Job ID 12542 Location Case Main Campus Full/Part Time Full-Time Regular/Temporary Regular Job Description POSITION OBJECTIVE The Residential Community Director (RCD) creates and facilitates an integrated residential learning environment that moves first-year students toward achieving the goals of the undergraduate experience, working through the mission and goals of both the Office of Residence Life and the Division of Student Affairs. This embedded position provides comprehensive leadership and support for a community of 440 first-year students. Immersed in the student community, the residential community director actively manages the learning experience at both the community and individual level, monitoring and supporting students' holistic academic, social, and personal development throughout their transition to Case Western Reserve University and to successful retention to the second year. As a student affairs professional at Case Western Reserve University, this position will be expected to contribute to building a welcoming and inclusive community, focus on the well-being of others, and encourage curiosity among those we serve. ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS Provide comprehensive leadership and support for a community of 440 first-year residential students by assessing the needs and interests of first-year students, ensuring that students create a just and humane community that cultivates meaningful interactions, fostering individual student success, and intentionally integrating the Division of Student Affairs' student learning domains: social and emotional competence, purpose and intentionality, cultural and human appreciation, community engagement, and problem-solving. (20%) Supervise and direct the Community Leadership Team, consisting of 1 graduate-level Assistant Residential Community Director, 12 undergraduate-level Resident Assistants, and a community council in implementing programs, initiatives, projects, and procedures that constitute the first-year residential experience, supporting departmental objectives, and furthering divisional strategic goals. (15%) Maintain, track, manage, and execute a system of intervention and referral that supports the health, wellness, and safety of the residential students in their community in collaboration with the Dean of Students Office, the Undergraduate Advising Support Office, University Health and Counseling Services, and other relevant offices. (15%) Facilitate creation of student-led community standards across residential floors, establish reporting measures for residential issues, and lead a comprehensive response to all community-based issues. Conduct educational intervention meetings with residential students reported to have violated the university standards of conduct. (10%) Serve on an after-business-hours supervisor on-call rotation and directly respond to student crises and emergencies for approximately 4,300 undergraduate students. During business hours, serve as the main Residence Life contact for crises and emergencies that occur within the First Year Residential Community. (8%) Support department-wide functions by participating and serving in one or more department-wide committees and collaborating in the planning, presenting, and implementing of departmental staff recruitment, selection, and training of both graduate and undergraduate level staff members. (8%) Manage residential community budget of approximately $125,000 by monitoring expenses for the community, authorizing routine expenditures, arranging for payment or reimbursement, and maintaining accurate records and oversight of financial expenditures within the budget. (7%) Work alongside the Offices of University Housing and Facilities Services to ensure efficient functioning of residential facilities by facilitating the following administrative processes: room inventory, room changes, maintenance requests, a