Hall Director II

About the role

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.

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.
• Aid 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).
• Meditate 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 as required.

Requirements

• Master’s degree in higher education, student affairs, or related field.
• Minimum of two years of post-undergraduate residential life and/or student affairs experience.
• Demonstrated strong verbal and interpersonal communication skills.
• Demonstrated proficiency in written communication skills.
• Demonstrated ability to interpret institutional policies, plans, objectives, rules, and regulations and to communicate the interpretation to staff and students.
• Demonstrated presentation skills.
• Demonstrated ability to work with diverse groups/populations.

Qualifications

• Required: Master’s degree in higher education, student affairs, or related field. Minimum of two years of post-undergraduate residential life and/or student affairs experience. Strong verbal and interpersonal communication skills. Proficient in written communication. Ability to interpret institutional policies and communicate effectively. Presentation skills. Ability to work with diverse groups.
• PREFERRED: Experience as a live-in residence hall supervisor. Familiarity with the environment and culture of a large public university.

Skills

• Strong verbal and interpersonal communication skills.
• Proficient in written communication.
• Ability to interpret institutional policies and communicate effectively.
• Presentation skills.
• Ability to work with diverse groups.

Benefits

Not specified.

Pay

$55,000 - $57,000

Schedule

Twelve month position, live-in.