Assistant Director of Residence Life

Primary Responsibilities

1. Supervision & Hall Management
   • Supervise two graduate assistant resident directors and one resident director, providing training, professional development, and ongoing support.
   • Oversee the daily operations, budgeting, and student staff supervision of a freshman residence hall.
2. Student Support & Conduct
   • Counsel and mentor students on lifestyle choices and campus expectations.
   • Address policy violations, provide follow-up support, and refer students to appropriate resources.
   • Serve on-call with other student life deans to handle emergencies and crisis situations.
3. Housing & Event Management
   • Direct all summer housing processes, including marketing, staffing, move-in/move-out, and facility needs.
   • Plan and manage residence life events such as football tailgate, fall/spring events, and Late Night DC.
4. Resident Assistant Recruitment & Leadership
   • Oversee the annual recruitment, interviewing, and selection of resident assistants.
   • Support student leadership development and engagement in the residence halls.
5. Administrative & Campus Collaboration
   • Serve on university committees and act as a liaison between residence life and other departments.
   • Meet regularly with the associate dean for residence life for evaluation and goal setting.
   • Provide administrative support and attend key residence life meetings.

Additional Responsibilities:

Bethel’s mission is to educate and equip students to lead lives of impact through transformative academics in a Christ-centered community. Bethel’s employee community plays a central role in developing our students as whole and holy persons. To carry out this mission, Bethel uses the foundation of our guiding documents, the Affirmation of Faith, Community Covenant, and Key Policies. Bethel expects all employees to actively participate in creating our Christ-centered community by agreeing with and abiding by our core beliefs in the Affirmation of Faith and supporting all other beliefs as Biblical, responsible, and thoughtful approaches while avoiding dissension and divisiveness. Employees teach and mentor students and help one another uphold our Community Covenant commitments.  As a result of these expectations, all University employees act as ministers of the gospel of Jesus Christ by actively partnering with the University to carry out its mission and foster Bethel’s Christ-centered covenant community.

Other Duties: The essential functions, tasks and responsibilities of this position may change from time to time. Bethel University reserves the right to add or omit duties and responsibilities at the discretion of the University or its leadership. Additional tasks or duties required of the position, will be communicated to the incumbent with specificity to ensure the employee may perform their role with complete understanding. This job description is intended to describe the general level of work being performed; it is not intended to be all-inclusive.

• Must have excellent interpersonal skills.
• Must be a strong communicator.
• Must be an effective leader.
• Must be organized.
• Must be detail oriented.
• Working knowledge of Google Suite and Microsoft Suite.

Bachelor’s degree in a related field.

2+ years of experience in residence life.

Travel: This position requires little to no travel.

Work Environment:

This job operates in a professional office environment. This role routinely uses standard office equipment such as desktop and/or laptop computers, photocopiers and smartphones.

This position is required to live on campus.

The work environment involves working for a suburban, Christian university in which all employees are expected to have a demonstrated commitment and personal relationship with Jesus Christ, a commitment to the mission and values of the University, and an agreement to abide by all University policies.

Physical Demands:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk and hear. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision and ability to adjust focus. The job requires extended periods of sitting and traversing the Bethel Campus on a regular basis. Reasonable accommodations may be made to ensure people are able to perform the essential functions.

The mental and physical requirements described here are representative of those that must be met by an individual to successfully perform the essential functions of this position.

Bethel is committed to offering meaningful benefits to our employees including health insurance, retirement plans, and a generous time off package. Learn more about these offerings here.