Community Director

MSU Jobs•Starkville, MS

2d•Onsite

About The Position

The Community Director (CD) provides leadership, management, supervision, and development for residence hall or apartment complex communities. This position creates a community that fosters student success inside and out of the classroom, and promotes personal and professional growth for residents. The CD ensures a balance of high level student development and customer service. This position also promotes an inclusive living-learning environment and partners with a diverse group of students, staff, and faculty to develop and implement programs that promote the mission of the University, the Division of Student Affairs and University Housing. This is a 12 month live-in position where the CD resides in their assigned on-campus apartment throughout their employment. The length of appointment will be no more than (4) years. Annual reappointment is based on performance and funding availability. Salary Grade : 14 Please see Staff Compensation Structure for salary ranges. Department Profile: The Department of Housing and Residence Life strives to create a "home away from home" where students are individually and collectively challenged and supported in the journey to become mature, contributing citizens in a global community. In support of the mission of Mississippi State University and the Division of Student Affairs, the Department of Housing and Residence Life cultivates an on-campus environment that promotes student success, engages students through intentional interactions, and challenges them to learn and grow beyond the classroom. https://www.housing.msstate.edu/ Anticipated Appointment Date: June 16, 2024

Requirements

Master's Degree in Education, College Student Personnel, Higher Education Administration, Counseling, or related field.
1-3 years of progressive related experience
Ability to build, develop, train and evaluate a strong community team and participate as a positive team member in a large organization
Ability to multi-task, prioritize work assignments, and achieve quality outcomes
Excellent verbal and written communication skills
Possess a robust knowledge about college students development and skills to work effectively with young adults

Nice To Haves

Live-in experience in Housing· and Residence Life/Education.
Demonstrated skills of leadership, communication, maturity, a well-developed sense of responsibility, and an understanding of how to promote student learning and academic success in a residential setting.

Responsibilities

Cultivate a positive and engaging living environment that fosters a sense of belonging and enables students to build positive relationships with one another
Supervises and develops graduate and undergraduate students of a residence hall or apartment community
Work to implement the goals and educational priorities of the department including the organizational goals and the Residential Curriculum
Know residents and provide personal, social, academic, and professional support or referral
Familiarize residents and staff as well as enforce university and departmental policies, procedures, and guidelines.
Serves as the primary in hall administrator responsible for management of room changes, annual move-in and out processes, reporting facilities concerns, student and family follow-up, budget management for staff development and programming, and procedure compliance
Coordinate living-learning/theme housing community development initiatives and collaborate with campus partners to implement programmatic opportunities within your community
Primary advisor for the Council of Residential Experiences (CORE) (a.k.a. hall council)
Provide leadership during times of crisis in and adjacent to the community including but not limited to injuries, fire alarms, natural disasters, facility emergencies, student personal crisis, etc. Serve in the live-in staff on-call duty rotation
Serve as a facility manager to conducting building checks, as well as reporting and following up on facilities issues
Responsible to coordinate and/or assess the residential community
Maintain effective working relationships with campus partners such as Dean of Students, University Police Department, Counseling Center, Student Support Services and Holmes Cultural Diversity Center
Assist Administrative Operations staff in planning and implementation of summer programs such as summer school, camps and conferences
Maintain safety and security within the community by managing policies appropriately
Serve on departmental and university committees
Other duties as assigned by supervisory positions