Community Director

Community Director

The Community Director (CD) is a full-time, live-in, professional position responsible for the daily operation of a co-ed residential community (apartments or traditional residence halls) housing from 300-500 students. The Community Director will create an administratively efficient, comprehensive and responsive student-centered educational program that positively influences student learning & development while maximizing an enjoyable living experience. Developing interaction between students, administrators, and faculty; encouraging community service opportunities and collaborating with the academic affairs and student affairs units will be primary mechanisms to promote this environment. Out-of-class activities will be directed to achieve optimal integration of academic, cultural, recreational and social opportunities with the aim to foster behavior patterns known to promote healthy communities.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree by start date plus residence life and leadership experience required
• Demonstrated commitment to equity and inclusion;
• Excellent organizational and communication skills;
• High degree of personal character, and understanding of first-year and/or upper-class student development;
• Computer literacy.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Master's degree
• At least 1 year of leadership experience

Essential Functions and percent of time:

• 25% Direct supervision of 7-12 live-in paraprofessional Resident Assistants. Participate in and assist with paraprofessional, graduate, and professional staff training and hiring. Supervise, train and evaluate office staff for the Community Office. Attend, participate in, and provide support to all training, in-services, staff retreats, departmental staff meetings, Residence Life meetings, and/or university committees as requested.
• 20% Serve as the facilitator of assigned residence life committees; serve as liaison to academic programs that collaborate with your community; interact with university colleagues and the Graduate Assistant for Student Success (Honors Program); and assist with the development of quality student-oriented living-learning communities. Intervene in, mediate, and monitor roommate conflicts. Serve as a resource and provide personal advisement for residents and/or referral service as appropriate. Serve as a conduct officer within the university judicial process.
• 20% Coordinate student development programming for area of responsibility. Emphasis is on academic success, personal development, creating a quality living environment, leadership development, and service to the community. Identify students with leadership ability and encourage their involvement in residential community organizations. Participate in leadership training and retreats as required. Attend weekly meetings while serving as the primary advisor to the Community Council. Monitor organizational funds. Serve in other advising capacities as requested. Oversight of Resident Assistant and community budgets. Serve as instructor for one academic course in the College of Health, Education, and Human Services (SAA4100).
• 15% Participate equally in the 24-hour campus wide primary on-duty rotation providing emergency response services. Additional Residence Life projects as assigned. SUMMER RESPONSIBILITIES: During summer months, the Community Director will be assigned a summer employment responsibility (Camps, Conferences, Projects, Fall Training, Move-In Day(s), etc.

Non-Essential Functions and percent of time:

Working Conditions - This position requires non-traditional working hours. Evening and weekend hours, along with some holidays, are required to effectively complete the responsibilities associated with this position.