Director of Residence Life and Housing

About North Park

Founded in 1891, North Park University is a Christian university affiliated with the Evangelical Covenant Church of over 3,200 students from around the country and the world.

North Park University is located in the Albany Park neighborhood of Chicago, one of the most ethnically diverse zip codes in the United States. It is nine miles from downtown Chicago. The North Park campus has often been referred to as an oasis in the heart of the city – a place where students from urban, rural, and suburban backgrounds alike can call home. And all of this within the major metropolitan backdrop of Chicago: one of the world’s largest and most diversified economies, renowned for its museums and music, and voted best large city in the U.S. for four years in a row by Condé Nast Traveler.

Mission

The mission of North Park University is to prepare students for lives of significance and service through education in the liberal arts, professional studies, and theology.

Vision

Building on our core institutional identity—Christian, city-centered, intercultural—our vision is to create a university of uncommon character and enduring excellence, where faith, learning, and service meet.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Responsible for the leadership and management of operations, a comprehensive residential living-learning curriculum, and programs with a strategic vision to monitor and increase retention and growth
• Supervise the professional and paraprofessional staff of the residence life and housing office
• Organize on-going professional development and in-service training for all residence life staff members
• Recruit, train, and supervise I Assistant Director and 3 Area Coordinators
• Supervise the selection and training of all resident assistants and desk staff
• Supervise the management of all on-campus residences including graduate student housing and special housing arrangements needed during breaks, holidays, and early arrivals
• Participate in the overall planning and management of the campus housing system
• Manage the daily operations of the student conduct process, ensuring consistency and equity
• Adjudicate student conduct cases, refer cases as needed, and coordinate and consult with Dean of Students regarding high level conduct cases or ongoing situations of concern
• Provide training to residence life professional staff and other community members who may participate in a student conduct panel.

• Master’s degree in Social Sciences or related field
• 2.5 years of related experience
• Any amount of experience analyzing and updating policies, procedures, forms and manuals for student staff and professional staff of residence life and housing
• Any amount of experience conducting qualitative data collection and analysis for a grant-based research project
• Any amount of experience interpreting and enforcing the Student Code of Conduct, facilitating student conduct meetings using a restorative and educational approach
• Any amount of experience designing and delivering training presentations addressing educational topics, including conflict management, crisis intervention, student conduct, and diversity education
• Coordinating emergency response for mental health crisis, medical emergency, COVID-19 isolation cases, and student death according to university protocol

Must live in university housing.  Remote work allowed up to 20% of time.

Salary range $85,883 to $89,883

• Medical Insurance
• Dental Insurance
• Prescription Plan
• Flexible Spending Account
• Commuter Benefit
• Life Insurance
• Disability Insurance
• Retirement Plan
• Tuition Remission
• Helwig Recreation Center