Resident Director Position Description

As staff members within the Office of Residence Life, Resident Directors perform the following duties:

• Serve as the primary professional staff member in a residence hall/apartment complex with occupancy between 28 and 338 students
  
  
• Supervise 2-10 Resident Assistants and up to 5 other student staff members
  
  
• Provide guidance and support to all staff and student leaders regarding programming efforts in hall and across campus
  
  
• Serve as a University Conduct Officer, adjudicating Student Code of Conduct and Residence Hall policy violations
  
  
• Coordinate in-hall duty and desk schedules
  
  
• Perform all necessary administrative functions to ensure effective and efficient operation of the hall or community
  
  
• Serve as the advisor to the Hall Government and any of its sub-committees
  
  
• Coordinate weekly staff meetings and individual one-on-one staff meetings
  
  
• Participate in a campus wide on-call system
  
  
• Develop and implement continual student staff training and development
  
  
• Serve on various department committees (ex: RD and RA training, RD and RA recruitment, Professional Development, Appreciation and Recognition)
  
  
• Opportunity to represent the department and university at the regional and national level by conference attendance and program presentation
  
  
• Opportunity to work on an assigned special project (student organization advising, administration, student development initiatives, housing operations, etc.)
  
  
• Other duties as assigned