Full-Time Hall Director

Working Title: FullTime Hall Director

State Role Title:Education Support Specialist II

Position Type:Fulltime Staff (Classified)

Position Status: FullTime

FLSA Status: NonExempt: Eligible for Overtime

College/Division: Student Life and Involvement

Department: 300000 Residence Life Admin

Pay Rate:Pay Range

Specify Range or Amount: $38000 $38500

Is this a JMU only positionNo

Is this a grantfunded positionNo

Is this a Conflict of Interest designated positionN/A

Beginning Review Date:04/04/2025

About JMU:

James Madison University is a publicly funded university with a beautiful campus and a supportive community that is committed to preparing students for the future. The university offers excellent comprehensive benefits which include paid vacation sick parental and community service leave in addition to 19 paid holidays a year; affordable health insurance; retirement through the Virginia Retirement System. We also offer a worklife balance and integration program Balanced Dukes that is designed to support the overall wellbeing of our employees and a Tuition Waiver Program that allows employees to have tuition waived for undergraduate and graduate level courses taken at JMU.

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General Information:

The Office of Residence Life at James Madison University is accepting applications for a FullTime Hall Director. The Office of Residence Life is committed to designing and maintaining a caring environment that encourages academic success respect personal growth and responsibility to ones community.

FullTime Hall Directors report to an Area Director of Residence Life. This is a 12month livein position. A furnished apartment (partner and petfriendly) professional development funds and a partial meal plan are provided in addition to salary and classified benefits.

FullTime Hall Directors are part of the Residence Life team that serves 6700 residential students on a campus that is continuing to grow. We focus on making the students residential experience one filled with opportunities to engage and learn about themselves and others. We are a closeknit department with just over 30 fulltime staff members and over 200 student staff members.

Duties and Responsibilities:

Leadership Management and Supervision Directly supervise 1118 Resident Advisers (RAs). manage hall staff performance student development student leadership student conduct and hall community engagement. Provide written performance evaluations twice per year for RAs. Participate in all recruitment selection and training processes for RAs including instructing a onecredit RA class. Implement checkin and checkout procedures. Potentially collaborate with a livein Faculty in Residence member.

Create Belonging Contribute to the Student Affairs Creating Belonging value by creating spaces and a culture that celebrates all identities and makes it possible for faculty students and staff to be their most authentic selves.

Student Conduct Interpret and enforce university and hall policies manage administrative processes related to documenting and followup for student behavior. Meet with students and staff to discuss and manage behavioral concerns (mental health policy/community violations roommate conflicts etc..

Crisis Management Participate in oncall rotation for the residential campus. Provide support to staff during times of crisis.

Community Engagement Using the Curricular Approach in Residence Lifes Community Engagement Model conduct and support hall programming and community engagement efforts. Create monthly Community Learning Plans.

Committee Work Serve on departmental and university committees as necessary.

Professional Development Accumulate a minimum of 10 hours of professional development during each performance evaluation period. Obtain hours by attending university divisional and department training. Attend conferences get a certification or complete other jobrelated training. Use professional development opportunities to stay relevant to trends and best practices.

Qualifications:

Required:

• Residence hall employment experience
• Demonstrated ability to manage a variety of tasks simultaneously

Additional Consideration:

• Extensive residence life experience
• Supervisory experience
• Student conduct experience
• Demonstrated experience with administrative and management skills

Additional Posting Information:

Conditions of Employment:

Employment is contingent upon the successful completion of a criminal background check.

EVerify Notice: After accepting employment new hires are required to complete an I9 form and present documentation of their identity and eligibility to work in the United States. James Madison University uses the EVerify system to confirm identity and work authorization.

EEO Statement:

James Madison University is committed to creating and supporting a diverse and inclusive work and educational community that is free of all forms of discrimination. This institution does not tolerate discrimination or harassment on the basis of age color disability gender identity or expression genetic information national origin parental status political affiliation race religion sex sexual orientation or veteran status.

We promote access inclusion and diversity for all students faculty staff constituents and programs believing that these qualities are foundational components of an outstanding education in keeping with our mission. The university is interested in candidates whose experience and qualifications support an ongoing commitment to this core quality.

Anyone having questions concerning discrimination should contact the Office for Equal Opportunity:.

Reasonable Accommodation:

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