WashU's Division of Student Affairs seeks a residential life professional for the position of Residential Community Director. The Residential Community Director (RCD) role is a full-time, live-in position that manages the day-to-day community development initiatives and services to create supportive and welcoming residential communities.
Requirements
- Recruit, train, supervise, and evaluate 6-16 undergraduate Resident Advisors.
- Develop, implement and facilitate on-going in-service training for hall staff with particular attention to community development, programming, and human relations issues.
- Organize and facilitate weekly RA staff meetings.
- Recruit, train, supervise, and evaluate an Assistant Residential Community Director (ARCD) (if applicable).
- Support additional residential student staff and programming (i.e., student tutors, technology liaisons, etc.) (if applicable).
- Create, implement, and evaluate the Community Engagement Model, to ensure dynamic and educational programming in the community.
- Cultivate a residential environment grounded in social justice values and aligned with the Department’s Diversity Statement.
- Utilize restorative justice philosophy and practices as a learning tool for students in the conduct process.
- Work with live-in and/or assigned faculty to enhance student and faculty interaction in residential areas (if applicable).
- Advise residential programming board with a specific emphasis on community development.
- Work with students and faculty mentors as part of the LLC program (upper-class themed housing communities) (if applicable).
- Manage residential area budget and departmental accounting procedures.
- Maintain a system of intervention and referral for students experiencing academic or personal difficulties which includes collaborating with various campus partners.
- Understand, communicate, and hold students accountable to University policies and procedures.
- Educate and inform residents of Residential Life policies and community standards.
- Provide accountability and restore community impact for policy violations through educational and restorative obligations.
- Serve in the On-Call duty rotation to provide 24-hour incident and crisis response to the larger residential community.
- Serve on Residential Education committees providing leadership to various components of the Residential Education program and experience.
- Assist with departmental administration (i.e., staff selection, training, housing selection, operations, assessment, etc.).
- Serve on various university, division, and departmental committees as needed.
- Maintain open lines of communication with different constituencies, including parents, campus partners, and academic partners.
- Work with academic administrators, partners, and faculty to enhance and promote student-faculty interaction in the residential areas.
- Serve as an active liaison between the housekeeping and maintenance team members.
- Work with neighborhood associations and campus/community relations to increase positive relationships between residents and our surrounding communities (if applicable).
- Other duties as assigned.
Benefits
- Up to 22 days of vacation, 10 recognized holidays, and sick time.
- Competitive health insurance packages with priority appointments and lower copays/coinsurance.
- Take advantage of our free Metro transit U-Pass for eligible employees.
- WashU provides eligible employees with a defined contribution (403(b)) Retirement Savings Plan, which combines employee contributions and university contributions starting at 7%.
- Wellness challenges, annual health screenings, mental health resources, mindfulness programs and courses, employee assistance program (EAP), financial resources, access to dietitians, and more!
- 4 weeks of caregiver leave to bond with your new child. Family care resources are also available for your continued childcare needs. Need adult care? We’ve got you covered.
- WashU covers the cost of tuition for you and your family, including dependent undergraduate-level college tuition up to 100% at WashU and 40% elsewhere after seven years with us.
