Residence Hall Director

Macalester College is located in Saint Paul, Minnesota, on the ancestral homeland of the Dakota people who were forcibly exiled because of aggressive and persistent settler colonialism. Macalester is a highly selective, private liberal arts college in the vibrant Minneapolis‑Saint Paul metropolitan area, with a population of approximately three million people and home to numerous colleges and universities, including the University of Minnesota.

Macalester's diverse student body comprises over 2,000 undergraduates from all 50 states and the District of Columbia, as well as 99 countries. Since its founding in 1874, Macalester has provided students with the inspiration, insight, and experience to become successful and ethical leaders. Located in St. Paul, Minnesota, Macalester enrolls nearly 2,100 students who come from every state, the District of Columbia, and 99 countries.

Macalester is a distinctive liberal arts college known for its innovation of scholarship. Macalester is proud of its longstanding commitment to social justice and creating a respectful environment for all people, inclusive of sexual orientation, race, ethnicity, national origin, citizenship status, gender, religion, age, and ability. Macalester strongly encourages applications from everyone who would enrich our community, including people of color, individuals with disabilities, and women.

Residential Life at Macalester College utilizes a student-focused, learning-centered approach to foster resident development, authentic relationships, and inclusive living communities. We do this through our implementation of the community learning model, community standards, and housing services. Living on campus is an important part of a Macalester student’s education. Residential Life focuses on the whole student experience as well as fostering learning beyond the classroom setting.

Students are provided numerous opportunities to learn about themselves as well as meet, interact, and develop relationships with others on the floor, building community with those who are different from themselves. Our goal is to give students a greater understanding of their responsibility to the local, national, and global communities as citizens of the world. Residential Life at Macalester serves approximately 1300 students in campus housing.

All first-year and sophomore students are required to live on-campus. About one fourth of the junior class and one fifth of the senior class also live on campus. Living options include traditional and suite style residence halls, theme houses, language houses, and apartments located above a Grand Avenue restaurant. Staffing includes five professional, masters’s degree level Residence Hall Directors (RHD), an Assistant Director, two Associate Directors and the Executive Director of Residential Life.

It also includes a student staff of 34 Resident Assistants and 5 Office Assistants, and 5 Programming Assistants. The RHD staff trains, coaches, and supervises a team of undergraduate paraprofessionals (Resident Assistants) who are resources, educators, and community builders to our students. RHDs and RAs are also visible and involved members of their residential communities. All members of the staff work in collaboration with students, faculty and staff to provide opportunities, support, and a rewarding living environment to residents.

Office Assistants (OA) are students who provide a welcoming environment in the building in which they’re assigned and offer administrative support to the multiple living communities. Programming Assistants (PAs) develop programming for students in the residence halls.

• Manages the daily operation of a residence hall area, including…