Resident Director - Residence Life
Salary: Commensurate with experience
Benefits: Generousbenefits include paid time off including holidays and vacation, retirementmatch, and tuition remission for employee and dependents.Details at www.duq.edu/benefits
Location: Residence Life
Position Status: Full-time
Hours: Varied
Position Number: 244405/10-911
FLSA Status: Exempt
POSITIONSUMMARY:
The Resident Director isresponsible to the Director of Residence Life for providing services andprograms in the area of staff and student development for those students wholive in a specific building.RD willwork within Living Learning Center of between 300 - 1100 students.They will work under the direct supervisionof the Director of Residence Life and the Residence Life senior staff and maysupervise some combination of Graduate Assistants, Resident Assistants,Secretaries, Night Clerks, and Student Aides.This is a live-in position requiring a flexible work schedule; someweeknights and weekend work required.
DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
Administers processessuch as: accountability, hall opening and closing, duty systems, deskoperations, damages, keys, visitation, and facilities requests
Assists in the design and implementation of selection,training, and evaluation processes for paraprofessional staff working in aspecifically assigned building
Develops guidelines and coordinates program efforts forindividual student development and community development
Facilitates the development of policy in the area ofstudents' rights and responsibilities and resolves student behavioral problems
Conducts regular staff meetings and programs to providecontinuous in-service for resident assistants and student aides in thebuilding
Develops liaison relationships with various Universitydepartments
Counsels and advises individual residents and adjudicatesinfractions of University and Residence Life regulations
Promotes communication both within the hall and withinterested persons external to the hall
Participates in Office of Residence Life weekly staffmeetings and submits weekly reports to the Director of Residence Life
Assumes weekly and/or weekend duty on a regularly assignedbasis
Develops and implements staff meetings at least once per weekin specifically assigned buildings
Maintains office hours from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Mondaythrough Friday.Assumes office hours onan as-needed basis at other times
Upholds rules and regulations of Duquesne University
Serves as a conduct officer for resident students
Is available in the residence hall for consultation withresident assistants, students, parents, and staff with other Universitypersonnel
Monitors and reports physical facilities, housekeeping needsand computer lab needs to the Assistant Vice President for Residence Life on aweekly basis
Prepares monthly crime statistics to report to the Departmentof Public Safety
Participates in Division of Student Life programs andactivities
Maintains residence in assigned building; weekends off campuslimited to one per month.
Assumes responsibilities for any other task assigned by theDirector of Residence Life or the senior staff of Residence Life when deemednecessary.
Completes otherduties as assigned.
REQUIREMENTS:
Minimum qualifications:
Bachelor's degree in humanities, education, or social studies anda master's degree in counseling, student personnel or higher education withsupplemental knowledge of business operation.Additionally, he/she must have sufficient experience in Higher EducationAdministration to be able to perform the duties of this position.
Preferred qualifications:
Master's degree from an accreditedinstitution in humanities, education, or social studies.
Alternately, the successful candidate may possess any equivalent combination ofexperience and training, which provides the knowledge, skills and abilitiesrequired to perform the essential job functions. This includes, but is notlimited to, the following:
Knowledge of the general principles andpractices of the organization and administration of higher education
Knowledge of current trends and legalrequirements in the administration of judicial procedures, student records,student groups, office management, counseling services and disabled studentswho live in residence
Ability to plan, assign, direct, coordinateand supervise the work of paraprofessional, clerical, and any other staffpersonnel working within a specifically assigned building
Ability to establish and maintain effectiveworking relationships with the University officials, staff, students and parents
Ability to communicate effectively, includinglistening skills and skills in expressing ideas clearly and succinctly, bothorally and in writing
Knowledge of the policies, regulations andprocedures of the University regarding living in residence and student life
Sensitivity to the need of each individual tobe treated with dignity and respect as it relates to diversity in general andthe Mission of the University specifically.
Commitment to the University's values of diversity, equity and inclusion, andrecognition of the importance of treating each individual with dignity andrespect consistent with the University's Mission.Demonstrated experience with, andunderstanding of, the broad diversity of the University community (students,faculty, staff and others).
Ability toestablish and maintain effective working relationships with the UniversityCommunity.
Ability and willingness to contribute actively to the mission of the Universityand to respect the Spiritan Catholic identity of Duquesne University.Themission is implemented through a commitment to academic excellence, a spirit ofservice, moral and spiritual values, sensitivity to world concerns, and anecumenical campus community.
APPLICATIONINSTRUCTIONS:
Applicants are asked to submit a cover letter, resume, and contact informationfor three professional references.
Catholic in its mission and ecumenical in spirit, Duquesne University valuesequality of opportunity as an educational institution and as an employer. Weaspire to attract and sustain a diverse faculty and staff that reflectscontemporary society, serves our academic goals and enriches our campuscommunity. We particularly encourage applications from members ofunderrepresented groups and support dual-career couples through our chartermembership in thisregion's HERC (http://www.hercjobs.org/oh-western-pa-wv/).
We invite applicants for this position to learn more about our university andits Spiritan heritage byvisiting http://www.duq.edu/about/mission-and-identity/mission-statement.Those invited to campus for an interview may be asked about ways in which theysee their talents contributing to the continued growth of our community andfurthering its mission.
Duquesne University was founded in 1878 by its sponsoring religious community,the Congregation of the Holy Spirit.Duquesne University is Catholic inmission and ecumenical in spirit.Motivated by its Catholic identity,Duquesne values equality of opportunity both as an educational institution andas an employer.