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Department Summary

Student Services and Enrollment Management’s mission is to build a diverse, exceptional, and inclusive campus community. The person in this role will work toward this mission in the following ways : illustrate efforts at awareness and implementation with other individuals in the workplace; act as an advocate to assure efforts at best practices, including support of trainings and serving as a resource for inquiries; act as a supporter to implement policy and / or establish procedures or guidelines for their school / college or VP area / Division; and act as a supporter to implement and / or establish procedures or guidelines for the University.

University Housing, a department within the Division of Student Services and Enrollment Management, is committed to supporting student success by cultivating inclusive communities. Our goal is to provide a robust living experience through accessible and affordable state-of-the-art housing, dining, social and academic programs for the entire student body to develop community leaders, innovators and change-makers who will enrich the future.

We value equity and inclusion, responsibility and integrity, innovation and learning, and safety and security. University Housing staff work hard to incorporate these values into daily work and practices to ensure an excellent UO experience.

University Housing units, which include Business Services Operations, Dining Services, Facilities Services, Promotions & Student Recruitment, and Residence Life. University Housing is a $100-million educational and business department that is a self-sustaining, self-liquidating agency of the University (receives no tuition or tax support for its operating budget).

Living on campus adds tremendous value for students and the University. Students who live on campus their first year have higher grades, are retained at the University of Oregon at higher rates, graduate at higher rates, and graduate more quickly.

Position Summary

The Community Director (CD) is an essential service, a live-in Officer of Administration (OA), essential to administering the first-year residential student experience. Community Directors lead in constructing and implementing the Residential Curriculum and facilitating academic and co-curricular residential experiences through their presence and intentional engagement with residential students in the community. CDs supervise Resident Assistants and provide their residents with opportunities for intrapersonal and community development through a number of strategies.

These strategies include the residential curriculum centered on specific learning goals that are connected to the knowledge of personal identity and cultural competence, strategies for supporting health and wellness, responsibility to oneself and the community, and integration of academic learning into other realms of life. CDs are expected to contribute to student success through their interactions and advisement of students.

In collaboration with other staff in University Housing, the Division of Student Services and Enrollment Management, and other campus partners, CDs will implement initiatives for community development through student learning and development, social justice and inclusion, crisis management, conduct and community standards, academic initiatives, and administration. The CD is responsible for responding to concerns and issues within the community in order to uphold safety and security. CDs exercise a significant amount of independent judgment and discretion.

The incumbent of the Community Director position is subject to regular relocation to different campus housing locations based on the ongoing assessment of operational needs. In addition, as a term of employment, all Community Directors are required to sign a live-in agreement.

Minimum Requirements

• Master’s degree or Bachelor’s degree plus two years of full-time experience in residence life.
• One year of experience with direct supervision of student staff or student leaders.