Director of Housing

Position Title: Director of Housing
About Talladega College:
Talladega College, Alabama's first private historically black liberal arts college, has been known for academic excellence for over 150 years. It is listed among the Princeton Review's Best Colleges in the Southeast; US News & World Report's best national liberal arts colleges, best HBCUs and Top Performers on Social Mobility; and Kiplinger's Best Value colleges and universities. Kiplinger named Talladega the second-best college in the nation for "low average graduating debt" in 2019. The campus is noted for its breathtaking historic buildings as well as its state-of-the-art facilities. A new, 45.000-square-foot residence hall opened in January 2019. The College opened two additional buildings in 2020 - the Dr. Billy C. Hawkins Student Activity Center and the Dr. William R. Harvey Museum of Art, which houses Hale Woodruff's critically acclaimed Amistad Murals and other great works of art.
Job Summary:
The Director of Housing reports to the Assistant Vice President for Living Learning Community and is responsible for the overall management of a housing and residence life program, including managing all processes related to housing and management of residence halls, development of a comprehensive living-learning residential program plan, personnel management, and budget development and oversight. In this live-in position, the Director of Housing is responsible for developing and implementing a rich, positive residential living experience. The Director of Housing will recruit, select, train, and supervise a professional staff and resident assistants team

Job Duties:
1. Supervises, trains, evaluates and provides feedback to an assigned set of full-time professional staff members.

2. Oversees the marketing, recruitment and selection and evaluation processes for paraprofessional staff.

3. Advise department committees including RA Recruitment and Selection, RA Training & Development, Staff Recognition, and the RA Advisory Board.

4. Coordinates the onboarding process and departmental training programs for paraprofessional and live-in professional staff including training and in-service activities.

5. Partners with Academic Affairs in the creation, dissolution, marketing, and assessment of LLCs and Special Interest community groups in the residence halls.

6. Leads RLH programming efforts consistent with our current model and serves as a programming resource by maintaining and sharing programming materials and coordinating related training programs.

7. Works with campus partners to develop a long-term plan for the provision of late night and weekend programming focused on resident students.

8. Directs assigned staff ensuring the provision of a robust and engaging late night and weekend programming.

9. Develops and maintains a strong RHA, working to ensure that policies and procedures are followed and contribute to its success.

10. Utilizes diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging practices in all functions, promoting student success throughout.

11. Counsels students on a variety of concerns relating to contemporary student life and make referrals when appropriate.

12. Manage the departmental budget allocation for staff training, recruitment and selection and staff programming.

13. Provide professional staff on-call duty coverage as assigned.

14. Responds to crisis and emergency situations as needed.
Minimum Qualifications:
Master’s degree in Student Affairs, Student Personnel, Counseling, or a related field is required.

Possess 6 years progressive post-baccalaureate experience in housing/residential life.

Experience working with residential living learning communities/special interest housing.

Commitment to diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging principles as well as student development philosophies.

Ability to work effectively with students, parents, faculty, and other administrators as required.

Excellent written and oral communication skills are essential.