Job Summary
How to Apply
A cover letter is required for consideration for this position and should be attached as the first page of your resume. The cover letter should address your specific interest in the position and outline skills and experience that directly relate to this position.
Job Summary
Housing and Residence Life has an anticipated opening for a Hall Director. This position is a full time, live-in, professional staff member responsible for the daily operations of 300-450 bed residence hall(s). The Hall Director is responsible for creating a dynamic community that promotes engagement, learning, and student success.
This position reports to the Associate Director of Residence Life.
Responsibilities*
Supervision
- Assist with the recruitment, selection and training of 10-16 Resident Assistants, in multiple residence halls housing 300-700 students.
- Directly supervise, mentor and evaluate 10-16 Resident Assistants in multiple residence halls housing 300-700 students.
- Coordinate ongoing RA staff training through team building activities, professional development workshops, and other programs.
- Coordinate weekly staff meetings that update and reinforce training objectives and intentionally focus on individuals and staff development.
- Conduct regular one-on-one meetings with supervisees.
Community & Student Development
- As part of the Housing & Residential Life team, assist with creating a residential community that creates and maintains a positive, multicultural, learner-centered community.
- Promote and encourage student learning, academic success, co-curricular participation, and responsible decision making.
- Foster an atmosphere of respect for individual differences and community values.
- Respond to student crises and conduct appropriate follow-up, notification and documentation per stipulated protocols.
- Create intentional efforts to interact with students and provide opportunities for student growth and development.
- Provide counsel and advice for individual students, student leaders, and student groups.
- Advise and support residence hall student groups.
- Seek opportunities to work collaboratively with campus partners to ensure residential community development.
- Encourage student safety and security.
- Communicate and promote University policy and procedures including residence hall policies.
- Streamline Resident Advisor & Hall Council programming to augment campus-wide programs and increase student engagement.
Administration
- Participate in on-call duty in which student crises are addressed and follow-up is conducted.
- Maintain daily office hours.
- Assist with the evaluation of residential incident reports including acting as hearing officers, facilitating conflict resolution, providing administrative support and use of Maxient, while ensuring proper referral of cases to the Student Conduct and Community Standards Director.
- Manage aspects of opening, closing and front desk operations.
- Respond to requests and inquiries from University personnel, students, and parents and make appropriate referrals of inquiries to upper-level personnel.
- Represent the Office of Housing and Residential Life on appropriate university committees, meetings, and events
- Maintain a P-Card for purchasing programming supplies. This may include transporting or driving personal vehicle to pick up supplies
- Manage aspects of RA/DA student employment.
- Responsible for overseeing RA and Hall Council programming including serving as a good steward of hall council funding and programs.
- Collaborate with Dining Services, Facilities and Operations, and Department of Public Safety.
- Seek opportunities to work collaboratively with campus partners to ensure residential community development.
- Prepare periodic and annual reports.
- Provide resources and referrals for students and family members.
- This position is a Campus Security Authority as defined by the Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Campus Crime Statistics Act.
Required Qualifications*
- Bachelor's degree in relevant area of study.
- 1 or more years in higher education, which may include residential life, and/or housing or in a related field.
- Previous supervision experience
- Prior experience in handling crisis and emergency situations.
Essential Job Functions
Must be able to perform all of the essential functions of the job with or without reasonable accommodations. This role requires the ability to physically navigate and access all floors and public areas of the residence hall, which involves walking extensively, climbing stairs, and using elevators. Reasons for the floor access may include but are not limited to, conducting facility and safety inspections through visual observation and note-taking, responding quickly to emergencies by moving rapidly throughout the building, addressing student policy violations and safety concerns, observing staff member interactions, and being available and approachable to residents for outreach. In instances of emergencies, the Hall Director must be able to respond promptly, utilizing quick movements appropriate to the situation. Additionally, the employee must perform exterior building inspections twice per semester, which involves walking around the building, visually scanning for issues, and physically reaching or bending to examine specific areas.
Why Work at U-M Flint?
In addition to a career filled with purpose and opportunity, The University of Michigan offers a comprehensive benefits package to help you stay well, protect yourself and your family, and plan for a secure future.
Benefits include:
- Generous time off
- A retirement plan that provides two-for-one matching contributions after 12 months of eligible service, with immediate vesting.
- Many choices for comprehensive health insurance.
- Life insurance
- Long-term disability coverage
- Flexible spending accounts for healthcare and dependent care expenses.
Eligibility for benefits is based on your job group, your appointment percentage and the length of your appointment. Learn more about employee benefits and eligibility and download the Comprehensive Benefits for Faculty and Staff flier.
For tuition support information can be found at: https://www.umflint.edu/hr/ benefits/
Information about our vision, mission and values can be found at: https://www.umflint.edu/ chancellor/leadership-mission- vision/
Additional information
While performing the duties of this position, the employee is required to access all floors and public areas of the residence hall on a weekly basis. Reasons for the floor access may include, but are not limited to, facility and safety inspections, emergency response, student policy violations and safety concerns, staff member observation, and availability and outreach to residents. In instances of emergencies, the Hall Director must be able to respond in a timely manner appropriate to the situation. The employee must be able to do exterior building inspections twice per semester.
Modes of Work
Onsite
The work requires, or the supervisor approves a fully onsite presence. Onsite is defined as a designated U-M owned or leased work location within or outside of the State of Michigan.
Positions that are eligible for hybrid or mobile/remote work mode are at the discretion of the hiring department. Work agreements are reviewed annually at a minimum and are subject to change at any time, and for any reason, throughout the course of employment. Learn more about the work modes.
Background Screening
The University of Michigan conducts background checks on all job candidates upon acceptance of a contingent offer and may use a third party administrator to conduct background checks. Background checks are performed in compliance with the Fair Credit Reporting Act.
U-M EEO Statement
The University of Michigan is an equal employment opportunity employer.