Associate Dean of Residence and Housing

DEPARTMENT/ADMINISTRATION:
Office of Student Affairs POSITION:
Administrative, Exempt (12 months),Full-time (40 Hours) SALARY RANGE: $70,304-$90,000 HIRING RANGE:
Anticipated hiring range is near or at the minimum of the classification,commensurate with candidate's education, experience, skills, and training. INTRODUCTORY PERIOD:
Twelve (12) Months AVAILABLE:
Immediately POSTING DATE:
June 30, 2026 Final date to receive applications:
Open Until Filled, Apply Immediately. Definition of Classification:

The Associate Dean of Residence Life and Housing serves as thechief student housing officer providing leadership and visionarystrategic planning. The inspirational leader ensures the department supports both University needs, academic mission, core values, andholistic student success and development within a thriving and dynamic living-learning residential program experience as well asprovides leadership, direction and supervision to residential life, housing, inclusive of student Undergraduate, Greek Life, and Graduate and Family Housing.

The Associate Dean will also partner with Johnston Center for Integrative Studies and Woodbury Residence Life to ensure operational guidance, support, andsystemwideintegration. The thought partner is committed to inclusive excellence andbuildscollaborative partnerships with academic and non-academic departments to develop high quality and innovative residential student-focused co-curriculum and programs to reflect nationalbestpractices in residential education programs within liberal artsenvironments, anchoring studentcareer and life skill developmentoutcomes, andhigh impact practices.

This includes partnerships with academic affairs via expansion of faculty and student engagement opportunities, and initiatives that support student success, wellbeing, development, retention, and engagement. The Associate Dean will provide supervisory oversight for professional staff members, graduate assistants, undergraduate student employees, undergraduate student leaders, along with staff training and development in support of the University’s educationalobjectives. This is a 12-month full-time position with the opportunity to live-on in a rent-free apartment.

The duties and responsibilities include, but are not limited to,the following:

• Oversee Residence Life and Housing, including staffing and supervision, departmental budget management and oversight(including gift funding), marketing and program development,contract management, residential facilities, housing operations,policy development and implementation, relationship cultivation(internal and external partnerships), technology and assessment.
• Provide systemwide oversight, alignment, direction, and training for use of housing software. Leads related cross-campusdepartmental partnerships.
• Develop and implement a robust residential educationco-curriculum program model with a focus on community belonging,meaningful student living-learning residential communityexperience, inclusive excellence, class-based Bulldog Pathwaysinitiatives and programs integration, and skill development through high impact practices supporting student success in collaboration with campus partners.
• Enhance resident assistant high impact student leadership experience, inclusive of an academic course, integratingexperiential learning and career development.
• Enhance residential student engagement through development of Residential Hall Association and support establishment ofpeer-based educational residential student conduct board.
• Expand partnership with Student Campus Life and Office of Inclusion and Community to bolster student engagement and communityconnection, including late-night and weekend programming (e.g.Hunsaker After Dark), and Greek Life residential student experience.

• Provide supervision and training for professional,paraprofessional, graduate assistants, undergraduate student employees, undergraduate student leaders, and formulate individual performance and professional development goals aligned with the department’s mission and strategic plan. Provides dotted linesupervision to Woodbury…