Job Description

Resident Director

Residential Life, Lincoln Center

Fordham University

Fordham University has an excellent reputation as a dynamic institution located in New York City.  Founded in 1841, Fordham enrolls more than 16,000 undergraduate and graduate students in its 9 Colleges and Schools. 

• Fordham University offers a comprehensive and competitive benefits package to its employees, which includes medical, dental, vision, life, and disability insurance.
• We offer tuition remission for employees and their dependents 
• A generous employer match towards a 403(b) retirement plan.
• As a tax-exempt organization under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code (IRC), Fordham is considered a qualifying employer for the Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) program, a federal program designed to forgive student loan debt for employees of certain public and certain nonprofit employers.
• As part of its work-life balance program, the University provides generous PTO including 15 vacation days, 12 sick days, 2 personal days, 6 summer Fridays, and holidays that include paid time off between Christmas and New year.  
• University employees have access to the Employee Assistance Program (EAP). EAP provides no-cost, professional, and confidential services, to help employees and family members address a variety of personal, family, life, and work-related issues.

Hybrid Policy: Please review the Hybrid Policy here

https://www.fordham.edu/human-resources/policies-guides-and-agreements/hybridremote-work-policy-for-administrators/

Position Summary

Recruits, teaches, leads, supervises, assesses, and supports a staff of 8-13 student Resident Assistants assigned to the hall or housing area, setting goals and expectations for the year.

Essential Functions         

• Runs weekly staff meetings at a regular time designed to convey necessary departmental information, discuss building concerns, and conduct ongoing staff teaching and development.
• Assesses the needs, preferences and developmental level of the community in order to develop an appropriate curriculum and learning outcomes to be directly implemented by the Resident Assistants and Resident Director beginning with the year’s first floor meetings. Co-manages the Integrated Learning Community in the residence hall, including regular contact and collaboration with partners in Academic Affairs, Faculty/Ministers/Administrators-in-Residence and/or the Master of the Residential College. Manages the educational conduct process for the hall and housing area, teaching resident students the community standards set forth in the University Code of Conduct and policies and training staff to respond to, document, and report incidents in which community standards are breached.
• Conducts educational conduct hearings for all alleged violations of community standards and assigns educational disciplinary sanctions in instances of student misconduct. Instructs and advises the Residence Halls Association (student government) hall board and attends weekly meetings, programs, and educational initiatives.
• Serves as the primary University staff member responsible for educating the hall or housing area on community standards, fostering community development, supporting academic engagement and the integration of academic and residential communities, and the celebration of diversity in the community.
• Educates students to be supportive community members who are responsible for their actions and behavior toward each other, as well as toward the community in which they live. Teaches students the rationale behind policy and procedure, emphasizing the educational value of the standards to which students are held.
• Instructs parents/guardians on the educational approach taken by Fordham’s Residential Life program, serving as point of contact on student concerns. Involves the parent/guardian in the resolution of student conduct/crisis concerns when appropriate.
• Develops and facilitates individual and staff training programs, staff socials, and professional development opportunities. Some of this development will take the form of a comprehensive year-long staff development model to educate staff on health/wellness initiatives for their halls/housing areas, civility and diversity, community development, integration of academics, and Jesuit education.
• Serves as on-duty resident director on a regular basis to respond to facilities, safety, and/or crisis situations campus wide and assists Resident Assistants-On-Duty with major incidents, questions and concerns.
• Educates students on the shared responsibility to take care of shared residence halls and housing areas. Manages housing operations including but not limited to move-in, closings and openings of the hall in coordination with Residential Life’s housing operations area, monitoring occupancy and vacancies, assisting with converted triples, educating students on and assisting with the annual room selection process and room changes, reporting damage and billing appropriately, and conducting Health and Safety inspections.
• Serves as Administrative Support Person for complainants and respondents with sexual misconduct cases.
• Works with staff including Executive Secretary, Assistant and Associate Director, and Resident Assistants to monitor educational programming budget and allocation of funds.
• Abides by all University policies and serves as an appropriate role model.

Essential Functions Note

This list is not intended to be an exhaustive list.

The University may assign additional related duties as necessary.

Management Responsibilities   

Guides work of other employees who perform essentially the same work and/or student workers. Organizes, sets priorities, schedules and reviews work, but is generally not responsible for final decisions in hiring, performance management or compensation.

Required Qualifications: Education and Experience         

• Bachelor’s Degree
• 1-3 years of professional experience

Required Qualifications: Knowledge and Skills       

• Successful candidates should have a knowledge of and commitment to the goals of Jesuit Education.

Preferred Qualifications  

• Master’s Degree

Minimum Starting Salary: $53,351 (plus Room and Board)

Maximum Starting Salary: 53,351 (plus Room and Board)

Note: Salary is commensurate with qualifications, experience, and skills.

FLSA CATEGORY: Exempt

START DATE: ASAP

APPLY HERE: https://careers.fordham.edu/postings/6601

ABOUT FORDHAM

Founded in 1841, Fordham is the Jesuit University of New York, offering an exceptional education distinguished by the Jesuit tradition to more than 16,000 students in its 9 colleges and schools.  It has residential campuses in the Bronx and Manhattan, a campus in West Harrison, N.Y., the Louis Calder Center Biological Field Station in Armonk, N.Y., and the London Centre in the United Kingdom. 

Fordham University is committed to excellence through diversity and welcomes candidates of all backgrounds.

Fordham is an Equal Opportunity Employer – Veterans/Disabled and other protected categories

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