Resident Director

Job Title

Resident Director

Student Life Residence Support 2 Group 2

Regular

Salary

40,000

45,000

40

Yes

The Resident Director is a live-in master's degree-level professional who is responsible for the operation of one or more residence halls, housing between 250 and 630 students.

• Cultivate a positive and engaging living environment that fosters a sense of community and belonging and enables students to build positive relationships with one another.
• Maintain high visibility and availability, including attending community events, regularly touring the community, and interacting with residents.
• Meet with residents one‑on‑one in order to provide personal, social, academic, and occupational support and referral.
• Oversee and implement programming in the residential community as prescribed by the department
  • Collaborate with faculty and staff to plan and implement living‑learning community programs.
  • Contribute to neighborhood programs.
  • Budget, manage, expend and reconcile programming funds.
• Serve as the financial, programmatic, and leadership adviser to the student Community Leadership Team(s).

• Supervise and train a team of 8‑20 resident assistants.
• Host weekly staff meetings to coordinate upcoming events, discuss community concerns, and facilitate professional development experiences.
• Conduct weekly or bi‑weekly one‑on‑one meetings with staff members.
• Ensure staff members are appropriately confronting and documenting behavioral issues and concerns.
• Provide regular formal and informal feedback regarding job performance.
• Assign and oversee collateral duties as needed.
• Assist in the recruitment, selection, training, development, and evaluation of paraprofessional and professional staff members.

• Serve as a hearing administrator as needed, including but not limited to adjudication of individual hearings and/or serving as a member of a university hearing board.
• Review and follow up on all incident reports and police reports (if available) for incidents that take place in the community and/or involve residents living in the community.
• Respond to residents in need, referring to other offices, when appropriate.
• Provide leadership during times of crisis in and adjacent to the community.
• Assume shared responsibility for campus‑wide on‑call duty, year‑round.
• Assist in emergency situations as needed.
• Implement Miami University and Office of Residence Life objectives, policies, rules, and procedures.

• Report, track, and follow up on maintenance issues with appropriate building managers, housekeeping staff, and physical facilities staff.
• Serve as the primary contact for concerns from parents and family members of residents.
• Serve on committees based on departmental needs.
• Administer student check‑in, check‑out, and room changes; coordinate and implement room inspections and damage billing processes.
• Participate in departmental and divisional meetings and professional development activities.
• Teach 1‑2 courses per year, as needed, including EDL 301:
  Student Development in the Residence Halls [RA Class], UNV 101: I am Miami, or courses associated with assigned Living Learning Communities.
  • Perform administrative duties associated with summer projects and assignments.
• Fulfill other general duties assigned by the Office of Residence Life, Division of Student Life and/or Miami University.

• Serve as a role model for all hall staff and residents in personal and professional behaviors.
• Practice ethical stewardship of university resources.
• Demonstrate a commitment to supporting…