Why Emerson College
FY2024 · Form 990Its mission and biggest programs, as filedEducates and trains artists, communicators, and professionals through experiential teaching, inclusive performances, and supportive campus services to prepare them for impactful careers.
- Emerson college's mission is to educate and elevate extraordinary artists, communicators, scholars, and professionals for the betterment of humanity. We pursue this mission through world-class teaching, practice, performance, and discovery that are experiential, innovative, and inclusive. The College educates approximately…$221.3M spent in FY2024
- Auxiliary enterprises provide services for students to ensure they are appropriately supported. These services predominantly include room, board, and bookstore operations. Theatre operations are also classified as an auxiliary enterprise.$73M spent in FY2024
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Job Description
Summary The Residence Director (RD) is responsible for the overall management of a residential community housing between 250-500 first-year or upper-class students. This unique position requires the RD to live on campus in order to fulfill frequent evening and weekend responsibilities (including, but not limited to advising students, facilitating and participating in programming efforts, as well as assisting with special campus events). Additionally, this role serves in an on-call capacity to respond to both emergency and non-crisis situations.
This position also oversees aspects of the community and individual development that occurs in the Residence Halls including RA training, RA programming/community development, and Learning/Themed/Specialty Community support. This position operates outside of the standard business hours of the institution and requires work on evenings and weekends. ESSENTIAL JOB DUTIES Hire, train and supervise Resident Assistant staff. Review applications, conduct candidate interviews, and participate in staff selection meetings. Lead sessions and create instructional documents for staff training. Conduct weekly staff meetings and weekly individual supervision meetings.
Provide feedback and encouragement to staff members. Hold staff accountable and provide ongoing opportunities for growth. Maintain an active presence within their residential area both by regularly scheduled office hours and attending programs and events within the building and campus communities. There will periodically be a need for work to be completed outside the traditional business hours of the College based on the needs of the community and processes occurring.
Meet with individual students to discuss problems and concerns, provide assistance and/or appropriate referrals, follow-up on community related concerns, and provide challenges and opportunities for learning and student development. Respond to psychological, behavioral, medical, Title IX and maintenance emergencies by acting within established protocol. Adjudicate policy violations and update software associated with each documented violation. Serve as a primary hearing officer for violations in assigned areas and conduct meaningful discussions with students about the decisions they are making. Serve on conduct boards as assigned. Address facilities concerns in a timely manner.
Make sure that housing facilities are maintained in a clean and safe manner. Address any concerns raised by students and ensure that problems are fixed in a timely manner. Make sure that residents are maintaining appropriate levels of cleanliness in facilities. Manage and track keys and lock inventory in the building. Facilitate roommate conflict resolution by training student staff in conflict resolution, facilitating the completion of roommate and suitemate agreements, regular following up on reported student conflict and meeting personally with…
About Emerson College
From its Form 990- Budget $340.2M · Education
- Staff 3,504 · founded 1880
- Pays its leaders $213K–$860K (11 reported)
- Open jobs 38 · Jobs at Emerson College · Full 990 report