Hall Director II

Job Description Summary

The search will remain open until the position has been filled. First consideration will be given to applications received by June 25, 2026. Applications received after June 25, 2026 may be reviewed depending on search progress and needs but are not guaranteed full consideration.

About URI

The University of Rhode Island enrolls approximately 17,000 students across its graduate and undergraduate programs and is the State's flagship public research university, as well as the land grant and sea grant university, for the state of Rhode Island. The main campus is located in the historic village of Kingston, and the Bay Campus is located in Narragansett. Both campuses are near major beaches in a beautiful coastal community. URI is just 30 minutes from Providence, RI and within easy reach of Newport, Boston, and New York City.

POSITION SUMMARY

Serve as chief administrative officer for residence hall(s) housing up to 900 students, on a 24-hour basis. Develop and coordinate educational, cultural, social, and recreational programs with the objective of fostering student development and encouraging a sense of community within the living units. Supervise and train student support staff. Establish and enforce policies and regulations as designated by the University, division, and department. Assist with student adjudication. Serve as liaison on issues of building maintenance and custodial services. Perform various other administrative functions. This is a live-in, twelve month position.

Duties and Responsibilities

KEY DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Provide appropriate resources and support for educational, cultural, social and recreational programs in the residence halls, which will foster personal development, a sense of community and meet the needs of students.
• Work with the central office staff in the administrative aspects of residential life, including generating routine housing assignment reports, conducting room inspections, completing damage billing work order forms, and conducting closing check out.
• Assist in the adjudication of residence hall conduct cases.
• Provide appropriate counseling and referral services for personal, emotional, and academic needs of students and mediate interpersonal problems.
• Counsel and/or advise in the continuing education of special groups within the residence halls (e.g., first year, wellness, international, living learning communities).
• Mediate group problems in a way which encourages students to take responsibility for their own actions and problem solving.
• Follow up on student/parent concerns.
• Implement and enforce laws of the State of Rhode Island and policies and regulations of the University, division or department. Assist as liaison with the University police and other departments and agencies as necessary.
• Hire, supervise, train, and evaluate graduate and undergraduate live-in staff.
• Participate in regular in-service training and in department and/or division meetings; carry out responsibilities on department and/or division committees; and participate in professional development opportunities.
• Monitor physical condition of building on a regular basis and work collaboratively on problem resolutions. Meet regularly with the housekeeping staff to achieve a positive building management team.
• Organize the execution of such duties as budgeting residence hall funds, living learn community funds, and supervising the provision of general services. Oversee and assume responsibility for programming funds for building(s).
• Oversee respective residence hall programming efforts and create opportunities for resident engagement.
• Assume responsibility for the use and storage of any building keys and/or cards, and for reporting any potential security risks to supervisor immediately.
• Oversee programming and training which addresses diversity and multiculturalism within college campuses and the larger society.
• Respond to building emergencies (e.g., power outages, floods, suicide gestures, and behavioral concerns) when they occur.

OTHER DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Provide on-call responsibilities for the residence halls on a rotational basis.
• Assist with the instruction of the RA course and other training initiatives.
• Participate on committees and special projects.
• Perform additional duties as required.

LICENSES, TOOLS, AND EQUIPMENT

Personal computers, printers; word processing, spreadsheet and database software.