Assistant Director, Residential Education

Overview

Posting Date: 01/29/2026

Open Until Filled: Yes

Position Number: 1009886

Position Title: Assistant Director, Residential Education

Hiring Range Minimum: $56,500

Hiring Range Maximum: $60,000

Union Type: Not a Union Position

SEIU Level: Not an SEIU Position

FLSA Status: Exempt

Employment Category: Regular Full Time

Scheduled Months Per Year: 12

Scheduled Hours Per Week: 40

Location of Position: Hanover, NH

Remote Work Eligibility? Onsite only

Is this a term position? No

Is this a grant funded position? No

Position

Purpose:

To provide leadership for departmental programs and projects, manage residential communities of 350-850 undergraduate residents, and design, implement, manage, and encourage community development and educational programs that facilitate integrative learning and foster student academic, social, and emotional growth. Also, to provide guidance, counsel, adjudication, and leadership to encourage students to take responsibility for their actions and to manage positive communities that foster acceptance, tolerance, and consideration for the rights and freedoms of others.

This is a 12-month live-in position. In support of ongoing residential community building and student programming, this position may require occasional evening or weekend hours outside of the on-call rotation.

Required Qualifications - Education And Yrs Exp: Bachelors plus 2-3 years' experience or equivalent combination of education and experience

Required Qualifications - Skills, Knowledge And Abilities:

• Two years of residential life experience, with at least one year of residential life experience at the graduate level or above.
• Solid foundation in student development theory and student learning theory, and their application to professional practice in an evolving residential setting.
• Demonstrated commitment to personal and departmental integrity, creativity, collaboration, initiative, multicultural education, and professionalism.
• Demonstrated cultural competence; proven effectiveness in serving the needs of a diverse undergraduate student population.
• Experience supervising student staff.
• Familiarity with budget administration.
• Ability to adapt personal and professional schedule to the College’s year-round calendar.
• Strong organizational and problem-solving skills.
• Supervisory and leadership ability.
• Excellent communication, collaboration, listening and interpersonal skills.
• Demonstrated ability to foster positive and productive relationships with all campus constituencies, including institutional leaders, faculty, staff, students, and parents and families
• Ability to balance competing demands under pressure.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Master’s degree in student affairs, education, counseling, or related field or the equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Experience with systems and applications such as Microsoft Outlook, Google Drives, Star Rez, Maxient, Campus Groups, and Canvas.
• Experience working with living learning programs.

Description: House and Program Administration -

• Oversees day-to-day administration of an undergraduate residential community housing approximately 350-850 students through the management of all programs and initiatives, community events, staff, student concerns, facilities, administration, and relevant services.
• Provides counsel, advising, mediation, referral, and resources for resident students regarding personal and academic matters.
• Establishes community programming goals and directs, coordinates, supports, and evaluates student staff programming efforts.
• Attends meetings, programs and responds to emergencies in all physical spaces and primarily within assigned residential area(s).
• Collaborates with House Professors, Living Learning advisors and other faculty to implement the residential house model and living learning programs.
• Facilitates the development of a shared sense of identity and community in assigned residential area; collaborates with other stakeholders to establish a defined, common experience, including the establishment of traditions, symbols, and other methods of creating a sense of identity.
• Coordinates the residential leadership team in area of…