Develop an on-going staff development plan, which will include,
but is not limited to conducting weekly staff meetings, holding
bi-weekly one-on-one supervision meetings with your RAs, and
providing staff members with timely feedback and information
regarding expectations and performance.
Assist with recruitment, selection, training, mentoring and
evaluation of graduate residence directors and RAs
Meeting regularly with the hall staff, both individually and as
a team
Living Learning Communities:
- With a focus on student retention and success, assist the
Associate Director of Residential Learning Communities with the
creation and overseeing of the residential learning community's
education plan and evaluate the education plan through
assessment.
- Direct and if need build LLC programming for assigned residence
hall.
- Develop and maintain collaborations with university and
external stakeholders to develop a meaningful experience for LLC
participants
Administration of Residential Learning Area:
- Administer two to four residential halls/houses by supervising
all aspects of hall/house.
- Assist with tracking residential students and assist with
housing assignments and room changes
- Maintain office hours in residential hall/house
- Assist with supporting the central staff, room selections and
summer operations
- Address residential hall/house damages and assist with damage
billing
- Maintain up to date files
- Follow up with students regarding safety concerns, health and
wellness checks, and work orders
- Address quality of life issues with residential students
- Participate/host mandatory training for members of the
Residential Communities team
- Assist with furniture and key inventories
- Ensure correct student occupancy by conducting the residential
census at the start of each semester.
- Manage health and safety inspections, fire drills, and life
safety inspections for residential area(s) and follow up as
needed.
Building Positive Connections:
- Know all residents within their assigned areas individually by
being available and accessible
- Support and participate in RA and learning communities'
programs and activities
- Maintain the safety and security of the residential
halls/houses
- Proactively address roommate issues and work to resolve
roommate conflicts
- Provide college life orientation for residential students,
creating a positive environment to support students' academic
success
- Create and sustain connections with faculty, staff, and
students
- Participate in emergency preparedness and emergency
response
- Support RA community development activities
- Hold meaningful conversations with residents
- Serve as an educator to your staff and students
Student Conduct and Conflict Resolutions:
- Serve as a conduct hearing officer to hold students accountable
for negative actions
- Assign student conduct sanctions that hold students accountable
and that are educationally based.
- Develop educationally based sanctions for students to align
with goals of institution
- Supervise the development and implementation of residential
community standards
- Be knowledgeable of the University Policies and Guidelines,
Residential Community Standards, and the Student Code of
Conduct.
- Educate students about and enforce the University Policies and
Guidelines, Residential Community Standards, and the Student Code
of Conduct.
- Serve as a Campus Security Authority with regard to Clery Act
reporting.
- Assumes responsibility for the understanding and adherence to
all federal, state, and local laws and ordinances
- Assist students in resolving disputes and facilitate roommate
mediations.
Student Experience and University Initiatives:
- Serve as a member of university and divisional committees as
requested
- Attend and actively participate in campus activities and
programs
- Actively participate in Student Experience professional staff
development programs
- Participate in annual safety training and comply with safety
rules, regulations, and protocols.
- Must maintain awareness of best practices, current trends, and
issues in student affairs
- Flexibility in work hours, including evenings and
weekends.
- Perform additional duties and assist with special projects as
assigned.
- Attend and participate in departmental and Student Experience
meetings
Crisis Response and Resource Provider:
- Provide on-call emergency services by serving on the duty
rotation
- Serve as a resource person for needed referrals
- Conduct one-on-one student wellness checks and follow-ups.
- Work cooperatively with university personnel, particularly the
Public Safety Department, in emergency response and crisis
management.
- Have a thorough knowledge of and ability to execute
institutional emergency procedures.
Other Duties & Responsibilities:
- Display and professional attitude and model professional
behavior and attire
- Establish and maintain relationships with other University
offices
- Be familiar and utilize various software systems to support
student record keeping
- Attend regional or national workshops/conferences for continued
development, training, and networking.
- Participate in a yearly performance review.
- Provide quality customer service address student and parent
issues in a timely manner.
- Be actively involved in professional organizations.
- Supports and assists in creating intersections for faculty,
staff and students that will assist in transforming people's
lives.
- Supports and assists in creating an evolving culture of
mentoring and rich engagement opportunities for faculty, staff, and
students.
- Maintains a commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion and a
high degree of cultural competence and respect for a wide range of
identities and experiences, therefore welcoming and supporting all
faculty, staff and students and expanding access to the AU
experience.
- Maintains a safe working environment within and around their
facilities and associated equipment and supplies including, but not
limited to, obtaining Safety Data Sheet (SOS) information
pertaining to any hazards associated with their work
environment.
- Participates in a_ll required assigned training, including
safety training and will comply with safety rules, regulations, and
protocols.
- Effective written and oral communication skills.
- Contributes to the overall success of the University by
performing other duties as assigned.
Requirements:
- Formal Education:
- Bachelor’s degree required; Master’s degree preferred, in
Student Affairs, Counseling, Education or a related field.
- Experience:
- Progressive experience in a residential community, including at
least one year of RD experience.
- Essential Functions:
- With or without reasonable accommodations the incumbent must be
able to read and write and speak the English language at a college
level, be capable of performing sometimes complex mathematical
calculations, statistical calculations and other higher
mathematical operations, must be able to communicate with all
levels of the institution in written and spoken form. The
individual must be able to work independently and be proactive. The
ability to maintain regular and prompt attendance is essential to
the successful performance of this position. Other essential
functions may be required.
Physical Demands & Work Environment:
The physical demands described here are representative of those
that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the
essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodation may be
made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential
functions.
Personal Protective Equipment must be worn when required. A
respiratory function test and the ability to use respirators may be
required. Stairs and uneven surfaces may be present; artificial
lifts, etc., may or may not be available. The position may require
the incumbent to walk outdoors in all types of weather to other
buildings or offices located on the campus. The Campus is in an
area that contains numerous hills and slopes and may not always be
fully accessible for mobility-impaired individuals.
About Alfred University:
Lighting the way for students since 1836.
“We've always been a
place for makers, especially those who make the future. Our
commitment to independent thinking, creativity, academic rigor, and
community have made us a unique kind of leader since
1836.”
Alfred University (AU) was founded on principles of social justice
in 1836 by liberal, independent thinkers who placed high value on
education for all citizens. The University has retained and built
upon the strong values of its founders, developing as an
institution of national and international renown that is responsive
to the needs of contemporary society while remaining consistent
with the spirit of its origins. Alfred University is the second
oldest coeducational college in the United States as well as one of
the earliest nineteenth-century colleges to have enrolled African
American and Native American students. It has a long-standing
history of educating socially conscious students who make a
difference in their professions and their communities.
Over the course of the twentieth century, Alfred University evolved
into a complex institution offering a full range of programs in the
liberal arts and sciences, art and design, engineering, business,
education, counseling, and school psychology to its nearly 2,000
undergraduate and graduate students that live, learn, and play on a
232-acre campus located in an idyllic, creative valley in Western
New York.
Alfred University actively subscribes to a policy of equal
employment opportunity, and will not discriminate against any
employee, student or applicant because of race, age, sex, color,
sexual orientation, gender identification or expression, physical
or mental disability, religion, ancestry or national origin,
marital status, genetic information, military or veteran status,
domestic violence victim status, criminal conviction status,
political affiliation or any other characteristic protected by
applicable law.