Resident Director – Residence Life

Salary:                Commensurate with experience
Benefits:            Generous benefits include paid time off including holidays and vacation, retirement match, and tuition remission for employee and dependents.  Details at www.duq.edu/benefits
Location:                   Residence Life
Position Status:        Full-time                                             
Hours:                        Varied
Position Number:    244404/10-1145             
FLSA Status:              Exempt

POSITION SUMMARY:

The Resident Director is responsible to the Director of Residence Life for providing services and programs in the area of staff and student development for those students who live in a specific building.  RD will work within Living Learning Center of between 300 - 1100 students.  They will work under the direct supervision of the Director of Residence Life and the Residence Life senior staff and may supervise some combination of Graduate Assistants, Resident Assistants, Secretaries, Night Clerks, and Student Aides.  This is a live-in position requiring a flexible work schedule; some weeknights and weekend work required.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

Administers processes such as: accountability, hall opening and closing, duty systems, desk operations, damages, keys, visitation, and facilities requests. 

Assists in the design and implementation of selection, training, and evaluation processes for paraprofessional staff working in a specifically assigned building.

Develops guidelines and coordinates program efforts for individual student development and community development.

Facilitates the development of policy in the area of students’ rights and responsibilities and resolves student behavioral problems.

Conducts regular staff meetings and programs to provide continuous in-service for resident assistants and student aides in the building.

Develops liaison relationships with various University departments.

Counsels and advises individual residents and adjudicates infractions of University and Residence Life regulations.

Promotes communication both within the hall and with interested persons external to the hall.

Participates in Office of Residence Life weekly staff meetings and submits weekly reports to the Director of Residence Life.

Assumes weekly and/or weekend duty on a regularly assigned basis.

Develops and implements staff meetings at least once per week in specifically assigned buildings;
Maintains office hours from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday.  Assumes office hours on an 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 with resident assistants, students, parents, and staff with other University personnel;

Monitors and reports physical facilities, housekeeping needs and computer lab needs to the Assistant Vice President for Residence Life on a weekly basis;

Prepares monthly crime statistics to report to the Department of Public Safety.

Participates in Division of Student Life programs and activities.

Maintains residence in assigned building.

Assumes responsibilities for any other task assigned by the Director of Residence Life or the senior staff of Residence Life when deemed necessary.

Completes other duties as assigned.

REQUIREMENTS:

Minimum qualifications:

Bachelor’s degree in humanities, education, or social studies and a master’s degree in counseling from an accredited institution.

Student personnel or higher education experience with supplemental knowledge of business operation.  

Sufficient experience in Higher Education Administration to be able to perform the duties of this position. 

Preferred qualifications:

Master’s degree in humanities, education, or social studies from an accredited institution. 

Alternately, the successful candidate may possess any equivalent combination of experience and training, which provides the knowledge, skills and abilities required to perform the essential job functions. This includes, but is not limited to, the following: 

Knowledge of the general principles and practices of the organization and administration of higher education.

Knowledge of current trends and legal requirements in the administration of judicial procedures, student records, student groups, office management, counseling services and disabled students who live in residence.

Ability to plan, assign, direct, coordinate and supervise the work of paraprofessional, clerical, and any other staff personnel working within a specifically assigned building.

Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with the University officials, staff, students and parents.

Ability to communicate effectively, including listening skills and skills in expressing ideas clearly and succinctly, both orally and in writing.

Knowledge of the policies, regulations and procedures of the University regarding living in residence and student life.

Sensitivity to the need of each individual to be treated with dignity and respect as it relates to the Mission of the University specifically.

Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with the University Community.

Ability and willingness to contribute actively to the mission of the University and to respect the Spiritan Catholic identity of Duquesne University.  The mission is implemented through a commitment to academic excellence, a spirit of service, moral and spiritual values, sensitivity to world concerns, and an ecumenical campus community.

APPLICATION INSTRUCTIONS:

Applicants are asked to submit a cover letter, resume, and contact information for three professional references.

Duquesne University was founded in 1878 by its sponsoring religious community, the Congregation of the Holy Spirit.  Duquesne University is Catholic in mission and ecumenical in spirit.  Motivated by its Catholic identity, Duquesne values equality of opportunity both as an educational institution and as an employer.