Resident Director -- 10 Months

Position Summary
The Resident Director is a 10-month full time professional live-in position reporting directly to the Associate Director of Student Life and Housing. This is a fixed-term position for a period not to exceed three academic years. Appointment will be subject to renewal each year. The Resident Director participates as a member of the Residence Life Staff team and is directly responsible for the overall management of two four residence halls and the direct supervision of five twenty paraprofessional staff and the supervision of one senior resident addition the Resident Director will work closely with the Associate Director of Student Life and Housing and the Associate Dean of Student Life and Housing to ensure that the Spelman College residential program is current and effective in its implementation of strategies and programs to assist and promote the successful educational social and intellectual maturation of its residential students.

Essential Duties And Responsibilities
Serve on an emergency on-call duty rotation schedule for an on-and off campus area of approximately 1180-1485 residents. Supervise select train and evaluate five twenty paraprofessional one senior resident advisor and student desk assistant staff. Identify problems and needs of students and refer them to Psychological counselors campus police or Health Services. Assist the central office in the effective and efficient facilitation of various departmental processes (i.e. housing selection room changes room inspections damage billing move-in move-out etc.). Serve as student conduct hearing officer for housing and/or college violations. Compile and process student conduct reports. Resolve student behavior problems by the issuing of educational/student conduct sanctions. Responsible for the overall student development of two four residential halls. Assist with the departmental goals on the development and documentation of various departmental systems and processes. Serve as liaison between facilities management and residential students regarding maintenance concerns. Serve as the advisor to community leadership council(s). Maintain programming budget(s). Maintain and update residential rosters and facilitate periodic roster verifications. Conduct regular building health and safety inspections. Complete and submit semester and annual reports to the Associate Director of Student Life and Housing. Collaborate closely with the Associate Director and Associate Dean of Student Life and Housing to assist with other duties as assigned.

Physical Demands
While performing the duties of this job the employee is regularly required to: sit walk stand use hands to handle office supplies operate computer and other office equipment talk and hear. The employee is frequently required to: reach with hands and arms. The employee is occasionally required to: stoop or kneel climb or crawl taste and smell and lift and/or move up to 15 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision distance vision color vision and ability to adjust focus.

Required Qualifications
Bachelors degree in Student Services Human Services Counseling or related field and three years job related experience are required. Previous supervisory experience is also required. The employee must possess excellent interpersonal skills organizational and customer service skills. Must possess the ability to prioritize effectively; must be able to interact in a diverse community; and must be detailed oriented; possess the ability to handle multiple tasks; and able to adapt to changing situations. Additionally it is essential that the employee demonstrate experience in interacting in a positive and uplifting manner with young adults. Excellent oral and written communication skills required with the ability to read and interpret documents such as business communications professional journals technical procedures maintenance instructions and procedure manuals. The ability to speak effectively when interacting with the public and the entire Spelman community is essential. The ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from parents and students is a must. To perform this job successfully an individual must have intermediate skills using Microsoft Office Suite (Word Excel and PowerPoint). The ability to create such things as general correspondence flyers reports spreadsheets with formulas and presentations is essential. Must be able to utilize e-mail systems such as Outlook and be internet savvy.

Preferred Qualifications
Masters degree preferred.