Senior Associate Director of Residence

Position: Senior Associate Director of Residence Life
## Senior Associate Director of Residence Life Apply locations:
Penn State University Parktime type:
Full time posted on:
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** POSITION SPECIFICS
** The Residence Life Office is looking for a dynamic and energetic individual to join the team. The Residence Life Office is committed to the development of a safe and inclusive living-learning community that fosters academic, social, cultural, and personal growth. We strive to enable residents to develop respect and responsibility for themselves and their community**.
**** The Senior Associate Director of Residence Life
** provides strategic leadership and operational oversight for designated areas within a comprehensive, multi-campus Residence Life program serving 20,000 residential students on twelve campuses. This position supports the development of residential communities that promote student success, wellbeing, and belonging, through the supervision of professional staff, coordination of student support practices, and collaboration with campus and divisional partners.

The Senior Associate Director serves as a member of the Residence Life leadership team and works collaboratively with Housing and Food Services, other Student Affairs departments, Commonwealth Campus leadership, and University Park partners to support high-quality residential environments and student-centered operations. This position provides leadership and supervision to crisis response, organizational initiatives, human resource development, student support systems, and operational effectiveness across all residential campuses and targeted functional areas.
* This position is not a live-in role and requires routine travel to campuses as well as the ability to respond to emergencies or critical incidents. Living within a minimum radius of Penn State University Park campus will be necessary for Residence Life emergency response.
* In addition to the above information, specific responsibilities of the Senior Associate Director include:
** Student and Community Development
*** Oversee the planning, implementation, and evaluation of case management within the residential communities, including student conduct, conflict response, coordinated CARE and BTMT support, follow-up interventions, and the day-to-day needs of residential students
* Oversee the residential climate reporting system, ensuring timely review, coordinated follow-up, and consistent reporting processes that support institutional compliance and operational effectiveness
* Foster meaningful faculty and staff engagement in residential communities through collaborative initiatives that enhance student learning and community development
* Participate in the evening and weekend senior Residence Life on-call rotation and respond to crises, emergencies, and critical incidents affecting residential communities across twelve residential campuses
** Supervision
* ** Supervise and lead professional staff, including the Senior Assistant Director for Commonwealth Campuses and Residence Life staff located at eleven Commonwealth Campuses
* Plan and provide training and professional development and evaluate job performance
* Plan and facilitate staff meetings
* Provide system-wide leadership and support for professional staff and student leaders
** Administration
* ** Serve as the primary Residence Life liaison for…