Director of Residence Life

Posting Details

Position Information

Job Title
Director of Residence Life

Nature of Work

Peru State College seeks candidates for the position of Director of Residence Life to provide a personal and engaging education experience for our residential community. The Director administers the comprehensive living-learning environment for all residence halls and campus apartments. This position facilitates the personalized engagement of all students in the residence halls through a dynamic team approach. The Director provides supervision to the Project Coordinator for Residence Life and oversight is provided for day-to-day operations of residence life including serving as functional lead for housing management system. This person is responsible for facilitating community development that enhances academic success and personal growth, participates in the department's crisis response network, and provides on call support (is required to live in an on-campus residence hall apartment or equivalent). The Director is responsible for the educational curriculum in the residence halls through supervision and management of the programming model and development of living-learning communities. The Director also serves as a judicial hearing officer, advises Residence Hall Association (RHA) and leads conference services. This is a 12-month position with some non-standard hours. This position is exempt with regard to FLSA overtime provisions.

Examples of Work Performed

Leadership/Supervision:
• Recruit, supervise, train and evaluate two full time employees
• Oversee the recruitment, supervision, training and evaluation for undergraduate Resident Assistants.
• Oversee the development and implementation of professional staff and training programs for all Residence Life staff.
• Facilitate Residence Life staff meetings and bi-weekly supervisory meetings with individual staff.
• Participate in Student Life professional staff development programs.
Program Oversight:
• Develop and implement all Residence Life Policies and Procedures.
• Facilitate the development of an environment which stimulates student responsibility and accountability within the residence hall and college community.
• Assist students and families with special housing needs and general concerns
• Manage and oversee housing management system (StarRez)

Conduct
• Serve as administrative hearing officer to hear judicial cases.
• Coordinate with the Associate Vice President of Students on all conduct issues and student concerns
Assessment:
• Create learning outcomes and implement and evaluate programs to achieve and assess outcomes.
Student Development
• Advise the Residence Hall Association
• Oversee all programming and residential education curriculum
• Assist Retention Specialist to administer Residence Life evaluations.
Facilities:
• Coordinate with Campus Services on the maintenance and renovation of all residence hall facilities.
Conferences Services:
• Oversee guest and summer conference program
Emergency Response/On-Call:
• Serves in evening and weekend on-call for campus community.
Collaboration
• Serve as a member of college committees as requested.
• Attend and actively participate in campus activities and programs.
• Coordinate with Activities and other departments on orientation programming, retention initiatives and other first year programs.
• Coordinate with Campus Security regularly and as needed
• Maintain collegial and professional relationships with other areas as required to establish a healthy community for students and staff
Professional Development
• Actively participate in professional associations such as UMR, AIMHO, etc.

Secondary Duties:
• Other duties as assigned

Required Qualifications

Bachelor's degree required. Additionally, the candidate must possess experience with housing software (preferably StaRez) to be able to run reports, provide updated occupancy changes, and for billing of residential students. The successful candidate will have demonstrated awareness of and sensitivity to diverse student populations; a propensity toward learning new technology in a fast-paced environment; demonstrate strong verbal and written communication, interpersonal, and organizational skills; and have demonstrated success building collaborative working relationships throughout the College community and external audiences, including campus services and athletics. Successful candidates will be committed to personal growth, possess mature judgment, and a student development philosophy.

Preferred Qualifications

Master's in higher education administration or related area preferred. Three or more years of full-time residence life experience also preferred.

Physical Demands

License and Certification Requirements

Other Requirements

Offers of employment will be conditional upon satisfactory results of a background check.

Salary Information
Mid to high $50's depending upon education and experience.

FTE

1

FLSA
Exempt

Union Status
Non-Union

Number of Vacancies
1

Posting Detail Information

Posting Number
PS1583P

Desired Start Date

Open Date

Close Date

Open Until Filled
Yes

Special Instructions to Applicants

General Information

Peru State College's "Campus of a Thousand Oaks," an arboretum campus, is nestled in the hills of historic southeast Nebraska. The state's first college, Peru State offers a unique mix of innovative online and traditional classroom undergraduate and graduate programs, including online graduate degrees in education and organizational management. Member institution of the Nebraska State College System.

EEO Statement

The Nebraska State Colleges are equal opportunity institutions and prohibit unlawful discrimination and harassment. Each College has designated an individual to coordinate the Colleges' non-discrimination efforts to comply with regulations implementing Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act, Titles VI and VII of the Civil Rights Act, Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, the Age Discrimination Act of 1975, and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act. Inquiries regarding non-discrimination policies and practices may be directed to the Compliance Coordinators assigned at each College and identified on each College website.

Veteran Statement
This position is subject to Veterans Preference.

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