Graduate Resident Director

job description

Basic Function and Responsibility
Graduate Resident Directors are 10 month, part-time graduate staff who live in and have an office in the residence hall.  A Graduate Resident Director is responsible for a particular hall.  They provide support services directly to students, supervise Resident Assistants and Office Assistants, oversee all educational, social, operational activities, and adjudicate student discipline cases.

Qualifications
A successful candidate for the Graduate Resident Director position at Boston College will possess prior residence hall or student leadership experience at the undergraduate level.  A Bachelor’s degree and be accepted to the Higher Education Administration program at Boston College.  Candidates must demonstrate leadership, communication, interpersonal and proven hall programming skills.

Staff Supervision
The Graduate Resident Director is responsible for the following staff supervision in his/her assigned building/area:

  • Supervise and evaluate Resident Assistants.
  • Plan and conduct staff meetings with Resident Director on a weekly basis.
  • Meet with each staff member individually on a regular basis.
  • Plan and implement staff development programs.
  • Supervise work study students (i.e. administrative assistants).
  • Advise staff on appropriate student and floor interventions.

Student Development
The Graduate Resident Director is responsible for the following aspects of student development in his/her assigned building/area:

  • Collaborate with the RA Staff and Resident Director to implement student development based floor programming.
  • Create and implement theme based, monthly, building/area wide programming.
  • Advise Residence Hall Council, attending all meetings and programs.
    Serve as an Administrative Hearing Officer.
  • Provide academic and personal counseling to students and make referrals when appropriate.
  • Nurture relationships with Resident Minister who lives in the building.

Operations
The Graduate Resident Director is responsible for the following aspects of operations in his/her assigned building/area:

  • Facilitates opening and closing of his/her building or area.
  • Conducts regular health and safety inspections.
  • Coordinates follow-up for all maintenance and housekeeping concerns/requests through, and with, the Central Office.
  • Conducts tours of his/her building(s) with the housekeeping supervisor.
  • Conducts weekly walk through of building.
  • Maintains regular office hours balanced between mornings, afternoons, and evenings.
  • Facilitates check-in/out procedures and room changes.
  • Works with the Assistant Director of Placement to insure proper occupancy records and reports.
  • Works with the Environmental and Safety Office to maintain proper fire safety equipment.

Department and University Realations
The Graduate Resident Director participates in the following Department and University relations:

  • Attend in-service training programs, and one-on-one meetings with their respective Resident Director.
  • Act as a liaison with faculty, the Jesuit Community and University offices.
  • Respond to students and parents on Residential Life issues.
  • Assist with the implementation of University and Departmental goals and objectives.
  • Attend office staff meetings as required.

Compensation
The Graduate Resident Director receives in the following compensations:

  • Studio apartment, includes: cable, local phone, and utilities
  • Full Meal plan during academic year
  • Tuition remission for 15 credits per year
  • $4000.00 stipend paid over ten month period

Supervision Received
Direction is received from a Resident Director and an Assistant Director of Residential Life.

Supervision Excercised
Supervision is exercised over Resident Assistants and possibly an Office Assistant.

Qualifications
A Bachelor’s Degree and accepted into a graduate program at Boston College.  Must possess prior residence hall or student leadership experience.

Application Process

Please note that the Office of Residential Life is committed to supporting sutdents that are pursuing careers in the profession of higher education. With that in mind we require that all applicants for our Graduate Staff Assistant and our Graduate Resident Director positions to be accepted into the Boston College Higher Education Administration program (MA or PhD). We do not accept applications for students who are studying in different degree programs.

If you are interested in applying for a graduate assistantship in the Office of Residential Life please note that we do not review aplications until after students have been accepted into the Higher Education Administration program (MA or PhD). Once you have been accepted into the Higher Education Administration program, the administrative staff for the program will forward your resume to our selection committee for review.

In general, the appication/selection process for all graduate assistantships in the Division of Student Affairs (which includes Residential Life) begins after students have been admitted to the Higher Education program, which typically occurs in February or March.

*** If you are a student who is pursuing a graduate degree in a different academic discipline we would encourage you to contact your academic program for information on available assitantships.