Director of Housing and Residence Life

Bethune-Cookman University

Job Title: Director of Housing and Residence Life

Reporting Structure: Dean of Students & Executive Director of Civic Engagement

Division: Student Affairs

Job Summary: The Director of Housing and Residence Life is responsible for the administration and operation of the University's residential living program and serves as a visionary leader within the Division of Student Affairs, facilitating partnerships with Academic Affairs to provide students with a vibrant learning environment. The Director shall manage and supervise the overall operations of a broad range of university-owned housing facilities. This position works closely with all departments, primarily Student Life, Facilities, Enrollment Management, and Fiscal Affairs, to manage all housing facilities.

Duties/Responsibilities:

The Director is responsible for and must address the following:

• The living environment, including educational and community-building programs and services that promote learning and development in the broadest sense, with an emphasis on student experiences and academic success;
• Living facilities that are clean, attractive, well-maintained, comfortable, and which include contemporary safety features maintained by systematic operations
• The orderly and effective management of residence life programs that meet the needs of students and other constituents courteously, efficiently, and effectively
• The Director will help the university develop a long-term vision for a comprehensive residence life program, including the program development for new housing facilities as reflected in the University's short-term and long-term Campus Master Plan
  
  
  

Responsibilities:

The Director of Housing and Residence Life will manage and operate all residence life operations by performing the following duties:

• Assisting in the retention, academic, health and wellness, and spiritual development and success of all residential students
• Recruiting, training, supervising, and evaluating a student staff to achieve the goals and objectives of residence life
• Report, track, and follow up on maintenance issues with appropriate building managers, housekeeping staff, and physical facilities employees
• Develops, implements, and evaluates educational, social, cultural, and co-curricular programming for resident students
• Prepares budgets and monitors expenditures for all programs assigned and ensures proper maintenance of records.
• Facilitates developing, implementing, and evaluating training and policy/procedures/protocols, manuals, handbooks, etc.
• Cultivate a positive and engaging living environment that fosters a sense of belonging and enables students to build positive relationships with one another
• Utilize institutional data to assess and respond to student needs
• Establishes and affirms standards of conduct appropriate to residential living and campus programming
• Markets Housing and Residence Life to the public and the university community
• Develops a rapport with students and serves as an advisor and mentor for concerns related to the position
• Counsels student residents and employees concerning academic and social needs
• Establishes positive working relationships with other appropriate staff and groups within the campus community
• Establishes positive working relationships with community organizations and promotes the development of University programmatic collaborations within the residence halls
• Collaborate with faculty and staff stakeholders to implement programmatic opportunities, some of which may be connected with living-learning community themes
• Participates in departmental, division, and university goal-setting, committees, and special projects
• Oversee implementation of programs and strategies that enable student achievement of the Pillars of Success
• Serve on University committee councils and attend functions as a representative of the University and other duties as assigned.
• Participate in departmental and divisional professional development activities
• All other duties as assigned
  
  
  

Required Skills/Abilities/Experience:

• Minimum of seven years of professional experience in a supervisory role working in Housing, Residence Life, or closely related experience
• Serve as a role model for all hall staff and residents in personal and professional behaviors
• Practice ethical stewardship of university resources
• Demonstrate a commitment to diversity by promoting and attending campus & community multicultural events, facilitating professional development with RA staff, presenting on variety, or implementing strategies.
• Demonstrate a consistent willingness to work with individuals from different race, ethnicity, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, socioeconomic status, ability, ideology, religion, and national origin backgrounds
• Create and maintain positive professional relationships within the department and across the university
• Fulfill other general duties assigned by the Office of Residence Life, Division of Student Affairs, and Bethune-Cookman University
  
  
  

Education:

• Master's degree in higher education/ college student personnel, business, or related field.
  
  
  

Environment and Physical Conditions:

• Working environment is a normal business office setting
• Normal manual dexterity and visual and auditory acuity
• Typically, the incumbent may sit comfortably to do the work. However, there may be some walking, standing, bending or carrying of light items
• Nothing in this job description restricts management’s right to assign or reassign duties and responsibilities to this job at any time
• Evening and weekend work are required
  
  
  

The University does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national and ethnic origin, sex, retaliation, marital status, religion or disability, or any other applicable local, state or federal regulation. Inquiries regarding provisions for persons with disabilities and equal employment opportunity should be directed to the Office of Human Resources at 386-481-2049.

The university reserves the right to modify job descriptions at any time in its' attempts to improve the operations of the university