Director of Housing & Residence Life
Director of Housing & Residence Life
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$ 68052 - 77412
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Job Description
Position Summary:
Under administrative direction from the Vice President for Student Affairs this educator and administrator provides visionary leadership and direction for the department and administers and manages the Residential Life Program. This position directs departmental operations oversees the department budgets sets department goals coordinates assessment efforts and establishes learning outcomes and implementation strategies for the department. Competitive benefits program available including the convenience of On-Campus housing.Specific Job Duties (Essential Functions and Responsibilities)
Leadership & Administration
Manages the Universitys housing operations in the Division of Student Affairs provides fiscal management for the department budget and supervises professional and support staff ensuring efficient operations and programming and ensures compliance with all relevant policies procedures standards and laws.
Evaluates and assesses University housing occupancy retention and projection trends; overseen the residential facilities to maintain a safe secure and healthy living environment; confirms that all room assignments and billings are completed and communicated to students.
Researches and analyzes issues finds options and recommends courses of action. Provides performance metrics efficiency studies progress reports and analytics as needed. Oversees the collection and synthesis of data as well as the development and compilation of plans and reports for the division.
Establishes and implements short- and long-range organizational goals objectives strategic plans policies and operating procedures; monitors and evaluates programmatic and operational effectiveness and effects changes required for improvement. Determines space needs staffing solutions etc.
Is responsible for hiring supervising and ensuring employees are adequately trained with proper oversight to ensure that University policies procedures laws and regulations are followed and that duties are properly segregated for all financial and personnel processes.
Demonstrate self-awareness of ones own cultural beliefs perspectives and privileges as a part of ones orientation toward leadership.
Maintain a bias toward decision-making that is informed by research data and theory and that leverages students unique cultures experiences and background as strengths.
Build a culture of collaboration teamwork and open communication that fosters collaboration within and across departmental lines.
Recommends and participates in the development of college policies and procedures as they relate to housing. Focuses on achieving consistency in standards and maximizing limited resources.
Additional duties to ensure department operational effectiveness
Housing Operations & Facilities
Work closely with the Director of Facilities Services and the Facilities Services Supervisory Team on custodial grounds structural life-safety and technical issues and projects in support of the auxiliary infrastructure at ASU.
Oversee the work crew staff (painting furniture moving cleaning etc.).
Coordinate and manage room assignments.
Responsible for all information through input to the Workday eResLife and One Card systems as it pertains to housing and meal plans.
Student Engagement & Community Development
Through direct supervision of the Assistant Director of Housing administers a student-focused residential life experience for ASU students including supporting residential learning communities relevant and engaging student programming and close coordination with the office of Co-Curricular Recreation and Engagement First Year Experience and other Student Affairs Unit departments.
Develops and oversees residential communities that utilize best practices in student development and research to create engaging learning environments (including implementation of a residential curriculum that effectively considers all specialty housing).
Initiate and implement an awareness of multicultural issues and support the creation of a diverse environment.
Fiscal and Strategic Management
Negotiates financial agreements with outside vendors and related commercial enterprises.
Reviews occupancy status to maintain budget/performance expectations and recommends rent schedules. Monitors assists and makes recommendations to improve marketing strategies.
Responsible for annual operating budgets for all housing units and management of multi-year budgetary strategies to include major capital improvements and investments.
Compliance & Risk Management
Ensures the security and safety of students; responsible for crisis and risk management.
Serve as a Campus Security Authority as federally mandated under the Clery Act.
Qualifications:
Minimum Qualifications:
Earned Bachelors Degree in higher education administration business counseling or a related field.
Six (6) years of related experience in increasingly advanced roles in higher education housing/residence life.
Experience supervising professional staff or student employees.
Ability to treat others with respect civility and courtesy and to work honestlyeffectively and collegially with employees students and the community. This includes the ability to use appropriate conflict management skills to effectively manage any disagreement that might arise or to bring the disagreement to management for assistance in productive resolution when the situation requires.
Knowledge of residence life operations.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
Organizational/Strategic Planning/Budget Management skills.
Ability to maintain confidentiality.
Ability to handle multiple complicated tasks simultaneously.
Ability to work a flexible schedule.
Resiliency under pressure de-escalation intervention skills.
Must have the ability to work independently and to implement solutions effectively without direct supervision.
Preferred Qualifications:
An earned Masters Degree in higher education administration educational leadership counseling or a related field
Eight (8) years of related experience in increasingly advanced supervisor roles in higher education housing/residence life.
Knowledge of college student development (theory and practice).
Three years experience in supervising professional and student staff.
Demonstrated commitment to supporting the needs of students from underrepresented populations.
Experience implementing programs and services geared toward meeting the needs of students from underrepresented backgrounds.
Proven commitment to providing leadership in enhancing an atmosphere of equity diversity and inclusion.
Salary and Benefits:
The salary range for this position is $68052-$77412. In addition to salary Adams State University offers a competitive benefits program including medical dental vision disability insurance flexible spending accounts life insurance and retirement savings plans. For detailed benefits information please visit our Human Resources Benefits Page.
Included in the Benefits and Total Compensation:
On-Campus Housing Included:This position includes a private 2-bedroom 1-bathroom house located directly on our campus with a fenced yard provided at no cost to the employee.
All Major Utilities Covered:We cover the costs for electricity gas water trash removal and high-speed internet.
No Commute:The on-campus location provides the convenience of walking to work.
Significant Financial Value:This housing package represents a substantial addition to the total compensation.
How to Apply:
All interested candidates must submit application materials electronically through Adams State Universitys Workday application portal.
No other format of application material will be accepted.
Completed applications include the following:
Cover letter
Resume
Unofficial transcripts (official transcripts will be necessary at the time of appointment)
Three professional references including phone number and email for each
For full consideration applications should be received by 11/14/2025. Review of applications will begin immediately after this date.
The position will remain open until filled. Applications received after the priority deadline may be reviewed at the discretion of the search committee.
Questions about the position may be directed to Savala DeVoge at
Adams State University is committed to building and expanding the talent of its professional staff and actively seeks qualified applicants who bring unique perspectives experiences skills and attributes that can augment the perspectives of our current faculty and staff and can contribute to serving and preparing our students to engage and thrive in their learning leadership and service.
We strive to create a more representative workforce that mirrors the people who study work and lead our institution and welcome applications from candidates from all walks of life especially members of communities who fall within state and federally protected classes such as: women BIPOC LGBTQ individuals veterans and people with disabilities.
We value qualified candidates with varied language skills who have a record of successful experience with varied communities and student populations and who have a deep understanding of and commitment to the unique geographical and historical characteristics of the place we are situated in and the intersecting perspectives that define our university being a low-income first-generation and Hispanic-serving rural anchor university. Therefore we seek individuals committed to intentionally supporting students and colleagues who possess these characteristics through their teaching service and scholarship.
The successful candidate will join a campus that is dedicated to inclusive excellence and acknowledges Adams States purpose to foster the educational goals of its students and the well-being of the surrounding community.
Additional information about the university and the academic mission may be found at compliance with the Immigration Control Act of 1968 candidates for positions must provide proof of eligibility to work before an offer of employment can be made final.
Adams State University is committed to providing a safe and secure environment for its students faculty staff and visitors and to protecting its funds property and other assets. Well-informed hiring decisions contribute to this effort. Therefore Adams State University has adopted a policy on background screening for its prospective continuing and returning employees as well as students in certain circumstances. Offers of employment will be contingent upon the completion of an acceptable background check. The information received in response to a background check will be treated as confidential to the extent provided for by law.
Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 and Part 106 of the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) prohibits discrimination on the basis of sex including in admission and employment. Inquiries about the application of Title IX and CFR 106 to Adams State University (ASU) may be directed to ASUs Office of Equal Opportunity Director Ana Guevara and/or to the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights of the Department of Education. Support resources for sexual misconduct ASUs sexual misconduct policies contact information for the Adams State Universitys Office of Equal Opportunity & Title IX as well as a detailed procedure for filing a grievance due to discrimination on the basis of sex may be found online at These procedures also describe the Universitys response to reports and/or complaints of sex discrimination or sexual harassment.
Adams State University is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. Applications are sought from all qualified persons regardless of race color sex disability and as covered by law veteran addition University policies prohibit discrimination on the basis of religion national origin ancestry age sexual orientation including transgender status and gender expression marital status and parental status.
Required Experience:
Director
Employment Type
Full-Time
