Director of Housing and Residence Life
Director of Housing and Residence Life
Bethune-Cookman University
Daytona Beach, FL
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Job Title: Director of Housing and Residence Life
Reporting Structure: Dean of Students & Executive Director of Civic Engagement
Division: Student Affairs
Job Summary: The Director of Housing and Residence Life is responsible for the administration and operation of the University's residential living program and serves as a visionary leader within the Division of Student Affairs, facilitating partnerships with Academic Affairs to provide students with a vibrant learning environment. The Director shall manage and supervise the overall operations of a broad range of university-owned housing facilities. This position works closely with all departments, primarily Student Life, Facilities, Enrollment Management, and Fiscal Affairs, to manage all housing facilities.
Duties/Responsibilities:
The Director is responsible for and must address the following:
- The living environment, including educational and community-building programs and services that promote learning and development in the broadest sense, with an emphasis on student experiences and academic success;
- Living facilities that are clean, attractive, well-maintained, comfortable, and which include contemporary safety features maintained by systematic operations
- The orderly and effective management of residence life programs that meet the needs of students and other constituents courteously, efficiently, and effectively
- The Director will help the university develop a long-term vision for a comprehensive residence life program, including the program development for new housing facilities as reflected in the University's short-term and long-term Campus Master Plan
The Director of Housing and Residence Life will manage and operate all residence life operations by performing the following duties:
- Assisting in the retention, academic, health and wellness, and spiritual development and success of all residential students
- Recruiting, training, supervising, and evaluating a student staff to achieve the goals and objectives of residence life
- Report, track, and follow up on maintenance issues with appropriate building managers, housekeeping staff, and physical facilities employees
- Develops, implements, and evaluates educational, social, cultural, and co-curricular programming for resident students
- Prepares budgets and monitors expenditures for all programs assigned and ensures proper maintenance of records.
- Facilitates developing, implementing, and evaluating training and policy/procedures/protocols, manuals, handbooks, etc.
- Cultivate a positive and engaging living environment that fosters a sense of belonging and enables students to build positive relationships with one another
- Utilize institutional data to assess and respond to student needs
- Establishes and affirms standards of conduct appropriate to residential living and campus programming
- Markets Housing and Residence Life to the public and the university community
- Develops a rapport with students and serves as an advisor and mentor for concerns related to the position
- Counsels student residents and employees concerning academic and social needs
- Establishes positive working relationships with other appropriate staff and groups within the campus community
- Establishes positive working relationships with community organizations and promotes the development of University programmatic collaborations within the residence halls
- Collaborate with faculty and staff stakeholders to implement programmatic opportunities, some of which may be connected with living-learning community themes
- Participates in departmental, division, and university goal-setting, committees, and special projects
- Oversee implementation of programs and strategies that enable student achievement of the Pillars of Success
- Serve on University committee councils and attend functions as a representative of the University and other duties as assigned.
- Participate in departmental and divisional professional development activities
- All other duties as assigned
- Minimum of seven years of professional experience in a supervisory role working in Housing, Residence Life, or closely related experience
- Serve as a role model for all hall staff and residents in personal and professional behaviors
- Practice ethical stewardship of university resources
- Demonstrate a commitment to diversity by promoting and attending campus & community multicultural events, facilitating professional development with RA staff, presenting on variety, or implementing strategies.
- Demonstrate a consistent willingness to work with individuals from different race, ethnicity, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, socioeconomic status, ability, ideology, religion, and national origin backgrounds
- Create and maintain positive professional relationships within the department and across the university
- Fulfill other general duties assigned by the Office of Residence Life, Division of Student Affairs, and Bethune-Cookman University
- Master's degree in higher education/ college student personnel, business, or related field.
- Working environment is a normal business office setting
- Normal manual dexterity and visual and auditory acuity
- Typically, the incumbent may sit comfortably to do the work. However, there may be some walking, standing, bending or carrying of light items
- Nothing in this job description restricts management’s right to assign or reassign duties and responsibilities to this job at any time
- Evening and weekend work are required
The university reserves the right to modify job descriptions at any time in its' attempts to improve the operations of the university
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