Assistant Director Residence Life

Otterbein University is seeking an Assistant Director of Residence Life to join our Cardinal community, who will be responsible for staff supervision, community development, budget and facility management and leading departmental special initiatives in addition to serving as an Area Director to approximately 700 students living in residence halls, apartments or houses. The Assistant Director must live on campus in University provided apartments. This is a full-time, 12 months per year, exempt position that participate in an on-call rotation.

Otterbein offers a comprehensive benefits package including:

• Accrue 4 weeks paid vacation and 10 days paid sick time per year  

• 12 paid holidays plus bonus days (including Christmas Eve through New Year's Day)

• Medical, dental and vision insurance to you, dependents or domestic partner

• Defined contribution retirement plan

• Tuition benefit for employees and their dependents

• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

• Family friendly with a domestic partner policy

• Pet friendly

• and much more

Residence Life - Division of Student Affairs Purpose

Residence Life is an integral part of the Division of Student Affairs.  We actively engage, support, and celebrate students as they become the best versions of themselves. Together, we strive to meet individual student needs by creating a welcoming, educational, and transformational community that is inclusive, accessible, healthy, and safe. The goals of the residence life program include providing individual and/or group educational and development opportunities, offering well-maintained facilities, and offering responsive, efficient, and effective management of services and resources. 

Staff supervision, evaluation, training and selection (30%)

• Select, train, supervise and evaluate hall director staff.

• Direct residence life paraprofessional staff recruitment, selection, training, enrichment, recognition and evaluation processes including instruction of SLD 2000 courses.

• Participate in an on-call rotation.

Student intervention, support & programming (25%)

• Address student behavior including reporting violations of the student code of conduct, interpreting the student code of conduct and serving as a judicial hearing officer.

• Lead retention efforts including planning educational programming, meeting individually with at risk students, and training paraprofessional staff to address retention concerns

• Manage residence hall programs with hall staff, emphasizing developing community, critical thinking skills, healthy lifestyles, residence life learning outcomes, and collaborative efforts across campus.

•  Manage Living Learning Community (LLC) program planning, promotion and evaluation in collaboration with the Center for Student Success

• Manage community development with residents and support those who experience personal, social, emotional, physical and academic concerns through educational programming and/or referrals.

• Serve as an advocate for diverse student populations.

Facility supervision (20%)

• Supervise hall facility needs including opening and closing, key management, furniture inventory and monitoring cleanliness and maintenance of the facilities.

• Manage break housing and theme house programs including facilities, selection and resident needs.

Housing Operations (15%)

• Plan room assignments and manage room change/vacancy/consolidation processes including publicity and evaluation of each process.

• Lead development of all Residence Life marketing and social media materials including the departmental website, assignment newsletters to students and parents.

• Maintain student information (Banner).

Budget Management (5%)

• Supervise area programming, staff development and facility budgets.

Campus Involvement (5%)

• Participate in the Otterbein campus community through campus committees

• Maintain open lines of communication with all members of the community and serve the developmental needs of students.

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES: Supervises hall director and resident assistant staff as assigned

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily.  The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required.  Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE: Master's degree required with 2-3 experience in residence life, educational programming, supervision or advising.

CERTIFICATES, LICENSES, REGISTRATIONS: Valid driver's license and willingness to become a university certified driver

LANGUAGE SKILLS: Ability to understand and work with all nationalities

MATHEMATICAL SKILLS: Basic math and ability to use Excel and calculator. Budget management and housing projections

REASONING ABILITY: Must be able to reason with a number of personalities and backgrounds; must be able to make important decisions quickly; must be able to deal with constant interaction with students and faculty/staff campus-wide. Must be able to use logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS:  The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Sitting for periods of time in front of a computer; constant interaction with students, faculty, and community; loading and unloading supplies; standing or sitting for periods of time. Ability to lift up to 20lbs. Walk up four flights of stairs. Ability to reach above one's head and below one's knees.  Must be able to meet regular and predictable attendance standards.

WORK ENVIRONMENT: The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Duties performed primarily in an environmentally controlled office and residence halls.

Must live in furnished apartment on campus provided by the University.

This description is intended to indicate the kinds of tasks and levels of work difficulty that will be required of positions that will be given this title and shall not be construed as declaring what the specific duties and responsibilities of any particular position shall be. It is not intended to limit or in any way modify the right of any supervisor to assign, direct and control the work of employees under supervision. The use of a particular expression or illustration describing duties shall not be held to exclude other duties not mentioned that are of similar kind of level of difficulty.

Otterbein University is an Equal Opportunity Educator and Employer.

For more information about Otterbein University and benefits, please visit https://www.otterbein.edu/about/careers