Resident Director
External posting
Full-Time, Exempt , Administrative/Professional
Work Schedule: Live-in position with night and weekend responsibilties with daily office hours.
Salary: $43,888
JOB SUMMARY:
The Resident Director is responsible for providing leadership and direction for a co-ed residential complex. The Resident Director is also responsible for various administrative and operational functions associated with the management of the residential complex. The position is a 12-month live-in position.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Create and implement programs and activities for resident students that foster academic success, career exploration, wellness, diversity, community, leadership and professional development.
- Manage and mediate conflict.
- Provide individual and group assistance to residential students.
- Make counseling referrals for individual students or staff when needed.
- Create opportunities for leadership development for residents of the community.
- Advise community council and support the activities of the Residence Housing Association and/or other housing organizations through attending meetings and/or advising projects.
- Support diversity and inclusion in residential facilities.
- Develop working relationships between residential life student groups and other student organizations, promoting collaboration.
- Respond and resolve crises in residential facilities, as necessary.
- Project a high degree of visibility and availability to students and staff.
- Provide leadership for key residential life-sponsored annual events, including but not limited to Welcome Weekend, Kids & Sibs Weekend, and others, when identified.
- Recruit, select, hire, train, supervise and evaluate student residential assistant staff. Make recommendations on personnel decisions, as necessary.
- Ensure that Resident Assistant programming requirements are met and track budgeting.
- Serve on-duty for all residential facilities for up to 15 days/nights per month, on a 24/7 basis, including holidays when the university is closed for business, responding to and resolving matters involving residential students.
- Contribute to the overall administration of the residential facilities, including the formulation of policy, operations and procedures.
- Maintain regular office hours, as well as provide coverage in central office, as needed.
- Serve as facility manager of residential facilities and surrounding grounds.
- Provide oversight and supervision of Health and Safety inspections of designated residential facility.
- Maintain and submit records, reporting as assigned.
- Work with other administrative offices and University committees as necessary.
- Manage electronics and software including Maxient, Engage, Ellucian, and Canvas.
- Participate in the administration of the room assignment process.
- Maintain accurate room occupancy data in cooperation with University Housing, assisting with check- in/check-out procedures and damage assessments.
- Support summer conference administration along with Student Affairs and University strategic priorities.
- Represent Residential Life and/or Housing, as necessary at University functions, including orientation, open houses, etc.
- Administer the University’s student conduct process for students residing in residential facilities, determining level of responsibility and imposing appropriate sanctions, when necessary.
- Other duties as assigned.
SUPERVISION RECEIVED:
The Resident Director directly reports to an Assistant Director of Residential Life.
SUPERVISION EXERCISED:
The Resident Director supervises the student Resident Assistants.
WORKING CONDITIONS:
Duties are primarily performed indoors, in an office environment, and not normally exposed to adverse conditions. Evening and weekend work as necessary. Some duties may include outdoor activities.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:
- Bachelor’s degree awarded by an accredited institution before the first day of the semester.
- One year of experience in residential life/housing (including undergraduate experience).
- Experience and ability to interact positively with diverse student populations and groups.
- Ability to perform the essential duties of the position with or without accommodation.
- Excellent public image, written and oral communication skills.
- Demonstrated organizational and leadership skills.
- Ability to build and maintain rapport with students, staff, faculty, parents and the public.
- Computer skills should include word processing, database, and internet abilities.
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:
- Supervision (student to student or professional)
- Two years’ experience in residential life/housing
- Experience with residential curriculum
Posted through: Open Until Filled
Applicants must apply online: jobs.svsu.edu
About SVSU:
Saginaw Valley State University is a comprehensive university with more than 100 programs of study for its roughly 7,000 students. Located on a suburban campus in Michigan’s Great Lakes Bay Region, SVSU is committed to a supportive and empowering environment for students, faculty and staff. For eight consecutive years, SVSU has been recognized as a “Great College to Work For” (2016-2023).
SVSU emphasizes undergraduate teaching and learning, and community-based research. SVSU earned the Community Engagement classification from the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, a distinction achieved by only 7 percent of U.S. colleges and universities. By their senior year, 84 percent of students have engaged with community employers and agencies in internships, field placements or some other component of their academic preparation.
SVSU is establishing itself as a leader in STEAM education for the Great Lakes Bay Region, partnering with businesses, foundations and school districts to improve students’ performance in math, science and the arts at the middle school, high school and university levels.
More than 70 percent of SVSU freshmen live on campus in student housing that has been rated No. 1 among public universities in the U.S. (2018-2023). SVSU fields 19 varsity sports at the NCAA Division II level. The average class size is 23 students. For more information, please visit our website, http://www.svsu.edu.
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