Residence Director

Position Summary

Department: Student Development Reports To: Director of Residence Life and Housing Status: Exempt

Applications can be submitted through Fresno Pacific University s careers page:
Residence Director | Apply tab | Career Pages. Interviews may occur at upcoming ACSD conference. The Residence Director (RD) is responsible for the intentional development of the community and culture within their assigned living area(s). RDs also provide leadership and foster community among the broader residential student population and FPU community as a whole. As members of the Student Development team, RDs help facilitate essential safety and administrative functions for the department including, but not limited to, emergency response and student conduct.

Residence Directors interpret, implement, and promote the value and policies of the institution.

• Maximize job performance, personal growth, and leadership development of Residence Life Student Staff (RLSS) – equipping them to foster safe and healthy communities marked by biblical principles and the Fresno Pacific University idea.
• Facilitate weekly individual and group staff meetings to disseminate information, provide training experiences, foster personal and professional growth, provide feedback/evaluation and develop a sense of team cohesiveness and vision.
• Assist the Director of Residence Life and Housing in the recruitment, selection, and training of RLSS.

• Demonstrate healthy practices of living in community, including, but not limited to, hospitality, interpersonal competencies, conflict resolution, and unconditional positive regard.
• Build supportive relationships and develop rapport with students in living areas.
• Counsel residents with personal and emotional concerns and intervene in crisis situations.
• Develop a growing understanding and commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion in an effort to promote student sense of belonging.
• Provide intervention, advising, support, and accountability for students faced with unhealthy choices, relationships, or lifestyles.
• Communicate, interpret, and implement university policies and procedures to students.
• Connect residents to applicable FPU tools and resources aid in student wholeness and persistence.

• Foster a hospitable community where visitation, care, encouragement, and support are the norm.
• Walk through your student living areas at least twice each week (rounds) – getting to know students, providing support, and offering encouragement.
• Demonstrate hospitality – regularly hosting students to provide social, safe, developmental experiences where healthy lifestyles, relationships, and behaviors are modeled.

• Actively participate in the creation of a healthy, vibrant student experience.
• Plan and coordinate educational, spiritual, and social programming in living areas – ensuring the student experience contributes to the mission and philosophy of the university.
• Assist RLSS in planning, development, and implementation of programs that will enhance community and student development.
• Promote awareness, attendance, engagement, and enthusiasm for campus events.
• Attend in person and online training, for knowledge-based skills and professional development assigned by the Director of Residence Life & Housing.

• Contribute to the Student Development team – working collaboratively within the team and with other departments on campus.
• Participate in team meetings, including sharing updates from living areas when appropriate:
  Weekly Residence Life meeting;
  Weekly Student Conduct meeting.

• Bi-weekly Student Development Staff Meeting
• Bi-weekly one-on-one meeting with the Director of Residence Life and Housing
• Contribute to the professional development of the Residence Life and Student Development staff, keeping apprised of new developments in student affairs and higher education.
• Manage a professional and active relationship with students, parents, staff, faculty, and others to understand the University s unique needs.
• Be available for all major campus events such as Thanksgiving banquet, MCC Sale, housing opening/closing fall and spring, new student orientation, graduation (Spring/Fall), etc.
• Provide emergency…