Director of Residence Life & Housing

Status:                  Exempt

Position:              Director of Residence Life & Housing

Reports to:         Dean of Students

About Moore: Moore College of Art & Design is a historically all-women's undergraduate college that has evolved to admit nonbinary and trans undergraduates, as well as co-educational continuing education and graduate students. Founded during the original industrial revolution to advance women in new fields, under principles of inclusivity and opportunity, our mission is more relevant than ever, as technology, sustainability, and diverse cultures drive and influence new and existing industries.  We strive to create a community of employees and faculty that mirrors our student body and offers a range of academic perspectives in their fields.  ​We welcome candidates who value diversity and support the inclusive culture we seek to nurture at Moore. The world needs Moore. For more information, visit moore.edu and follow us on social media @moorecollegeart.

Benefits: Moore College of Art & Design offers a time off package consisting of 41 days paid throughout the year for holidays, winter break, vacation and personal days. In addition, we provide 2 weeks of sick time and offer a great benefit package including health, dental, and a 403b plan with an immediate match and 100% vesting. 

Purpose:  The Director serves as the senior housing officer for the College and is the primary contact for Moore College community members on all matters relating to residence life and housing.

Requirements:

• Master’s degree, preferably in Student Affairs, Higher Education Administration, Counseling, or a related field from an accredited institution of higher education
• A minimum of 2 years work experience in residence life, including supervision of student staff and housing occupancy management for 350 beds+. 
• Strong people skills, including working with all constituencies at the College and with vendors and other groups outside the College.
• Ability to work constructively as part of a team in coordinating the opening and closing of halls; ability to provide high customer service to students, parents, faculty, administration, and groups outside of the College.
• Required to live on or close to campus.

Responsibilities:

1.  Manage and oversee all aspects of Residence Life & Housing

• Supervise, evaluate, select, train, and develop the student residence life staff.
• Participate in 24/7 emergency on-call rotation with lead responsibilities on weeknights. 
• Coordinate the residence life staff training program with the training for other student leaders.
• Administer housing program, including room selection for returning students, updating housing contracts & agreements, room assignments for new students, etc.
• Mediate roommate conflicts, respond to parent inquiries, initiate conduct proceedings that involve residents, assess requests to break housing contracts, etc.
• Coordinate, with the Director of Operations, maintenance, upgrade, and purchases related to the residence halls.
• Coordinate, with the Director of Operations, security in the residence halls.
• Supervise Moore Shuttle Bus Driver (s).
• Serve as staff liaison with Sage Dining Services.

2. Program & Activity Management

• Oversee the development of residence life programming and living/learning curriculum.
• Collaborate with Student Affairs staff to plan training for all student leaders.
• Work with the Student Leadership Board to supervise selected committees and events.
• Collaborate with the Student Affairs staff to execute large-scale programming throughout the year.

  Serve as Chief Hearing Officer

• Receive incident reports, and meet with students to discuss conduct issues.
• Monitor student compliance with sanctions.
• Select and train Student Conduct Committee and set up hearings, as needed.
• Investigate alleged violations of the student code of conduct.
• Update the College’s Annual Security Report.

3.    Summer Housing Rentals and Programs

• Coordinate summer housing with other relevant offices at the College, including Continuing Education for Summer Art and Design Institute (SADI).
• Select, train, supervise, and evaluate summer resident assistants/SADI counselors.
• Supervise Summer Residence Life & Conference staff, including Interns & SADI Housing Assistants.
• Serve as a staff member in charge of summer housing rentals.
• Serve as liaison to outside groups housing people at Moore during the summer, including contract negotiations, programming, and budget.

4.  ID System:

• Participate with the Student Affairs Coordinator to split the following ID responsibilities:
  • Make IDs for all new students, faculty, and staff.
  • Replace lost/stolen IDs.
  • Deactivate IDs.
  • Program access levels and run reports, when needed.

5.   Other:

• Serve as contact person for the College’s contract with Planet Fitness.
• Serve with the Dean of Students, the Director of Health Services, and the Mental Health Counselor on a committee to monitor students for potential crises.
• Share on-call duty responsibilities with the Student Affairs staff throughout the academic year and with the Dean of Students during the summer.
• Serve as a coach for the Summer Bridge Program.
• Create and administer curriculum for one cohort of the VHP Leadership Path program
• Assist with the editing of the student handbooks.
• Manage agreements with local parking garages.
• Other duties as assigned.

Physical Demands/Working Conditions: This is a 9-5 position that has weekend and evening responsibilities for programming, training of student staff, and supervising students living in the residence halls.  It includes being on call during the week and one weekend per month, as well as being available for emergency calls.  The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed.  These are not to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties, and skills required of personnel as so classified.

The College adheres to the principle of equal educational and employment opportunity without discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, age, national or ethnic origin, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, handicap or disability, military or veteran status, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected under applicable federal, state or local law in the administration of its educational policies, scholarship and loan programs, and other College-administered programs and employment practices. Retaliation is also prohibited. To read our full compliance statement please visit: https://moore.edu/non-discrimination-policy/