Title: RESIDENT DIRECTOR
Monthly Salary: $3,041- $4,420
Category: Student Affairs
Department: Housing Services

A career, full-time position. Schedule of hours is 30 office hours/week (during the day) and 10 hours/week attending evening or weekend meetings or activities. Required to attend evening and weekend meetings and activities. Required to perform on a scheduled, rotational, on-call duty. Must follow all policies and procedures in the Resident Director Manual.

Essential Functions:
Housing Services is a multi-faceted organization reporting to the Vice Chancellor for Administration at UC Riverside. Housing is comprised of: Residence Life, Maintenance, Grounds, Housekeeping, Assignments, Business/Administration/Finance, and Dining Services. Housing Services provides on-campus living to over 5,000 undergraduate and graduate students who live in residence halls, apartments, or family housing. UCR is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer with a strong institutional commitment to the achievement of excellence and diversity among its staff and faculty.

Under the general supervision of the Assistant Director for Residence Life (AD), the Resident Director (RD) is a full-time, 12-month, live-in position and will serve as a member of the Residence Life Professional team. The RD will be responsible for resident orientation to community living; resident counseling; policy enforcement and jurisprudence; on-site crisis response; student organization advising; student programming; student staff recruitment, selection, training, and evaluation; housing management; and special projects. The RD will provide a variety of support services to the residential students and assist with the management of the housing program. The residential facilities include residence halls, apartments, and family housing.

Minimum Requirements:
" Bachelor's degree in a related field.
" Two year's job experience in residential life or a related field.
" Demonstrated experience in a supervisory role including responsibility for selecting, evaluating, directing, disciplining, and complaint resolution of a student residential staff.
" Prior experience managing a residential facility.
" Prior job experience and ability to plan, organize, and promote student programs and activities.

" Demonstrated experience to show sensitivity to the needs of students of diverse social, cultural, economic, and educational backgrounds, with the ability to resolve conflicts and defuse emotionally charged situations.
" Proven skill to establish and maintain cooperative working relationships with college students, residential student staff, and professional staff.
" Demonstrated skill to effectively counsel students and advise student conduct cases.
" Proven skill in listening, anticipating, and responding to the needs of a diverse staff.
" Superior communication skills to effectively and professionally communicate, both orally and in writing, using tact and diplomacy with the campus community including student, parents, faculty, staff, and co-workers.
" Strong interpersonal skills.
" Demonstrated skill in time management including the ability to multi-task ensuring that multiple deadlines are met.
" Proven skill to maintain strict confidentiality and work effectively under pressure.
" Demonstrated skill to proficiently operate a PC for word processing, maintaining databases, creating spreadsheets, and preparing reports using Microsoft Word, Excel, Access, and Outlook or comparable software.
" Skill in working effectively in a multi-cultural environment.
" General working knowledge of student housing theories and operations.
" Thorough knowledge of student development principles, practices, ethics, and philosophies in higher education.
" Commitment to addressing issues of inclusion.
" Hired applicant must possess a valid California Driver's License; and must successfully pass a background check through the Department of Justice.

Preferred Qualifications:
" Master's degree in Higher Education Administration or Counseling or related area.
" Previous experience supervising residential student staff and/advising residence hall government.
" Prior experience in leadership development, student programming, and student group advising.
" Prior experience in and knowledge of principles, practices, and philosophies associated with University housing, with a working knowledge of the laws governing University housing.
" Ability to interpret, support, and apply UCR campus policies and procedures.
" For more information about this department, go to Housing Services Website.
" http://housing.ucr.edu/
" Interested parties must submit application materials online at http://humanresources.ucr.edu/jobs/JObsHome.aspx Position Number: 07-06-019

For more information contact:
Mr. Kafele J. Khalfani
Assistant Director for Residence Life, Staffing
University of California, Riverside
100 Aberdeen Drive
Riverside, CA 92507
Phone: 951-827-4267
Fax: 951-827-3125
email: kafele.khalfani@ucr.edu