Community Director and Fraternity Advisor

Community Director (CD) And Fraternity Life Advisor

The Community Director (CD) and Fraternity Life Advisor shares with other members of the Student Life staff the general responsibility of supporting the educational aims of the College by building and supporting strong communities across the campus. The CD serves as an educator and role model while assisting students in their efforts to make full use of the opportunities and resources available to them.

This role oversees the supervision, administration, and community development for a number of residential facilities and leads broader programs and initiatives related to Residence Life and Housing. This position has a special focus on advising the fraternity system, as well as a separate focus on administering conduct and policy violation processes and procedures. In addition to overseeing the fraternity system, this position will be responsible for a number of junior-senior residential areas, including apartments and rental houses.

This position reports to the Associate Director of Residence Life.

Principal Responsibilities

• Fraternity Life Advising, Leadership, and Development (35%)
• Supervision (20%)
• Community Development and Programming (15%)
• Counseling and Referral (10%)
• Administration (10%)
• Conduct Administration (10%)

Required Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

• Ability to support and advance the College's core goals of diversity, equity, inclusion, antiracism, and access.
• Ability to build community among residential undergraduate college students.
• Ability to stay organized, set attainable goals, and complete projects without reminders.
• Ability to facilitate team building, present training material, and speak to large groups.
• Ability to be flexible and be comfortable with ambiguity.
• Ability to communicate clearly on difficult topics while being empathetic.
• Ability to manage email and text communications and respond in a timely manner.
• Ability to work both independently and in a team-focused educational environment and be ready to jump in and take on new projects as needed.

Preferred Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

• Experience presenting to groups and leading trainings for college students.
• Knowledge of Student Development Theory.
• Experience with diversity, equity, inclusion, belonging, antiracism, and accessibility programming, theories, or analysis.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree.
• 2+ years of post-college professional experience.
• Experience working with undergraduate residential college communities.
• Experience working in Student Affairs.
• OR a combination of relevant education, training, and experience.

Preferred Qualifications

• A Master's Degree in a related field.
• Experience working with college sororities and/or fraternities.
• Experience with college/university conduct processes.
• Knowledge and use of restorative justice practices.
• Must possess a valid driver's license and meet one of the following criteria: be at least 18 years old with 2 years of driving experience and complete a driver improvement course, OR be at least 19 with 3 years of experience and successfully pass a motor vehicle report (MVR) check.

Additional Perks, Benefits & Professional Development

• These are live-in positions and come with a 1-2 bedroom/1-2 bathroom residence hall apartment.
• Position includes a full meal plan (over $5,000 in meal money per year, with some limitations on retail goods).
• This position includes evening and weekend work and offers a flexible work schedule. Core work hours are 10am-4pm Monday through Friday.
• Includes the option to take one course per semester depending on space available.
• Opportunity to attend and submit proposals for professional conferences.
• This position is eligible for all other full-time benefits afforded employees at Whitman College in accordance…