Area Director

The Residence Hall Area Director position is a 12-month live-in position which serves as part of the leadership team for the Department of Residence Life. The primary duties include overseeing community building within the residence halls, focusing on the health and safety of individual students as well as the community collectively, creating a respectful and communicative environment of open discourse, and facilitating a challenging, yet supportive learning environment. As a vital part of the Division of Student Affairs, the Area Directors ensure the day to day residential operations of their communities of approximately 600 students with responsibilities for the following:

• Educate students and staff on relevant student development theory through formal and informal programming.
• Develop programs and presentations on the residential and campus wide perspective.
• Opportunity for teaching experiences through First Year Colloquium, Resident Assistant Course and/or other leadership based or related coursework.
• Supervise Resident Assistant staff.
• Assist with staff selection, training and evaluation process.
• Coordinate the Resident Assistant Duty Schedule.
• Make daily and evening rounds throughout the residence hall/community.
• Conduct weekly staff meetings.
• Conduct weekly/bi-weekly one-on-one meetings with Resident Assistants.
• Coordinate and supervise the residence hall/community activity calendar.
• In collaboration with other Area Directors, Associate Director of Residence Life and other departments on campus plan and implement community building events.
• Coordinate all activities for specially designated weekends.
• Resolve resident conflict through informal and formal mediation sessions.
• Counsel and advise students.
• Educate residents on University and Residence Hall Policy.
• Serve as a University hearing officer.
• Adjudicate student conduct cases as assigned.
• Conduct weekly inventory and maintenance checks.
• Maintain up to date hall/community roster and records.
• Serve in on-call rotation with other Area Directors.
• Maintain key inventory for the community.
• Provide moderate administrative support for the central office.
• Participate on various campus and division committees.
• Perform other duties as assigned.