Residence Director

About This Role

The Residence Director is responsible for leading the overall student experience within residence halls including student learning using a curricular approach, student support and wellbeing, staff supervision and development and response to a range of complex student and staff concerns. The Residence Director participates in a range of department initiatives and projects.

Responsibilities

• Provide leadership for student learning and inclusive community development within assigned residential communities using a curricular framework.
• Supervise a team of undergraduate Resident Assistants and potentially Graduate Assistant/Assistant Residence Director.
• Serve as lead instructor for EDUC 391R: CORE – Creating Opportunities for Residents to Engage.
• Coordinate response and follow up to a range of complex incidents in residence halls, collaborating with campus partners.
• Uphold the Code of Student Conduct and Residential Life policies, adjudicating student conduct cases as needed.
• Provide 24-hour on-call coverage for campus residential community in a rotation, including during University break periods and holidays.
• Collaborate with campus colleagues, academic partners, and other units, responding to parent/family and campus partner inquiries.
• Support residence hall operations by reporting maintenance issues, monitoring occupancy, and participating in move-in/move-out.
• Support and participate in University initiatives such as New Students Orientation, student organization events, and Residential Life committees and searches.
• Engage in professional development, complete training requirements, and manage assigned community budget.

Requirements

• Master's Degree
• One academic year of post-baccalaureate live-in residence hall staff experience
• Demonstrated experience supervising undergraduate student staff in a residential environment
• Excellent oral and written communication skills, active listening, decision-making and evaluative skills
• Demonstrated experience with incident response, follow-up with students of concern, and/or on-call experience.
• Ability to work independently and manage multiple priorities
• Ability to maintain appropriate levels of privacy and confidentiality
• Demonstrated experience working with diverse student populations and developing inclusive communities
• Excellent interpersonal skills and customer service orientation
• Established skills in Microsoft Office applications and ability to utilize electronic systems

Qualifications

• Master's Degree at time of hire.
• One academic year of post-baccalaureate experience as a live-in residence hall staff member. Demonstrated experience supervising undergraduate student staff in a residential environment.

Nice to Have

• Working knowledge of student learning outcomes, learning strategy design, and outcomes assessment
• Demonstrated experience with web-based student information data management systems
• Previous experience facilitating training and workshops focused on diversity, equity and inclusion topics

Skills

* Required skills

Benefits