Director of Residence Life – Office of Student Housing and Residence Life

Salary:              Commensurate with experience
Benefits:           The University offers generous benefits including paid time off (holidays, holy days and vacation), employer matching contributions to the retirement plan, and tuition benefits for employees and their eligible dependents. Learn more and explore benefits at www.duq.edu/benefits
Location:                   Office of Student Housing and Residence Life
Position Status:         Full-time                                             
Hours:                       Varied
Position Number:      225800/10-1161                
FLSA Status:             Exempt

POSITION SUMMARY:

The Director of Residence Life provides strategic leadership for Duquesne University's comprehensive residence life program and works collaboratively with campus leadership to advance the Residential Learning Communities and the Living Learning Communities through expression of Spiritan mission and commitment to educating the whole person through Student Life's engage, thrive and belong strategic plan.

The Director is responsible for the overall structure, direction, services, and programs of Residence Life, including residential conduct, programmatic assessment, and the development of outcome-focused Living Learning Communities. The Director has overall responsibility for professional and student staff and participates in the organization, implementation, and continuous improvement of the residence life program. The Director reports to the Assistant Vice President of Student Housing and Residence Life and directly supervises two Assistant Directors. The Assistant Directors supervise nine Resident Directors and their Resident Assistant staffs. Indirect supervision includes approximately 90 Resident Assistants and nine Resident Directors.

The Director collaborates closely with the Housing Team, DU CARES, Student Conduct, Campus Ministry, Public Safety, Wellbeing Center, Dean of Students Office, Title IX, Center for Student Involvement, Academic Offices and other campus partners to strengthen the residential experience, respond effectively to student needs, support student accountability processes, and uphold community standards. The Director also provides leadership for policy development, implementation, and training to ensure consistent, equitable, and educationally grounded practices across the residential system.

This position is an on-call position and requires flexibility to work evenings and weekends.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

Strategic Leadership and Administration

Provides strategic direction for the overall Residence Life program, including structure, services, staff, and continuous improvement efforts aligned with the Student Life strategic plan.

Leads policy development, implementation, and training to ensure consistent, equitable, and educationally grounded practices across the residential system.

Administers core operational processes including accountability, hall opening and closing, duty systems, damages, keys, visitation, and facilities requests.

Oversees design, marketing, and communication for room selection and placement, including website content and large-scale programming materials.

Participates in SHRL weekly staff meetings and submits weekly reports to the Assistant Vice President of Student Housing and Residence Life.

Prepares monthly crime statistics for submission to the Department of Public Safety.

Assumes weekly and/or weekend duty on a regularly assigned basis.

Student Conduct and Accountability

Serves as a conduct officer for resident students, adjudicating infractions of University and Residence Life regulations in a fair, consistent, and educationally grounded manner.

Provides oversight of Maxient case management for SHRL; serves as the primary liaison to Student Conduct for residential accountability processes.

Counsels and advises individual residents and works collaboratively with Student Conduct, DU CARES, Title IX, and Public Safety to respond effectively to student needs and uphold community standards.

Ensures residential conduct policies and procedures are reviewed regularly and reflect current legal requirements and best practices in student affairs.

Promotes a community standards culture across the residential system through proactive education, staff training, and consistent enforcement.

Assessment

Leads programmatic assessment efforts for Residence Life, including the development and evaluation of learning outcomes for residential programs, Living Learning Communities, and staff training initiatives.

Collects, analyzes, and reports data on