Associate Director of Residence Life

Department: Student Life: Residence Life
FLSA Status: Exempt
Reports To: Director of Residence Life 

 

Summary/Objective 

The Associate Director of Residence Life promotes a safe, comfortable, caring, and spiritually formative environment for students that attend Southwest Baptist University. The Associate Director provides oversight of on-campus housing facilities and training of Assistant Resident Directors (ARDs) and Resident Assistants (RAs). In addition, the Associate Director assists the Student Life Lead team in the development and execution of the campus discipleship masterplan.  

 

Essential Job Duties 

• Joyfully affirm the Baptist Faith & Message (2000). 

• Sets an example of a Christian lifestyle for students, staff, and faculty. 

• Commitment and adherence to Southwest Baptist University’s Principles and Expectations. 

• Administers and interprets application of policies as outlined in the Student Handbook and existing Residence Life Manuals  

• Plans, manages, and implements programming for the students of SBU (on the Bolivar campus).  

• Work with the ARDs to develop robust dorm specific bible studies and discipleship opportunities  

• Recruit students for involvement in campus discipleship groups (d-groups) 

• Lead the d-group council and meet with d-group leaders on a consistent basis to ensure proper d-group functioning.  

• Inform the Director of Residence Life of any disciplinary issues on the Bolivar campus including Class A, B, and C violations 

• Equips ARDs to lead and develop their team of resident assistants in day-to-day operations on the residence halls and provides annual training.  

• Maintains and develops discipleship relationships with residence life staff and students. The Associate Director and their staff are responsible for an awareness of individuals' struggles and successes.  

• Supervises ARD’s check-in and check-out procedures for students each semester.  

• Manages and discerns physical needs for the residence hall as reported by ARDs.  

• Expected to share on-call responsibilities (some weekends required) with other Residence Life staff. 

• Utilizes housing software and reports forwarding them to the Director of Residence Life and the Vice President for Student Life.  

• Performs all other duties as assigned by supervisor.  

 

Supervisory Responsibility 

 

Manages and supervises student staff consisting of (2-8) Assistant Resident Directors (ARDs), and Discipleship Group Leaders 

 

Position Requirements 

Required: Bachelor’s Degree  

Experience working in residence life or student affairs 

 

Preferred: Master’s Degree  

Extensive job-related experience 

Background in Residence Life or Student Development  

  

Work Environment 

• Must be able to work in residence hall and office environment. 

 

Physical Abilities 

• In exercising the functions of this job, the incumbent should be able to exert up to 50 lbs. of force occasionally and/or up to 20 lbs. of force frequently and/or 10 lbs. of force constantly to move objects.  

• Occasionally move about the office to access file cabinets, office machinery, etc.   

• Constantly operates a computer and other office productivity machinery, such as calculator, copy machine and computer printer 

• Must be able to operate a motor vehicle and get in and out of the vehicle frequently during each shift.   

 

Disclaimer 

* This job description is not intended to be all-inclusive; an employee will also perform other reasonably related job responsibilities as assigned by immediate supervisor and/or other management as required. Southwest Baptist University reserves the right to revise or change job duties, required skills or qualifications as the need arises. This job description does not constitute a written or implied contract of employment. The aforementioned job requirements are subject to change to reasonably accommodate qualified disabled individuals.