Manager, Residential

Division:
Ancillary & Support Services (ANSS)

Department: Resident Experience & Welfare )

Taylor’s Hostel Management believes in providing more than just a place to live but more importantly a ‘Best Place to Stay’. Through our curated core differentiator, the R!

SE Residential Living Program, we deliver a holistic living experience and development that nurtures students across four wellbeing psychosocial pillars namely physical wellbeing, emotional wellbeing, social wellbeing and intellectual wellbeing shaping confident, connected and compassionate residents. Our model makes us a leader in the student accommodation industry.

The Resident Experience & Welfare Team’s mission is to nurture a resilient student community by offering residents opportunities for personal growth and social development through this program. We envision our student residence as a vibrant community where residents feel safe, connected and belong.

The Manager, Resident Experience & Welfare is the custodian of our R!

SE Residential Living Programme, which assists residents to adapt to new living conditions, while acquiring vital skills and leadership qualities to excel academically and beyond. This role plays a crucial function in enhancing student life at Taylor’s Residence.

This position will require the Manager to conceptualise, curate, plan strategically and execute an assortment of programs and events to enable residents (living on and off-campus) to ease into a new living environment, acquire useful life-skills, and gradually transform themselves to be self-sufficient, confident and happy individuals. Every program must be intentionally designed to allow residents to effortlessly transition through the living journey, while keeping every aspect of their wellbeing (physical, emotional, social and intellectual) in check.

The Manager is also expected to build good relationships with all residents, ensuring the best living experience is provided and creating positive community engagement, while being fully accountable in fulfilling the prescribed success measures of this department. The Manager will work closely with the Well‑being Ambassadors and the Resident Success Team to contribute to the R!

SE Residential Living Program and ensuring key projects such as service‑learning programs, student satisfaction surveys, and structured training modules are delivered.

PRIMARY KEY RESULT AREAS / RESPONSIBILITIES

• Develop, design and curate structured well‑being programs focusing on Emotional, Social and Physical wellbeing.
• Plan and develop the annual activity calendar, ensuring a well‑structured, balanced and engaging schedule of events in the year.
• Strategize, lead and deliver all residents support activities with the team members within the department.
• Ensure all relevant initiatives are conducted in the best interest of the diverse of residents, with clear fulfilment of the predefined learning outcomes.
• Promote a supportive and inclusive residential environment that promotes emotional health, social connections and student leadership.
• Sole custodian responsible to manage and deliver the Emotional wellbeing assessment in a timely manner, ensuring all residents’ emotional wellbeing falls within the normal range and to execute the necessary interventions if any signs of emotional distress are detected.
• Lead strategic communication efforts to ensure residents and parents receive timely updates on engagement programs and announcements from Taylor’s Residence.
• Encourage residents’ participation in well‑being campaigns, community projects, leadership training sessions and the overall residential living programs.
• Oversee the planning, management, and execution of the Service‑Learning Programme initiatives, collaborating closely with the Resident Success team to ensure its successful implementation.
• Establish partnerships with external organizations, NGOs and university departments to enhance student well‑being initiatives.
• Lead and administer the biannual residential satisfaction surveys, tabulate the responses, and present the feedback to Management, ensuring residents’ and parents’ satisfaction levels are met, elevated, and continuously measured…