Associate Director, Residence Life

Job Description Summary

The Associate Director is a member of the Residence Life leadership team, supervises mid-level professionals, and assumes department-wide responsibilities.

Job Description

Summary:

The Associate Director of Residence Life is a member of the Residence Life leadership team, led by the Director. The Associate Director supervises mid-level professionals who each oversee teams of live-in Residence Life staff (full-time professionals and GAs). The Associate Director is central to the department and assumes department-wide responsibilities.

Essential Duties:

• Supervise, train, and evaluate Assistant Directors of Residence Life and their direct and indirect reports.
• Assume leadership of one or more of these departmental initiatives: Professional staff recruitment; Departmental budget oversight and tracking; Departmental technology oversight; Departmental assessment; Liaison with Campus Services and Physical Facilities; Admissions event coordination; Liaison with Environmental Safety & Risk Management; Coordinate departmental communications and marketing; Learning Living Community management; Teaching coordination including oversight of EDL 301; Academic support initiatives coordination
• Manage crises and serious incidents in collaboration with supervisees, resident assistants, other central staff members, and university resources.
• Partner with internal [e.g., university units] and external [e.g., community, parents/family members] stakeholders central to the success of students and the operation of the department.
• Assist with university, divisional, and departmental student retention initiatives.
• Demonstrate university citizenship through service that supports office, divisional, and institutional priorities (eg. teaching Student Life supported transition courses, committee membership, event attendance).
• Other duties as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Master's degree.
• 2 years of experience in collegiate Residence Life or Housing Operations.
• 5 years of post-masters experience by start date.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Master's degree in Education, Higher Education, Counseling, Human Development, Business or related field
• Supervision experience