Community Director, Residence Life and Housing

Community Director

The Community Director (CD) is responsible for establishing and sustaining positive residential communities that embolden the motto and mission of Pro Humanitate through practices of experiential learning, community service, and student behavior management. The Community Director is an educator who works to develop and coordinate residential communities of approximately 400 - 600 undergraduate students. The CD works to expand and heighten the intellectual climate and culture of Wake Forest through co-curricular initiatives, mentorship, faculty engagement, curriculum implementation, and the management of a comprehensive residence life and housing program that serves 4000+ on-campus students. As a live-in staff member, the CD is a full-time, twelve-month position that reports directly to an Assistant Director of Residence Life and supervises 15 to 26 Resident Advisers. Due to CDs being the primary professional staff members available in the residence halls for student contact, some evening and weekend time working with students is required.

Essential Functions :

• Directly supervise and facilitate the development of 15 to 26 Resident Advisers (RAs).
• Create and implement an area vision encompassing a team development plan, including, but not limited to, individual meetings, weekly staff meetings, and team bonding activities.
• Guide the team in supporting the departmental mission and vision to cultivate communities focused on a sense of belonging, inclusivity, well-being, academic success, and engaged citizenship.
• Attend community development initiatives hosted by student staff.
• Conduct meetings with individual RAs bi-weekly and provide the framework for weekly staff meetings.
• Assess the needs, interests, and expectations of all student staff members through ongoing feedback, development, and job action if needed.
• Assist Residence Life with fall and mid-year training, RA and grad staff selections, staff recognition initiatives, and first-year and upper-class programs.
• In conjunction with other members of Residence Life, serve as an instructor for the Resident Adviser course during the fall and / or spring semesters.
• Serve on committees at the direction of the Assistant Director team.

Residential Living and Learning :

Behavioral Management, CARE Assistance, Student Conduct :

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