Director of Housing and Residence Life

About Bellarmine University:

Bellarmine University is a dynamic, growing university with a strong liberal arts focus in the Catholic higher education tradition and a bold vision for the future. Bellarmine has undergraduate and graduate enrollment of approximately 3,200 students and continues to add new academic programs while maintaining small class sizes and personal attention to students. Bellarmine is listed in the Princeton Review's Best 387 Colleges and is recognized as a top U.S. university in rankings published by U.S. News & World Report and Forbes. In a survey by The Princeton Review, students praised Bellarmine as a place that is "welcoming to every single person and makes an effort to include everyone." Bellarmine students, faculty and staff engage in more than 25,000 cumulative hours of service each year, in Louisville and around the nation and world.

SmartAsset ranked Louisville among the top 25 U.S. cities for best work-life balance, while workplace insights platform kununu.com named Louisville one of the top five U.S. cities for happy employees. Glassdoor recently recognized Louisville as one of the top 15 cities for jobs, based on hiring opportunity, cost of living and job satisfaction. ZipRecruiter calls Louisville a top 10 city for job seekers, thanks in part to its central location and low unemployment. Louisville is within a day's drive of two-thirds of the U.S. population.

Deeply embedded in the heart of Louisville, Bellarmine is an engaged partner expanding learning opportunities, enhancing career networks and economic growth, and advancing equity and quality of life for its neighboring communities. By connecting the campus, the community, and the curriculum through engaged scholarship and action, we enhance social and civic engagement, including faculty, staff, and student-led, asset-based initiatives.

Bellarmine is committed to core values of diversity, equity, and inclusion. Bellarmine will demonstrate a fully realized and lived commitment to equity and inclusion, empowering all members of its increasingly diverse community and supporting them to achieve their full potential.

Bellarmine is an affirmative action and equal opportunity employer and encourages applicants with diverse backgrounds to apply.

Job Description:

The Director of Housing and Residence Life provides student-centered leadership, strategic vision, and comprehensive management for a vibrant 1,000-bed residential community covering nine residential facilities.  Reporting to the Vice President for Student Affairs, the Director of Housing and Residence Life leads an inclusive community that nurtures student belonging. The Director shares the general responsibility of being a leader within the Division of Student Affairs, serving as an agent of student success and co-curricular learning.   The Director is responsible for the department's overall philosophy, goal setting, vision, and strategic planning, to promote student success and holistic development.

Duties will include:

• Direct the operations of the residence life program including occupancy management, assignment strategies and processes, departmental budgets, and billing
• Supervise, train, and provide leadership for the housing and residence life team including the assistant director, coordinator of operations, administrative personnel, two master's level residence life area coordinators, graduate assistants, and paraprofessional student leaders
• Serve as the residence life liaison and partner to various campus constituencies including admissions, information technology, public safety, business office, special events, accessibility resources, student activities, student success center, off-campus property management, and facilities personnel 
• Communicate both orally and in writing with parents, students, campus stakeholders, and external partners regarding housing processes and procedures 
• Serve as a retention and student success champion strategically leveraging our student success platform in tandem with campus colleagues  
• Actively participate in the student conduct program, providing oversight for residential student conduct processes; serving as a campus student conduct officer, investigator, and advocate as appropriate
• Collaborate with marketing and communication colleagues to produce a robust residence life communication campaign, in addition to on-going communication with parents, students, and campus stakeholders  
• Train professional colleagues on crisis response and serve on-call, providing referrals to campus constituencies as appropriate. The Director shares on-call responsibilities with 5-7 other Director/Dean level colleagues
• Serve on various divisional and institutional committees including Bellarmine University's Care Team 
• Optional teaching opportunities available
• Other duties as assigned

Requirements:

Master's degree in student affairs, higher education administration, non-profit management, or comparable degree. Minimum of five years full-time residence life experience. Strong understanding of current higher education trends. Ability to effectively work with students, parents, and colleagues, navigating complex issues and processes. Experience in recruiting, hiring, and training staff, demonstrated commitment to fostering an equitable, diverse, and inclusive environment. Available for an anticipated June 1 start.  

Additional Information:

Bellarmine University is committed to core values of diversity, equity and inclusion and embraces diversity in our workforce among members of faculty, staff and administration. We remain committed to affirmative actions, policies, procedures and attitudes necessary to continue to build and retain a diverse and equitable workforce. We will demonstrate a fully realized and lived commitment to equity and inclusion, empowering all members of our increasingly diverse community and supporting them to achieve their full potential. As part of Bellarmine's commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion, we will seek to ensure that all aspects of employment, including recruitment, selection, job assignment, training, compensation, benefits, discipline, promotion, layoff and termination processes remain free of discrimination based upon race, color, national origin, religion, sex, age, creed, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, genetic information, disability, veteran status, or any other protected class.

Application Instructions:

Applicants interested in applying for this position must submit a letter of interest, CV, and contact information for three professional references.

URL: www.bellarmine.edu/studentaffairs/residence/