Director of Residential Life

Association of Independent Schools in New England; Andover (MA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Phillips Academy seeks a Director of Residential Life to lead its residential program.

The Director will report to the Dean of Students and will have primary responsibility for the adult side of residential life, including supporting house counselors, building consistency across dorm teams, ensuring accountability for residential practice, and developing professional standards for house counseling at Phillips Academy.

Responsibilities

• Lead the residential program and supervise all housing operations.
• Support house counselors and build consistency across dorm teams.
• Ensure accountability for residential practice and develop professional standards for house counseling.
• Lead and oversee a team of ~28 dorm heads and convene regular meetings to set policies and practices.
• Support Grade Deans and work with the Dean of Students Office to revise House Counseling policies and define professional development for adults.

Job description

Phillips Academy seeks a Director of Residential Life to lead its residential program. Phillips Academy is a vibrant learning community of over 1100 students from around the United States and the world with outstanding academic, co-curricular and residential life programming. The Director of Residential Life will report to the Dean of Students and will have primary responsibility for the adult side of residential life, which includes supporting house counselors, building consistency across dorm teams, ensuring accountability for residential practice, and developing professional standards for house counseling at Phillips Academy. The Director of Residential Life will lead and oversee a team of approximately twenty-eight dorm heads and convene regular meetings of this group to establish consistent policies and practices. Additionally, this role will support Grade Deans and work with the Dean of Students Office to revise and disseminate updated House Counseling policies and define effective professional development for adults working in residential life. This is a 12-month housed position.

The Phillips Academy community is defined by our motto, non sibi, which means “not for self.” With this guiding principle, students engage in outstanding academic, student life and co-curricular programs. The Phillips Academy Constitution charges the faculty to teach “youth from every quarter” to aspire equally to knowledge and goodness. The ideal candidate supports this commitment. In your cover letter, please address directly your experience and interest in working in such a school community.

Phillips Academy is committed to equal employment opportunity and solicits applications from all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, ancestry, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, pregnancy, age, disability (with or without a reasonable accommodation), genetic information, veteran/military status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law. Any offers of employment will be contingent upon successful CORI/SORI and fingerprinting background checks as well as unrestricted authorization to work in the United States.