Education Assistant Teacher

Eagle’s Wing Child Care and Education Programs is hiring an Assistant Teacher!

We are currently hiring an Assistant Teacher for our infant and toddler rooms. Come join our teaching team and provide high quality, child-centered care and education programming within a child-initiated learning environment. Eagle’s Wing is known for our multicultural, international community and a play-based approach focused on developmentally appropriate and engaging activities.

UW-Madison provides excellent benefits including generous paid vacation and personal holiday time, additional paid sick leave, nine (9) paid legal holidays throughout the year, and excellent retirement and benefits plans. Apply today!

Application Deadline: April 29, 2025 – 11:55pm

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Facilities Director – Assistant Director of Housing

Come join our Amazing Team! We have an opening for our Facilities Director here in the Division of University Housing.

Everything we do in University Housing is to ensure the success of our residents, guests, customers, and employees in their experience on this campus and beyond. Whether we’re launching new academic support services, testing out a new recipe, renovating resident rooms, organizing welcome events, inviting a new summer youth camp, cleaning our facilities, or training our staff on new work skills, it’s all done to serve our residents and to support the mission of UW-Madison.

The Division of University Housing is seeking a dynamic and visionary leader to serve as the Facilities Director / Assistant Director of University Housing. This pivotal role involves leading and managing the Department of Housing Facilities, which provides comprehensive facilities services for undergraduate and graduate/family housing and dining facilities.

The Facilities Director is responsible for strategic planning within University Housing, overseeing construction and renovation projects to meet infrastructure, mechanical, architectural, and stakeholder needs. Key responsibilities include leading a leadership team indirectly supervising over 200 full-time equivalent staff and approximately 200 student and seasonal employees. This role ensures the stewardship of nearly 3 million gross square feet of facilities through a robust organization that includes routine and emergency maintenance, custodial services, capital projects design and management, health and safety systems, building access and security systems, procurement and inventory, information technology, contract management, and finance.

Essential responsibilities include developing priorities and implementation strategies for custodial and maintenance standards, schedules, and labor requirements for routine and emergency repairs, preventative maintenance programs, grounds work, warehouse functions, renovations, and capital improvement projects. The Director will also direct the planning and scheduling of building maintenance and remodeling activities, incorporating operational requirements and priorities.

The successful candidate will develop and foster working relationships with university and state professional architects and engineers, project managers, building construction superintendents, and outside contractors while representing staff and residents.

This is an exciting opportunity for a leader who is passionate about facilities management and committed to enhancing the living and learning environment for university students and staff.

Application Deadline: May 1, 2025 – 11:55pm

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DCS Unit Manager – Catering

University Housing is now hiring! We are looking for motivated leaders for our Unit Manager position. This individual would lead a team of career and student staff in our Dining & Culinary Services department on the UW-Madison campus.

University Housing Dining & Culinary Services serves the residents of the University Residence Halls, as well as all UW-Madison students, faculty, staff, and the general public in a variety of venues, including catering operations, 7 dining markets, coffee shops, and convenience stores.

Unit Managers oversee food service operations, manage financials, and develop long-term operational strategies to enhance customer satisfaction and meet food service objectives in environments such as dining, retail, and/or catering venues.

Application Deadline: May 15, 2025 – 11:55pm

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Food Service Assistant Advanced

University Housing is looking for individuals to join our Dining and Culinary Services Food Service Assistant Advanced team!

The Food Service Assistant Advanced preps and serves food according to quality and safety standards to ensure customer satisfaction and achieve departmental food service goals.

Starting wage for Food Service Assistant Advanced is $17.75 per hour. We’re also offering a $2,000 to $4,000 hiring bonus and significant night and weekend shift differentials. This position includes paid time off, free meal for every shift worked, state employee benefits and a $1,000 referral bonus for each person hired.

Be a part of the University Housing Dining & Culinary Services team that serves the residents of the University Residence Halls, as well as all UW-Madison students, faculty, staff, and the general public.

Application Deadline: May 8, 2025 – 11:55pm

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Painter – Temporary Summer

Join the University Housing Team as a seasonal Painter from May through August. We are seeking energetic and skilled candidates to patch, repair, prepare, and paint various surfaces in our residential and dining facilities. Work with a team of professionals focused on providing outstanding customer service. All tools for this position will be supplied.

Application Deadline: April 30, 2025 – 11:55pm