Northern Kentucky University

Residence Hall Director

Closes: Oct 20, 2026

Position Title:

Residence Hall Director

Position Type:

Fixed Term (Fixed Term)

About the Role:

Reporting to the Assistant Director of Residence Life, the Residence Hall Director is a 12-month live-in position responsible for coordinating all aspects of student development in the residential facilities at Northern Kentucky University. The Residence Hall Director supervises 8-18 Resident Assistants. The Residence Hall Director is responsible for staffing, training, supervising, and evaluating paraprofessional and graduate staff.

The Residence Hall Director is responsible for the development and implementation of learning strategies and programming for residential students. This position is intended as an entry-level position for new professionals joining the Housing and Residence Life profession.

This is a contract; an annual 12-month live-on position typically funded for up to four years. Appointments will be made on an annual basis based on continued satisfactory performance.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES (KSAs):

Must have excellent planning, organizational, pre sentation, programming, supervision, customer service and human relations skills . Must be able to effectively communicate in both oral and written context . Must be creative in managing challenges and change, able to perform under pressure, have excellent crisis management skills, and able to work with diverse constituents.

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE:

Bachelor’s degree or higher required.

Preferred experience includes live-on higher education housing experience, experience mitigating crises and conflicts, experience supervising paraprofessional staff, experience with higher education student conduct, leadership skills, training in diversity/inclusion/interculturalism, and experience managing budgets .

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Northern Kentucky University

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NKU is a leader in Greater Cincinnati, Kentucky and the nation as a student-ready university, meeting students where they are in their educational journeys — no matter where they are. Northern Kentucky University is a public university in Highland Heights, Kentucky. It is primarily an undergraduate institution with over 14,000 students; over 12,000 are undergraduate students and nearly 2,000 are graduate students.

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