Assistant Director, Residence Life

Assistant Director, Residence Life - Live In Position. Position Number: S86150

Join Lehigh University's dynamic Student Affairs team as an Assistant Director of Residence Life. As an Assistant Director you'll be a foundational component of the campus residential experience, directly managing a residential area and leading a passionate team of our student staff members. This live-in position offers a unique opportunity to mentor student leaders, implement an innovative residential curriculum, and create inclusive and supportive communities where students can thrive.

About the Opportunity

As one of six Assistant Directors in our Office of Residence Life, you'll oversee residential area operations and create environments where students thrive academically and personally. This role combines leadership, community programming, and student development in a supportive university setting.

Position Number: S86150

This position is a Grade: 7 - 40 with an approximate salary range of $42,000- $46,000 and is subject to change based on experience, skills and qualifications.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide direct supervision and development to a team of Gryphon student staff members, including facilitating regular supervisory meetings and monitoring performance to provide continuous feedback and development
• Oversee the implementation and refinement of a variety of educational and community development strategies to foster residents' continued engagement with bLUeprint, Lehigh's student life curriculum.
• Assess learning goals and outcomes of the curriculum strategies in tandem with bLUeprint's five foundations for student success
• Identify, support, and refer students who exhibit personal, social, academic and/or behavioral concerns in partnership with appropriate campus offices
• Serve as an administrative hearing officer in support of Student Conduct and Community Expectations processes
• Meet with students to resolve roommate conflicts and community living concerns through a restorative practices approach and respond as needed with community interventions
• Execute financial stewardship over assigned area budget
• Serve on the Assistant Director duty rotation with other Assistant Directors, responding to crises and engaging appropriate campus services as needed
• Assist with implementation of recruitment, selection, training, and development programs for Gryphons
• Evaluate condition of residential areas of oversight and work with campus partners to address facilities concerns in a timely manner
• Assist with other Residence Life and Student Affairs programs and services as needed in support of larger divisional commitments

Qualifications

• Master's Degree in Higher Education/Student Affairs or the equivalent combination of education and experience
• One to three years of related work experience
• Strong supervision and leadership skills, specifically demonstrated experience supervising undergraduate or graduate student staff in a residential setting
• Sound judgement in crisis response and on-call situations
• Commitment to fostering inclusive residential communities consistent with Lehigh's values
• Excellent communication and interpersonal abilities
• A collaborative approach to working within a structured, team-based department
• Flexibility for evening and weekend responsibilities
• Willingness to live on campus

Why Choose Lehigh University?

Lehigh University provides an exceptional workplace where tradition meets innovation. Located in Pennsylvania's scenic Lehigh Valley, our campus offers easy access to New York City and Philadelphia while maintaining a tight-knit community atmosphere. We support our employees through comprehensive benefits, professional development opportunities, and a collaborative work environment. Our Student Affairs division values creativity, inclusion, and student-centered approaches. You'll collaborate with passionate professionals dedicated to student success and personal growth.

Lehigh offers a strong benefits package that includes generous university contributions to retirement, comprehensive health coverage, and tuition benefits that extend to staff and eligible family members, resources that reflect the university's investment in the people who make campus life possible.

Special Considerations

• This is a live-in position and will work 48 out of 52 weeks per year, with four consecutive weeks off during the summer.
• The duties of this position do not allow for a remote work option - an active campus presence will be required, including evening and weekend hours when needed. The employee in this position will be required to live and work on-campus where they can be appropriately accessible to the Lehigh community.
• The fall semester start date is flexible based on the selected candidate's specific circumstance

Lehigh University is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate. We are committed to a culturally and intellectually diverse community and we seek qualified candidates to contribute to the university's mission.

Persons with disabilities who anticipate needing an accommodation for any part of the interview or hiring process may contact Lehigh's Accommodations Specialist.

Successful completion of standard background checks including but not limited to: social security verification, education verification, national criminal background checks, motor vehicle checks, PATCH, FBI fingerprinting, Child Abuse Clearance and credit history based upon the requirements of the position.

Only complete applications will be considered therefore please complete the application in its entirety. Once the posting is removed from the website applications may no longer be allowed to be completed.

Advertised: October 02, 2026 Eastern Daylight Time
Applications close: Open until filled

Organization

Founded in 1865, Lehigh University is a premier coeducational, nondenominational, private residential research university that offers a distinctive academic environment for undergraduate and graduate students from across the globe. Lehigh University's annual report from 2013 provides an overview of the intellectual activity across campus as well as a financial report. It is posted on our website at http://www.lehigh.edu/annualreport/.

Lehigh offers more than 90 undergraduate programs and majors featuring more than 2,000 courses in four colleges: The College of Arts and Sciences, The College of Business and Economics, The College of Education and The P.C. Rossin College of Engineering and Applied Science. Lehigh confers a total of 12 degrees at the undergraduate and advanced degree level. We have 482 full-time tenured and tenure-track faculty and approximately 200 adjunct faculty and lecturers and 10 full-time visiting faculty. With approximately 4700 undergraduate and 2,000 graduate students, a small student-to-faculty ratio allows students to work closely with professors. About 69% of all full-time faculty are tenured, and 99% of full-time tenure-track faculty hold a doctorate degree or the highest degree in their field. We have 1,215 staff members supporting the academic, research and administrative functions.

Located in Pennsylvania's scenic Lehigh Valley, the campus is in close proximity to both New York City and Philadelphia. Lehigh is situated on over 2,300 acres on four campuses. The Asa Packer Campus, Mountaintop Campus, and Murray H. Goodman Campus are contiguous and feature more than 153 buildings with 4.3 million-plus square feet of classroom, laboratory, office and living space. The campus also has 180 acres of playing fields and half of the campus is preserved as open space.

Company info

Website: http://www.lehigh.edu/
Telephone: 610.758.3165
Location: 27 Memorial Drive West, Bethlehem, PA 18015, United States