Live-In Residence Life Director

Saint Mary's College; Notre Dame (IN); On-site; USD 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Furnished on-campus apartment

Meal plan provided

Benefits package and professional dev

Job summary

Saint Mary’s College in Notre Dame, IN, invites applications for a Residence Hall Director who will lead a dynamic Student Affairs team and oversee a living-learning community. The role emphasizes education, mentorship, and community building to foster academic, social, spiritual, and personal growth.

This 12-month, full-time, live-in position includes on-call rotations, supervision of 10–18 Resident Assistants, and collaboration with campus partners to support student success and belonging.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required.
• Demonstrated leadership experience.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills.
• Strong organizational, interpersonal, and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to effectively supervise, mentor, and develop student leaders.
• Ability to exercise sound judgment, professionalism, and discretion in a fast-paced environment.
• Competency with technology and willingness to learn new software systems.
• Commitment to student development and the mission of Saint Mary's College.
• Ability to work evenings, weekends, holidays, overnight on-call rotations, and respond to emergencies.
• Ability to walk multiple flights of stairs and lift up to 25 pounds.

Responsibilities

• Develop, implement, and assess educational initiatives, community traditions, and engagement opportunities that promote belonging, wellness, leadership development, civic responsibility, and student success.
• Create an inclusive residential environment where students feel welcomed, valued, respected, and connected.
• Build meaningful relationships with residents through regular interaction, mentorship, and visible leadership.
• Encourage student engagement through educational, social, and leadership programming aligned with the College's mission.
• Promote diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging while supporting the Catholic identity and values of Saint Mary's College.
• Address student conduct concerns through educational conversations, documentation, sanctions, referrals, and follow-up.
• Advocate for students by connecting them with campus resources and community partners.
• Support students experiencing academic, emotional, behavioral, or personal concerns through intervention, mentoring, and referrals.
• Collaborate with campus partners to promote student well-being, persistence, and academic success.
• Facilitate conflict resolution and mediation among residents.
• Engage students in meaningful conversations that foster personal responsibility and leadership.
• Assess residential learning outcomes and utilize assessment results to enhance future programming.
• Recruit, select, train, supervise, mentor, and evaluate 10–18 Resident Assistants and front desk student employees.
• Conduct weekly staff meetings and provide ongoing leadership development opportunities.
• Meet regularly with Resident Assistants to provide coaching, performance feedback, and professional development.
• Foster a collaborative, supportive, and accountable student staff team.
• Respond to emergencies, crisis situations, student behavioral concerns, and campus incidents while exercising sound judgment and professionalism.
• Participate in an on-call rotation, including evenings, weekends, holidays, and overnight responsibilities.
• Maintain regular office hours and remain accessible to students.
• Coordinate room inspections, occupancy management, housing transitions, and work orders.
• Collaborate with Facilities and Campus Safety to maintain a safe and welcoming residential environment.
• Support departmental initiatives including room selection, staff recruitment, training, recognition programs, social media, committee work, and special projects.
• Attend departmental meetings and collaborate with campus partners to support divisional initiatives.
• Serve as the primary professional staff member overseeing summer housing operations.
• Supervise summer student employees and residence hall operations.
• Support summer conference and camp housing programs.
• Assist with office operations and coverage of the See Hub.
• Manage housing assignments, occupancy records, and key distribution.
• Participate in orientation, reunion activities, departmental planning, and other institutional initiatives.
• Collaborate with campus departments on special projects throughout the summer.
• Perform other duties as assigned in support of Residence Life and Student Affairs.

Skills

Leadership experience

Oral and written communication

Organizational skills

Supervisory/mentoring

Judgment and professionalism

Technology competency

Commitment to student development

Evenings/weekends on-call

Physical ability (lift up to 25 lbs)

Education

Bachelor's degree

Master's degree in Higher Education/Student Affairs or related field

Job description

Saint Mary’s College in Notre Dame, IN, invites applications for a Residence Hall Director who will lead a dynamic Student Affairs team and oversee a living-learning community. The role emphasizes education, mentorship, and community building to foster academic, social, spiritual, and personal growth.

This 12-month, full-time, live-in position includes on-call rotations, supervision of 10–18 Resident Assistants, and collaboration with campus partners to support student success and belonging.