Resident Director

Job Description: Resident Director

Job Summary: This position reports directly to the Dean of Students or designee. The Resident Director (RD)oversees the daily operations of a university undergraduate residence community. This position is a ten-month appointment. The RD implements and enforces policies and regulations on a community level and works with University administration in multiple aspects of Residence Life. Additionally, the RD must have the ability to work effectively with residents and RAs, providing them guidance, feedback and support when needed. This is a live-in position that requires the RD to live in one of the residence halls in their assigned community.

Responsibilities/Duties

• trains, supports, supervises, and evaluates all Resident Assistants in the assigned university residence community
• oversees community-wide programming for residents and staff and serves as a resource for the RAs in their programming for residents
• ensures that university policies and housing procedures are consistently enforced
• ensures compliance with local, State, and Federal regulations and laws
• monitors the conditions of the housing facilities, ensuring security, working facilities, and adequate amenities and reports issues to the Dean of Students, the Director of Facilities, or other relevant officer of the University
• communicates resident concerns to the Dean of Students or designee
• listens to, documents, and addresses resident concerns within the RD’s scope
• handles crisis/conduct issues in accordance with university policy
• responds immediately to emergencies beyond the scope and ability of the RAs
• responsible for damage assessment
• performs special projects or duties as assigned

Requirements/Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited institution
• Experience with student life in higher education, particularly in the area of residence life
• Strong organizational, administrative, and interpersonal skills
• Strong time management skills
• Strong knowledge and experience in programming for late adolescents
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills technology proficiency
• Must be able to clear a criminal background check
• Must have independent transportation beyond the university shuttle

Supplemental Information:

This position will close on June 15, 2025 or when the positions are filled.

• To apply, please complete the Thomas University application at www.thomasu.edu/employment; send an email with the subject noting “Resident Director” to Laura Pitts, Office of Human Resources, at lpitts@thomasu.edu, and include:
  • Cover Letter
  • Resume
  • Names and contact information of a minimum of three professional references
• All electronic submissions should be in Microsoft Word or PDF format.