Community Director
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Job Description
People are drawn to Guilford College for a number of reasons including the CollegesCore Valuesof community diversity equality excellence integrity justice and stewardship.
Working at Guilford provides you with a rewarding opportunity to impact the developing lives ofstudents from a range of diverse backgrounds. Guilford attracts those who areseeking a professional challenge and career advancement. It also attracts those whowant to enjoy a beautiful campus and location in the dynamic city ofGreensboro North Carolina.
Guilford College offers a wide range of benefits for fulltime regular employees including 13 paid holidays tuition remission health insurance telemedicine life insurance shortterm and longterm disability a retirement plan and optional dental and vision insurance. In addition employment at the College provides employees with access to numerous discounts for products services and attractions.
Position Summary
Summary
The Community Director (CD) is an integral part of Guilfords Residential Education mission to create a safe supportive and engaged livinglearning community that enhances students personal and academic success and supports the Colleges mission and core values in word and practice. CDs support the curricular experience by engaging students in intentional developmental opportunities outside the classroom and by cultivating leadership. They are committed to serving as allies advocates and resources to students of all backgrounds and to fostering an environment of social support personal autonomy and community accountability. Each CD oversees a designated residential community of approximately 250400 traditional students and a student staff of 1020 Resident Advisors and 12 Assistant Community Directors. This position reports to the Assistant Director of Residential Education and Housing.
The Community Director is a fulltime twelvemonth livein position. Compensation commensurate upon experience and in adherence with the Colleges compensation plan; full benefits; an oncampus furnished staff apartment with most utilities provided; a partial meal plan; access to campus facilities such as the fitness center and library and parking.
Duties and Responsibilities
A. Residential Area Responsibilities (approximately 15 of time)
Develop a rapport with the residential cohort and oversee their safety and wellbeing.
Monitor the condition of a residential area and assist in the maintenance of an environment free of health and safety hazards through regular communication with the public safety and facilities departments and routine health and safety inspections.
Oversee conflict resolution strategies and processes within the residential community.
Assist in housing processes such as reassignments and checkins/checkouts.
Depending on area assist in the implementation of residential learning communities and/or programming models such as Themed Living Communities.
B. Staff Supervision Responsibilities (approximately 25 of time)
- Contribute to Resident Advisor (RA) and Assistant Community Director (ACD) staff recruitment hiring and training.
- Directly supervise a student staff of 1020 RAs and 12 ACDs; conduct regular staff and individual meetings and administer a staff performance appraisal process.
- Foster leadership among the RA staff through strategic support guidance development opportunities accountability and teamwork.
- Advise RA/ACD small group and committee work.
- Coordinate the oncall schedule.
- Updated February 2023
C. Student Conduct and Advising Responsibilities (approximately 35 of time)
- Facilitate student conduct hearings to render decisions of responsibility and adjudicate sanctions; process cases through Guardian software and facilitate communication.
- Be as present visible and available to students as is reasonably possible with regular office hours and regular participation/presence in hall and campus activities.
- Advise and mentor students concerning personal academic and social concerns utilizing alerts and referrals to other campus resources when appropriate.
- Respond to referrals through our oncampus alert systems including student followup referrals to other departments and notifications/communication through said system. 5. Serve as a liaison between students and various campus departments.
D. Departmental Responsibilities (approximately 20 of time)
- Maintain regular office hours be available by phone and email.
- Confer regularly with supervisors and other College personnel about student or staff concerns.
- Assist with new student orientation and other campuswide events.
- Complete departmental reports surveys and forms within established deadlines.
- Attend regular departmental and individual meetings and serve on College committees as assigned.
- Serve oncall to respond to emergencies crises and policy violations on a rotational basis during any period that students are on campus (including some breaks). Oversee oncall RA and ACD staff and procedures.
- Oversee assigned focus area(s) and respective allocated budgets within Residential Education & Housing or Student Affairs directly or through RA/ACD committees such as: RA/ACD Training and Development RA/ACD Recruitment and Hiring RA/ACD Appreciation and Support Web and Social Media Management and/or Departmental Assessment.
E. Programming Responsibilities (approximately 5 of time)
- Directly oversee the RA/ACD staff in their programming responsibilities in accordance with a departmental programming model.
- Coordinate and execute regular staffdevelopment and staffbuilding programs.
- Manage allocated budgets for residential programming and staffdevelopment/staffbuilding (varies by area).
F. Additional Comments
- CD responsibilities throughout the summer months may include special projects and/or work in other departments on campus.
- Additional duties may arise throughout the course of the year.
Qualifications
Bachelors Degree required. Masters degree preferred. Residence life student affairs advising or firstyear programs experience required. Must be available for primary residence to be in an oncampus staff apartment in the residence halls. Must be available to serve through the full academic year. Evening and weekend hours are required. Must be able to walk stairs and conduct rounds through residential areas and buildings. Must be a great team contributor and be able to work autonomously.
Guilford College does not discriminate on the basis of sex/gender race color creed religion national origin sexual orientation gender identity disability genetic information military status veteran status or any other protected category under applicable local state or federal law ordinance or regulation. See ourfull Statement of NonDiscrimination.
Required Experience:
Director
Employment Type
Full-Time
