Residence Hall Director

Job Title

Residence Hall Director

Department: Upward Bound

Supervisor: Fontina Taylor

• Cultivate a positive and engaging living environment that fosters a sense of belonging and enables students to build positive relationships.
• Maintain a high level of visibility and availability, including attending Upward Bound events, regularly touring the residence hall, and interacting with residents.
• Utilize program data to assess and respond to students’ needs; collaborate with faculty and staff stakeholders to implement programmatic opportunities, some of which may be connected with living/learning community themes.
• Supervise up to eight tutor counselors/resident assistants.
• Host daily staff meetings to communicate upcoming events, discuss community concerns, and facilitate professional development experiences related to the overall student development goals of the Mercer University Upward Bound Program; conduct regularly scheduled one‑on‑one meetings with staff members.
• Ensure staff members appropriately confront and document student behavioral issues and concerns.
• Must be able to lift 20 pounds, set up tables and chairs, and assist in event set‑up and clean‑up throughout the summer program.
• Provide regular formal and informal feedback regarding job performance.
• Ensure that tutor counselor duty procedures are followed.
• Oversee the implementation of programs and strategies that enable student achievement, success, and engagement goals.

Pay Rate: $20 per hour

Scheduled

Hours:

40 hours per week

Start Date: 05/21/2026

End Date: 08/14/2026