Office of Residence Life – Graduate Resident Director

Office of Residence Life – Graduate Resident Director

Requirements

• Enrollment as a current HPU graduate student and in good standing at the time of application and throughout the recruitment and employment term.
• Maintenance of a minimum 3.0 semester and cumulative GPA at the time of application and throughout the recruitment and employment term.
• Maintenance of good standing with HPU at the time of application and throughout the recruitment and employment period. Past violations of HPU Policy or the law may result in a candidate being removed from the selection process.

Responsibilities

• Cultivate a positive and engaging living environment that enables students to build relationships and to foster a sense of belonging.
• Maintain high visibility and availability, including attending community events, and regularly walking the community and interacting with residents.
• Plan, organize and implement community development initiatives that meet needs of residents.
• Assists residents in their adjustment to college and group living by serving as a resource/referral in the academic, social, and personal counseling of students, when possible, within the scope of the Office of Residence Life.
• Manages building programming budget.
• Actively supports student learning, student success, and personal development.
• Supervises, develops, trains, and evaluates student staff members.
• Advises a staff of 8-14 student staff members in collaboration with a Community Director.
• Conducts bi-weekly meetings with student staff to communicate upcoming events, discuss community concerns, and facilitate professional development experiences related to Residence Life.
• Conduct bi-weekly one-on-one meetings with staff members.
• Ensures staff members are appropriately confronted and documented for behavioral issues, performance issues, and concerns.
• Review all incident reports for incidents that take place in the community with the Conduct management system.
• Support and enforce policies, adjudicate policy violations when necessary.
• Maintain strict confidentiality of all student information in accordance with laws and institutional/departmental protocol.
• Directly respond to and assesses crisis situations, contacting necessary personnel.
• Serve as an on-call staff member on a rotating basis.
• Refer students to campus resources as necessary.
• Coordinates tasks such as opening and closing, health and safety inspections, assists with scheduling as needed.
• Conducts regular building walk-throughs and inspections to address facilities concerns.
• Assume responsibility for the daily operation of a residence hall.
• Prepare all required reports, records, and evaluations promptly and accurately.
• Effectively communicate (written and verbal contact) with others within and outside the Office of Residence Life.
• Displays professionalism and models appropriate behavior – includes mentoring and coaching of others.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience working in customer service
• Strong Communication skills
• Strong administrative skills
• Thrives in a collaborative work environment
• Understanding of the residential experience and its role in the collegiate experience here at HPU
• Previous experience working in Residence Life or other functional area in Student Affairs