Residence Director

Department

Office of Residence Life

Residence Director

Associate Director

The Residence Director works collaboratively with the Residence Life staff and University community to create a positive living‑learning environment for students consistent with the University’s Catholic mission. This 12‑month, live‑in position reports to the Associate Director and is responsible for the overall management of a residence hall (or halls) with a primary focus on large‑scale programming, crisis intervention, student outreach, and advisement.

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Serve in a 24‑hour, crisis intervention duty rotation, responding to students in distress, facilities, and other on‑campus emergencies.
• Serve as a resource and referral agent.
• Liaise with Public Safety, Counselor on Call, campus partners, and families/emergency contacts, as appropriate.
• Provide post‑crisis incident follow‑up at the individual and community level.
• Complete incident reports.
• Serve as a member of the Students of Concern Committee, working with university colleagues to discuss student intervention techniques, progress and action steps to resolve academic, social, behavioral and other concerns.

• Supervise the staff of Resident Assistants.
• Plan and facilitate weekly staff meetings.
• Conduct bi‑weekly meetings with individual staff members.
• Evaluate staff on a semester basis.
• Participate in Resident Assistant recruitment, selection, and rehire process.
• Facilitate and participate in RA training programs, as well as ongoing developmental training sessions.

• Direct overall management and operation of the residence hall (or halls).
• Establish office hours for availability to residents and staff.
• Submit administrative reports and forms (e.g., room condition reports, room change forms, health and safety forms, community development logs).
• Supervise hall opening and closing procedures at the beginning and end of each semester and during vacation periods and breaks.
• Assist with room selection for returning students and room assignment process for new students.
• Maintain inventories of all residence hall equipment and furnishings.
• Coordinate assessment initiatives to determine student satisfaction.
• Oversee department projects as assigned.
• Conduct weekly building inspections.

• Supervise staff and Hall Council in outcomes‑based programming development.
• Provide ongoing development for resident assistant staff.
• Track hall programming efforts in university programming database and master calendar.
• Support and attend University events and programs.
• Supervise living/learning community initiatives as assigned.
• Partake in continued training and development workshops.
• Attend weekly departmental staff meetings/SCC meetings.
• Attend a bi‑weekly 1:1 meeting with Associate Director of Residence Life.
• Support the overall student development of the residential community, including promoting personal responsibility, civic engagement, academic success, career readiness, and DEIB.
• Plan, advertise, and host educational and social programming in the halls, support large‑scale programming efforts.
• Chair a collateral assignment within the Office of Residence Life.

• Communicate guidelines of conduct that protect the individual student’s rights and define student responsibility.
• Generate related student conduct correspondence to residents in a timely fashion.
• Advise and support Resident Assistants in matters of conduct.
• Advise and support students when their personal, social, or behavioral choices create conflict in the halls within their relationships and negatively affect their academic progress.
• Track incident reports and sanctions in university conduct databases.
• Consult with the Director of Student Conduct and Director of Residence Life regarding referrals and other necessary actions.
• Enforce University and residence hall policies and coordinate with Public Safety as needed.
• Manage roommate conflicts and enforce the…