Community Director

Savannah College of Art and Design - Savannah, GA

Full-time - Entry Level

Savannah, GA

Educational Services

About the position

As a community director, you will establish an active presence and availability within your assigned residential community. You will initiate interactions with students as an educator and adviser for academic and personal growth concerns. You will also be responsible for serving in the on-call rotation, to address and document student behavior, as a code of conduct hearing officer, and as an assistant for the housing selection process for all residents, including new and returning students and special program or workshop participants. In this role, you will supervise and evaluate paraprofessional members and coordinate programming for your assigned area and department based on their individual missions and values. Regularly, you will conduct assessments to ensure said programming meets learning outcomes and target areas. You will also select and train staff; coordinate hall openings, closings, inspections, damage billings, and room consolidations; and manage budgets.

Responsibilities

• Establish an active presence and availability within the assigned residential community.
• Initiate interactions with students for academic and personal growth concerns.
• Serve in the on-call rotation to address and document student behavior.
• Act as a code of conduct hearing officer.
• Assist in the housing selection process for all residents, including new and returning students and special program participants.
• Supervise and evaluate paraprofessional members.
• Coordinate programming for the assigned area and department.
• Conduct assessments to ensure programming meets learning outcomes and target areas.
• Select and train staff.
• Coordinate hall openings, closings, inspections, damage billings, and room consolidations.
• Manage budgets.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree
• Prior experience in a college residential setting or group living environment

Nice-to-haves

• Master's degree in higher education, student development, counseling, or a related field
• Live-in, residence life and housing experience as a graduate student