Virginia Tech is a public land-grant university, committed to teaching and learning, research, and outreach to the Commonwealth of Virginia, the nation, and the world. Building on its motto of Ut Prosim (that I may serve), Virginia Tech is dedicated to InclusiveVT-serving in the spirit of community, diversity, and excellence. We seek candidates who adopt and practice the Principles of Community, which are fundamental to our on-going efforts to increase access and inclusion, and to create a community that nurtures learning and growth for all of its members. Virginia Tech actively seeks a broad spectrum of candidates to join our community in preparing leaders for the world.

Position Summary:
Reporting to an Associate Director for Residence Life, the Assistant Director for Residence Life is a champion for student learning in the residential curriculum model; provides leadership and coordination for a residential area; plans and coordinates major departmental committee work (student staff selection, student staff training, or student leadership advising); and participates on the Housing & Residence Life Leadership Team.
Core Responsibilities:
*Champion the Division of Student Affairs Aspirations for Student Learning through the residential curriculum model in all interactions, decisions, and innovations.
*Provide leadership, development and coordination for a residential area housing approximately 3,000 undergraduate and graduate students who live in a variety of housing facilities including traditional, suite-style, co-ed, and single-sex; responsible for implementing the mission, values, and goals of Housing and Residence Life within the area of responsibility.
*Provide mentorship, training and ongoing supervision to 5 full-time professional Residential Learning Coordinators, one full time Area Office Manager, 4 Assistant Residential Learning Coordinators (Graduate Assistants), and 70 or more residence hall student staff members, emphasizing the tenets of a learning organization model.
*Provide leadership for the design and implementation of a major departmental committee: student staff selection, training and leadership development process, or campus-wide student leadership organization advising.
*Coordinate a central office administrative process that impacts resident students, resident staff and stakeholders.
*Support, enforce and ensure compliance with all University and departmental policies and regulations; have a working knowledge of risk management policies; assist Student Conduct colleagues in the investigation of individual and organizational conduct matters; role model professional and mature decision-making; exercise excellent communication skills.
*Serve as liaison with Housing Services staff; work with housekeeping and maintenance personnel to establish and maintain ongoing programs of hall maintenance, cleaning and refurbishment; oversee occupancy and damage billing process.
*Teach one section of an Housing & Residence Life coordinated for-credit course including but not limited to the Principles of Peer Leadership course, Residential Leadership Community course, First-Year Seminar course, or Service-Learning course.
*Demonstrate and uphold the Virginia Tech Principles of Community and the values of an inclusive excellence model; foster a supportive and challenging multicultural environment through staff selection, training, community programming, and interpersonal contact with students and colleagues.
*Provide appropriate counseling, mediation and referral for individual students and staff when needed.
*Serve on emergency response duty rotation schedule for campus of 9,400 residents; assist with protocol training and review for direct reports who serve in emergency response duty.
*Perform other duties as assigned.

Required Qualifications:
Masters Degree in student affairs/higher education or related field, ability to work with a diverse student body, foster sensitivity to diversity issues in the university community, and be able to display an understanding of developmental needs of undergraduate and graduate students. Demonstrated experience related to college student development; demonstrated ability in staff supervision and administrative work; experience selection, training, or organization advising. Excellent communication skills and values collaboration.

Preferred Qualifications:
Prior work experience in a live-in housing role. Collaborative, collegial leadership style. Experience or knowledge of a residential curriculum. Experience in the areas of student organization advising; staff selection processes; budget development and management; strategic planning; training program development. Values faculty partnerships and engagement in the student learning process.



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