Assistant Residence Hall Director Position Information

Thank you for your interest in the Assistant Residence Hall Director (ARHD) position at Kent State University! The Assistant Residence Hall Director position is a part-time (20 hours), live-in professional graduate assistantship that includes some weekend and event hours. The ARHD assists the Residence Hall Director (RHD) with enhancing student learning and academic success through the creation of a community environment that supports the overall development of students. An ARHD reports directly to their RHD, and indirectly to the Assistant Director for Residential Communities.

Generally, ARHDs are hired through the Higher Education Administration program at Kent State University. Qualified candidates are interviewed through GA Days in early March. If University Housing is unable to fill our vacancies via the Higher Education program or there are vacancies later in the spring/summer, we will consider candidates from other graduate programs at Kent State.

Required Qualifications

An undergraduate degree

Relevant experience in student leadership

Enrolled as a full-time graduate student as defined by Kent State University with a minimum credit load of 8 credit hours per semester, and remain enrolled during the entirety of employment.

Maintain a cumulative and semester grade point average of 3.00 or above

Successful criminal background check

Position Responsibilities

Assist the Residence Hall Director with training, supervising, and evaluating Resident Assistant staff.

Assist and advise students in matters related to academic support, crisis intervention, referral, programming, discipline, conflicts, personal development, and leadership opportunities.

Advise the Hall Council, including matters of budget, policy, and programming.

Serve in an emergency on-call duty rotation.

In consultation and collaboration with the Residence Hall Director, the GA has the authority to act independently and in compliance with departmental and University policy and state law in the resolution of problems, concerns and goal accomplishments. The position assists the Residence Hall Director as a contact person for student staff members as well as residence hall students in a hall or cluster of halls housing 450 – 560 students.

ARHD Benefits

One bedroom, furnished residence hall apartment with internet and cable provided due to live-in and on-call duty responsibilities. Layout and size may vary. Please click here to view an example of an RHD or ARHD apartment at Kent State.

Graduate student tuition waiver for semesters of appointment (i.e. fall/spring).

Meal plan (value determined annually), accessible through FLASHcard each semester during the academic year.

Opportunity to apply for professional development funds for regional and national conferences, training programs, and materials for self-learning.

Stipend

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