Residence Director

Posting Date:

07/05/2019

Responsibilities:

The Residence Director has direct responsibility for student development functions and the effective administration of a residential community housing a diverse population of 250-700 students and staffed by-1 graduate assistants, and 5-16 paraprofessional staff. The Residence Director’s primary purpose is to develop and maintain an environment conducive to social and intellectual growth, and the academic success of resident students. Responsibilities include ongoing student development activities, behavior management, and judicial administration, building management, security management, operations and staff supervision.
The Residence Director is responsible to implement protocol to address emergencies/crises/mental health issues including: eating disorders, suicide attempts, alcohol/use/abuse/overdose, drug use/abuse/overdose, and acquaintance rape. Due to live-in requirement of the Residence Director, this individual is responsible for their residence hall(s) and any events or crises that occur in the buildings 24 hours per day/7 days per week. Additionally, as the work site is not near administrative offices of colleagues or the Residence Director’s supervisor, it is critical that this individual is able to work autonomously and exercise excellent judgment in supervision, response to emergencies, interpretation and implementation of policy, etc.
The successful candidate will be subject to a criminal background check.

Qualifications:

Masters degree in College Student Development, Higher Education Administration or related field preferred; live-in experience as a live-in professional or graduate assistant in a residence hall setting; effective supervision, administrative, organizational, written and oral communication skills; experience in conflict resolution, mediation, application of student development theory in a residence hall setting; excellent decision making skills. Experience supervising, working with and addressing needs of a diverse student community varied in its ethnic composition, sexual orientation aptitudes. Experience with Computer applications (Microsoft suite) is required.