Resident Director

Job Title

Resident Director

Department

Student Life Residence Support 2 Group 2

Job Description Summary

The Resident Director is a live-in master's degree-level professional who is responsible for the operation of one or more residence halls, housing between 250 and 630 students. The Resident Director is charged with shaping the environment and experiences of residential students by providing oversight, supervision and programs focused on the Office of Residence Life’s mission and values. This position reports to an Area Coordinator or an Assistant Director.

Job Responsibilities

Community Development

• Cultivate a positive and engaging living environment that fosters a sense of community and belonging and enables students to build positive relationships with one another.
• Maintain high visibility and availability, including attending community events, regularly touring the community, and interacting with residents.
• Meet with residents one-on-one in order to provide personal, social, academic, and occupational support and referral.
• Oversee and implement programming in the residential community as prescribed by the department
• Collaborate with faculty and staff to plan and implement living learning community programs.
• Contribute to neighborhood programs.
• Budget, manage, expend and reconcile programming funds.
• Serve as the financial, programmatic, and leadership adviser to the student Community Leadership Team(s).

Supervision

• Supervise and train a team of 8-20 resident assistants.
• Host weekly staff meetings to coordinate upcoming events, discuss community concerns, and facilitate professional development experiences.
• Conduct weekly or bi-weekly one-on-one meetings with staff members.
• Ensure staff members are appropriately confronting and documenting behavioral issues and concerns.
• Provide regular formal and informal feedback regarding job performance.
• Assign and oversee collateral duties as needed.
• Assist in the recruitment, selection, training, development, and evaluation of paraprofessional and professional staff members.

Student Conduct and Crisis Management

• Serve as a hearing administrator as needed, including but not limited to adjudication of individual hearings and/or serving as a member of a university hearing board
• Review and follow up on all incident reports and police reports (if available) for incidents that take place in the community and/or involve residents living in the community.
• Respond to residents in need, referring to other offices, when appropriate.
• Provide leadership during times of crisis in and adjacent to the community.
• Assume shared responsibility for campus-wide on-call duty, year round.
• Assist in emergency situations as needed.
• Implement Miami University and Office of Residence Life objectives, policies, rules, and procedures.

Professional Development & Administration

• Report, track, and follow up on maintenance issues with appropriate building managers, housekeeping staff, and physical facilities staff.
• Serve as the primary contact for concerns from parents and family members of residents
• Serve on committees based on departmental needs.
• Administer student check-in, check-out, and room changes; coordinate and implement room inspections and damage billing processes.
• Participate in departmental and divisional meetings and professional development activities.
• Teach 1-2 courses per year, as needed, including EDL 301: Student Development in the Residence Halls [RA Class], UNV 101: I am Miami, or courses associated with assigned Living Learning Communities.
• Perform administrative duties associated with summer projects and assignments.
• Fulfill other general duties assigned by the Office of Residence Life, Division of Student Life and/or Miami University.