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DEAN, RESIDENCE LIFE
Job Title: DEAN, RESIDENCE LIFE
Job Code: 1304
FLSA: E
Job Level: 17
Revised Date: 04/01/2023
Job Family: JF 34
Occupational Summary
Develop, execute, and evaluate the delivery of a comprehensive residential campus experience over three campuses. Lead management and evolution of Duke House's residential model delivering an experience reflecting strong community connection, equity in opportunity, leadership development, and cultural appreciation.
Work Performed
Establish and maintain effective and collaborative working relationships with academic affairs that will routinely engage faculty in the residential experience including management support of the Faculty in Residence program.
Establish and maintain effective and collaborative relationships with offices and programs within Student Affairs and across campus that will enhance the quality of the residential experience.
Collegially support initiatives important to the success of the division or other units that serve the campus residential population.
Ensure appropriate response and support to ever-increasing number of student mental health and conduct related situations with particular focus and involvement on the most serious.
Serve on Student Behavior Assessment Team charged with assessing and addressing threat situations related to the undergraduate and graduate student body.
Serve on the University Emergency Dean-On-Call rotation responding to all major concerns with both undergraduate and graduate students.
Direct personnel actions for residence life team including but not limited to hiring, training, merit recommendations, and performance appraisals.
Supervise full time staff team assigned to each campus including direct supervision of Associate Deans and the Assistant Dean/Director of New Student Programs and indirect supervision of Residence/Program Coordinators.
Provide overall leadership and direction for multiple Graduate Resident and Resident Assistant teams totaling almost 200 members.
Lead compliance efforts related to Title IX, Cleary Act, and other federal, state, and university regulations for staff and student leaders serving on the team including required and appropriate training.
Provide leadership and oversight to Office of New Student Programs whose primary mission is to provide a comprehensive on boarding program for undergraduate matriculates including Welcome Week and other orientation related programs.
Manage and oversee multiple budgets; maximize impact of funds while ensuring proper procedures are followed and excellent stewardship funds are provided.
Establish and maintain effective and collaborative working relationships with all HDRL responsibility centers.
Contribute to facility project planning, development and design, strategic planning and goal setting, and establishment and review of operating priorities and practices.
Represent department on numerous division and university committees including senior leadership team for Student Affairs.
Lead the development, implementation, and review of community standards that promote a sense of belonging, respect, and accountability among residents.
Oversee advising of student groups related to HDRL, assuring development of effective and engaged residential councils as well as necessary risk management practices.
Lead design and implementation of standards for Selective Living Groups.
Perform other related duties incidental to the work described herein.
The above statements describe the general nature and level of work being performed by individuals assigned to this classification. This is not intended to be an exhaustive list of all responsibilities and duties required of personnel so classified.
Required Qualifications at this Level
Education/Training
Master's degree in higher education, student personnel. Doctorate preferred.
Experience
Minimum of seven years of directly related work experience, with a demonstrated pattern of increased responsibility for the development and delivery of programming models that promote learning communities. Ten or more years of experience preferred. Full time experience working in residential communities required.
OR AN EQUIVALENT COMBINATION OF RELEVANT EDUCATION AND/OR EXPERIENCE
Skills
The intent of this job description is to provide a representative and level of the types of duties and responsibilities that will be required of positions given this title and shall not be construed as a declaration of the total of the specific duties and responsibilities of any particular position. Employees may be directed to perform job-related tasks other than those specifically presented in this description.
Duke University is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer committed to providing employment opportunity without regard to an individual's age, color, disability, gender, gender expression, gender identity, genetic information, national origin, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, or veteran status.
Duke aspires to create a community built on collaboration, innovation, creativity, and belonging. Our collective success depends on the robust exchange of ideas-an exchange that is best when the rich diversity of our perspectives, backgrounds, and experiences flourishes. To achieve this exchange, it is essential that all members of the community feel secure and welcome, that the contributions of all individuals are respected, and that all voices are heard. All members of our community have a responsibility to uphold these values.
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Certain jobs at Duke University and Duke University Health System may include essential job functions that require specific physical and/or mental abilities. Additional information and provision for requests for reasonable accommodation will be provided by each hiring department.
