Position Overview:
Reporting to the Director of Residential Life, a hall director performs a variety of support for individual students as well as for the Office of Residential Life as a whole. The hall director will provide this support through supervising residence hall(s) and resident assistants, serving on an on-call duty rotation, participating on various committees, and executing collateral projects. They will also serve as a success advisor.
Essential job functions:
- Supervise and manage 1-2 residence halls and apartment building
- Daily supervision of 7-14 student Resident Assistants (RAs)
- Weekly and biweekly appointments including: 1-hour hall staff meeting, 1:1 meetings with each of the RAs on staff, Residential Life Staff Meeting, 1:1 meetings with the Director of Residential Life, and Student Life meetings
- Manage programming/hall budget
- Lead 2-4 campus wide events hosted by Residential Life
- Read and follow up with Starfish referrals
- Read and follow up with RA Programming and Intentional Conversations
- Participate in an on-call duty rotation
- Respond to emergencies while on call and in general, including evenings, weekends, and (occasional) holidays.
- Attend regular meetings with custodial, maintenance, conduct, and safety offices
- Meet with students to talk about roommate issues, complaints or concerns in the building, and other questions that may arise.
- Complete rounds in the building to touch base with residents and check condition of building
- Assist with the coordination of RA Training, RA Selection, Hall Opening, Hall Closing
- Assist with housing renewal and placements as requested
- Promote, participate, and represent the Office of Residential Life and Student Life at various events
- Complete daily office hours
- Supervise desk workers in residence halls
- Other duties as assigned
Additional Duties Include:
- Serve as primary Success Advisor and provide holistic support (individual and group) to new, transfer, and continuing students from a variety of backgrounds to identify and address challenges/needs
- Participate in the restorative justice conduct process as a hearing officer
- Participate on University committees as requested