Residence Hall Director - GA - Fall 2024

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Working hours: 20 hours a week Posting Date: 01/17/2024 Open Until Filled No Position Purpose STAFF DEVELOPMENT AND TRAINING RESPONSIBILITIES 1.
Supervises daily performances of the undergraduate staff members.
Participates in staff recruitment, selection, training, and evaluation.
Attends and participates in all required hall, area, office and departmental staff meetings and workshops.
2.
Provides direction and information to staff in the following areas: programs, activities, counseling, administration, judicial affairs, and personal conduct.
3.
Develops and conducts staff in-service training sessions.
4.
Prepares and supervises undergraduate staff duty/call schedules.
5.
Supervises Community Advisor staff which includes acknowledgment of positive contributions as well as confrontation when staff behavior is inappropriate.
6.
Where applicable, schedules, trains and evaluates the front desk staff/library staff/fitness center staff.
STUDENT DEVELOPMENT RESPONSIBILITIES 1.
Facilitates the development of an environment which stimulates student responsibility and accountability within the residence hall system.
2.
Oversees, advises, and assists in the planning of programs with students and staff in the residence hall.
Such programs must consider the developmental needs of students, the coordination with classroom learning, and the broad educational emphasis.
3.
Consults and advises students on an individual and small group basis.
Refer students to appropriate resources or helping agencies.
4.
Facilitates weekly staff and individual meetings.
5.
Assists in establishing a positive working relationship between the residence hall staff and the hall council officers.
6.
Identifies and articulates individual and staff goals by the end of the first month of employment.
7.
Acts as a judicial hearing officer for policy violations in the assigned hall.
Handles referrals for policy violations, clarifies and interprets University and residence hall policies for students and staff; recommends appropriate sanctions for various offenses; follows-up on all judicial matters; and provides timely judicial communications with students and staff.
8.
Presents/facilitates programs to the residents/staff.
9.
Eat meals in the dining halls to interact with residents and help with monitoring the dining hall experience.
ADMINISTRATIVE RESPONSIBILITIES 1.
Reports to the Assistant Director of Residence Life.
2.
Communicates regularly with dining hall staff, office personnel, and other University officials.
3.
Monitors the physical upkeep and maintenance of the residence halls through job orders and communication with Assistant Director.
4.
Prepares a weekly occupancy report.
5.
Coordinates the accurate and timely completion of paperwork associated with room changes, check-in/check-out, etc.
6.
Serve as on call duty person for all housing facilities.
7.
Remains on campus during certain weekends: closed weekends, opening/closing weekends, and specified weekends as designated by the Office of University Housing.
Also, with one-half of the area leadership must remain on campus each weekend.
8.
Maintains regularly scheduled office hours each week.
9.
Performs special duties requested by the Assistant Director and the Office of University Housing (i.
e.
committee work reports, etc.
).
10.
Maintains a close working relationship with the support staff.
Education & Formal Training Bachelor's degree (Specify field(s) of study below) Other Education & Formal Training Computer Skills Word-Processing, Spreadsheet, Presentation Experience Other Experience Special Skills, Abilities, and Knowledge: Attention to detail, Budget-related skills, Communication skills, including oral, written, and/or nonverbal, Knowledge of a University environment preferred, Human Relations/Interpersonal skills, Leadership skills: organization/meeting facilitation/project leadership Other Special Skills, Abilities, and Knowledge Special Working Conditions: On call/standby work required, Irregular work hours, Professional appearance, Work in stressful conditions Other Special Working Conditions Scholarship: Students filling a Graduate Assistantship (GA) position are eligible to receive a graduate tuition waiver, a graduate non-resident tuition waiver (if applicable), and a graduate mandatory fees waiver.
The scholarships are in the form of a waiver and the funds are not deposited into the student’s personal account.
Instead, the student’s bill is reduced by the amount of the scholarship awarded.
If the maximum amount of the scholarship is not used, the remainder is not paid to the student in any form and unused scholarship money cannot be carried over to another semester.
The scholarship is applied to graduate level courses only; courses taken for undergraduate credit are not eligible to be covered by the GA scholarship.
The non-resident fee scholarship only applies to classes taken on the UCM Warrensburg campus.
The maximum scholarship amounts are based on the size of assistantship held.
For a full (20 hour per week) assistantship, the scholarship covers tuition costs up to $4,860.
00 (+$4,106.
75 for non-residents) and mandatory fees up to $684.
75 of graduate coursework per semester.
Graduate assistantship positions less than full will be prorated accordingly.
Other Special Qualifications