Residence Hall Director

About the role

The Residence Hall Director provides leadership for an assigned residence hall by:

• Recruiting, training, supervising, leading and mentoring Community Assistants.
• Interacting with students on a regular basis, providing information and assistance concerning academic issues, peer conflicts, personal problems, etc.
• Serving as a role model for students, fostering a safe and inclusive environment.
• Supporting the personal, academic, and leadership development of students through intentional interactions, programming via the residential curriculum, and community building.
• Advising hall leadership groups and student leaders to foster leadership development, engagement and involvement.
• Managing hall operations, including administrative processes, occupancy management, room changes, and opening/closing procedures.
• Engaging in departmental initiatives such as staff selection, training, assessment, and summer operations.
• Assisting in the oversight of assigned facilities in collaboration with custodial, maintenance, and central office staff.
• Responding to student concerns, crisis situations, and policy violations with care, fairness, and accountability.
• Participating in the departmental 24/7 on-call duty and emergency response system for on-campus community.
• Participating in professional development opportunities to enhance skills and contribute to the field of student affairs.
• Serving on departmental and university committees, task forces and other opportunities.

Responsibilities

Key responsibilities include:

• Leading an energetic and dynamic team of paraprofessionals.
• Creating a vibrant residential community by supporting students' personal and academic success.
• Ensuring the effective management of your assigned hall.
• Engaging in departmental initiatives such as staff selection, training, assessment, and summer operations.
• Assisting in the oversight of assigned facilities in collaboration with custodial, maintenance, and central office staff.
• Responding to student concerns, crisis situations, and policy violations with care, fairness, and accountability.
• Participating in the departmental 24/7 on-call duty and emergency response system for on-campus community.
• Participating in professional development opportunities to enhance skills and contribute to the field of student affairs.
• Serving on departmental and university committees, task forces and other opportunities.

Requirements

Minimum qualifications include:

• An earned Bachelor’s degree by start date.
• At least one year of housing, student affairs, enrollment management, or leadership experience either during undergraduate experience or post-graduation.
• Effective written, verbal and interpersonal communication skills.

Priorities

Priorities include:

• Leading a dynamic team of paraprofessionals.
• Creating a vibrant residential community.
• Ensuring effective management of the assigned hall.
• Engaging in departmental initiatives.
• Responding to student concerns and crises.
• Participating in professional development opportunities.
• Serving on departmental and university committees.

Benefits

Benefits offered include:

• A wide range of excellent benefits including medical, dental, and flexible benefits, retirement plans, compensation packages, paid holidays, and vacation leave.
• A generous retirement plan that includes 6% matching, 10 hours of annual leave each month, 9.34 hours of sick leave each month, and eleven paid holidays.
• Access to internal and state-sponsored training as well as reduced tuition for state-supported courses at all State of South Dakota academic institutions.
• Relocation benefits are available per university’s guidelines.

Qualifications

Potential qualifications include:

• A graduate school degree in Student Personnel Administration, Guidance and Counseling, Higher Education, Student Affairs, or related field.
• Relevant experiences such as student conduct experience, crisis/emergency experience, student leadership or advising experience, and/or programming experience.
• Leadership, supervision, or mentoring experience.
• Experience in community building in a college or university residential setting.
• Experience utilizing student-centered approaches and models.