The Associate Director for Residential Life serves as a primary leader in overseeing the day-to day functions of a residential life program while ensuring dynamic program delivery. This position includes educational, advisory, supervisory, and administrative functions that promote student engagement, academic success, personal development, and a strong sense of community through the implementation of a residential curriculum. Campus Living supports the University at Buffalo’s mission by providing inclusive residential communities, meaningful growth and learning, every day for everyone. Duties include:
- Direct supervision of Assistant Directors who provide administrative oversight and supervision to full-time Residence Hall Directors or Complex Directors, and a residential population of approximately 1,000-3,000 students.
- Primary leadership for multiple programmatic functions within the residential life program. Program functions may include, but are not limited to: residential curriculum, residential student government, community development and engagement, success and retention initiatives, staff development and training, staff recruitment/selection efforts, living-learning communities, paraprofessional training courses. Responsibility for the breadth of programmatic functions is through a shared delivery model with other Associate Directors and Assistant Directors for Residential Life.
- Serve in a coordinating capacity, and sometimes as a liaison with a partner administrative or academic department, to provide services and amenities to residential students. Examples include: mail and package services, computer labs, open houses, residential fitness centers, eRezLife software. Responsibilities for the functions are shared among a team of other Associate Directors and Assistant Directors for Residential Life. Budget responsibilities is also assigned, based on assigned function(s).
- Working with other leaders within Campus Living, provide direction and support for departmental initiatives such as residence hall and/or apartment opening/closings, turnover processes, room selection or assignment processes, procurement processes.
- Serve as a senior staff member on a rotating, on-call response team, which includes regular evening, weekend, and holiday availability. A university-provided cell phone is made available for this purpose.
Outstanding Benefits Package
Working at UB comes with benefits that exceed salary alone. There are personal rewards including comprehensive health and retirement plan options. We also focus on creating and sustaining a healthy mix of work, personal and academic pursuit – all to support your work-life effectiveness. Visit our benefits website to learn about our benefit packages.
Salary Range $75,000 – $80,000
Position posting, preferred/minimum qualifications, and application instructions available online at: https://www.ubjobs.buffalo.edu/postings/33810. Application deadline: 4/12/2022. University at Buffalo is an affirmative action/equal opportunity employer and, in keeping with our commitment, welcomes all to apply including veterans and individuals with disabilities. Please feel free to forward this message to any listservs or email distribution lists that you may have. If you have any questions about these professional opportunities, please do not hesitate to contact Meegan Hunt at (716) 645-0287, or via email at mhunt2@buffalo.edu.