Residence Hall Manager - Community Development

Job Description

  • Job code: 011137
  • Pay grade: D
  • Pay type: Exempt/salaried

General summary

Supports the daily management of a residence hall community. Implements residential programs and enforces University policies. Serves as a key resource for residents.

Major duties

  • Oversees community development by leading programming efforts that foster engagement, belonging, and student success. Implements and supports residential and living-learning initiatives in collaboration with campus partners to align with educational goals.
  • Manages the programming budget by overseeing purchases, tracking expenses, and ensuring fiscal accountability. Conducts regular check-ins with staff to ensure programming expectations are met.
  • Conducts regular staff meetings and individual check-ins and completes required performance evaluations to promote staff development and accountability.
  • Assists with the oversight of a residence hall complex by managing crisis situations and providing timely follow-up.
  • Participates in the on-call crisis response rotation and offers guidance to students experiencing personal concerns.
  • Supports opening and closing processes for the residential community, including break periods.
  • Implements and enforces University and residential policies by using an educational conduct process to address student violations and assign sanctions when appropriate. Serves as a conduct officer by adjudicating administrative hearings and determining responsibility for violations of institutional or community living expectations.
  • Participates in departmental initiatives and represents the department at campus events by providing information, supporting engagement activities, and assisting with housing related processes. Serves on a departmental committee and completes required departmental expectations.
  • Hires, trains, evaluates and supervises staff and student employees.

Minimum qualifications

Minimum qualifications based upon job documentation and industry best practices. Any current employees not meeting these qualifications will be grandfathered until they move to a different job.

Required education

  • Bachelor's degree in related field from an accredited institution.

Required experience

  • One year's relevant experience.
  • Experience working in higher education.
  • Formal training in and experience with crisis intervention and conflict management.

Required other

  • Ability to be available for extensive evening and weekend hours and responsibilities, including being on call for emergencies and training.
  • Willingness to live on campus in a University residence hall.

Physical requirements

Light work with some physical demands such as continuously lifting or moving materials less than 25 pounds but rarely moving more than 25 to 50 pounds.

Working conditions

Work is generally performed in a well-lit, temperature-controlled indoor environment with occasional exposure to the outdoors or any number of elements.

Revised: 2026-03-11

This description indicates the general nature and level of work performed by employees in the above job. It is not intended to be a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities and qualifications required of employees assigned to the job.