The Director is responsible for and must address the following:

• The living environment, including educational and community-building programs and services that promote learning and development in the broadest sense, with an emphasis on student experiences and academic success;

• Living facilities that are clean, attractive, well-maintained, comfortable, and which include contemporary safety features maintained by systematic operations

• The orderly and effective management of residence life programs that meet the needs of students and other constituents courteously, efficiently, and effectively

• The Director will help the university develop a long-term vision for a comprehensive residence life program, including the program development for new housing facilities as reflected in the University's short-term and long-term Campus Master Plan

Responsibilities:

• Assisting in the retention, academic, health and wellness, and spiritual development and success of all residential students

• Recruiting, training, supervising, and evaluating a student staff to achieve the goals and objectives of residence life

• Report, track, and follow up on maintenance issues with appropriate building managers, housekeeping staff, and physical facilities employees

• Develops, implements, and evaluates educational, social, cultural, and co-curricular programming for resident students

• Prepares budgets and monitors expenditures for all programs assigned and ensures proper maintenance of records.

• Facilitates developing, implementing, and evaluating training and policy/procedures/protocols, manuals, handbooks, etc.

• Cultivate a positive and engaging living environment that fosters a sense of belonging and enables students to build positive relationships with one another

• Utilize institutional data to assess and respond to student needs

• Establishes and affirms standards of conduct appropriate to residential living and campus programming

• Markets Housing and Residence Life to the public and the university community

• Develops a rapport with students and serves as an advisor and mentor for concerns related to the position

• Counsels student residents and employees concerning academic and social needs

• Establishes positive working relationships with other appropriate staff and groups within the campus community

• Establishes positive working relationships with community organizations and promotes the development of University programmatic collaborations within the residence halls

• Collaborate with faculty and staff stakeholders to implement programmatic opportunities, some of which may be connected with living-learning community themes

• Participates in departmental, division, and university goal-setting, committees, and special projects

• Oversee implementation of programs and strategies that enable student achievement of the Pillars of Success

• Serve on University committee councils and attend functions as a representative of the University and other duties as assigned.

• Participate in departmental and divisional professional development activities

• All other duties as assigned

• Minimum of seven years of professional experience in a supervisory role working in Housing, Residence Life, or closely related experience

• 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 diversity by promoting and attending campus & community multicultural events, facilitating professional development with RA staff, presenting on variety, or implementing strategies.

• Demonstrate a consistent willingness to work with individuals from different race, ethnicity, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, socioeconomic status, ability, ideology, religion, and national origin backgrounds

• Create and maintain positive professional relationships within the department and across the university

• Fulfill other general duties assigned by the Office of Residence Life, Division of Student Affairs, and Bethune-Cookman University

• Master's degree in higher education/ college student personnel, business, or related field.

• Working environment is a normal business office setting
• Normal manual dexterity and visual and auditory acuity
• Typically, the incumbent may sit comfortably to do the work. However, there may be some walking, standing, bending or carrying of light items
• Nothing in this job description restricts management’s right to assign or reassign duties and responsibilities to this job at any time
• Evening and weekend work are required