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Job Posting Title
Community Director
Job Description Summary
Admin Exempt
Job Description
As a live-in professional staff member in the Department of Residential Life, the Community Director (CD) is responsible for creating an inclusive environment where students can connect in genuine ways to themselves and others. Community Directors utilize the residential platform as the focal point for engagement, synthesis and learning and serve as the primary metacurricular advocate for students as they pursue their social, intellectual, and personal development. Community Directors employ evidence-based student development theory and practices to guide students towards independence, resiliency and an empathetic worldview. Community Directors demonstrate collaborative leadership to students and professional colleagues, possess excellent written and oral communication skills, demonstrate fluency with systems and technology, and model a sense of community responsibility.
Community Directors lead small residential communities that average 400. Under the mentorship of Community Directors, the House Presidents and Resident Assistants lead the implementation of an exuberant and inclusive residential community. Additionally, Community Directors support the educational priority of a robust residential curriculum by the design and implementation of a focus area within residential life. Those focus areas may include: intercultural competency; wellness and resilience; dialogue and meaning-making; connection and sense of belonging; servant leadership; conflict resolution. Through one of these focal areas, the Community Director will promote the benefits of community living through their direct work in the training, selection and support of a diverse team of Resident Assistants and House Presidents within the residential platform.
This position requires frequent evening and weekend hours and the ability to effectively respond to student and campus emergencies with composure and maturity. The Community Director is considered "essential personnel" during campus or community crisis. The Community Director will demonstrate skillsets in conflict meditation, team building, parent communication, and an enthusiasm for working with students with diverse identities and backgrounds. Other duties for the Community Director include: 1) follow policies and procedures of Residential Life and Housing departments; 2) 24 hour emergency on-call member; 3) train and supervise student staffs; 4) advise House Councils; 5) manage house budgets; 6) support committee work across the college ; 7) create and design student-centered programs and opportunities; 8) provide administrative backup to the Office of Residential Life and Housing; 9)liaise with partners in facilities management to ensure the residential spaces are safe and comfortable,) other Department and Division projects as assigned.
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