Job Details

Hall Director

Position Number: 6494100
Location: Boulder, CO
Position Type: Residence Life and Housing

Hall Director

Requisition Number: 66827
Location: Boulder Colorado
Employment Type: University Staff
Schedule: Full Time
Posting Close Date: 04-Sep-2025
Date Posted:

Job Summary

Residence Life at CU Boulder encourages applications for a Hall Director! This is a full-time, 12-month, live-in position with educational, leadership, administrative, and advising responsibilities. The primary purpose of this position is to lead a community that prepares students to be outstanding contributors to their halls, classes, campus, and global society.

This position is responsible for the overall management of an undergraduate residence hall(s) of up to 550 students in a large housing operation. The main responsibility of this position is the administrative functions and actions related to the development of a residential community or complex. This includes the facilitation of student development through individual student interactions, building residence hall community, student leadership, and working closely with a Residential Academic Program (RAP) or Living Learning Community (LLC). Hall Directors supervise 6-25 paraprofessional student staff team members in multiple capacities.
CU is an Equal Opportunity Employer and complies with all applicable federal, state, and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment. We are committed to creating a workplace where all individuals are treated with respect and dignity, and we encourage individuals from all backgrounds to apply, including protected veterans and individuals with disabilities.

Who We Are

The Division of Student Life consists of 30 departments that provide student support and services dedicated to helping students become successful, curious, competent individuals during their time at CU Boulder.

Residence Life builds dynamic residential living and learning communities using practices that are socially just and sustainable. The staff is committed to providing students with the best experience possible while living on campus. Residential experiences support and challenge students to help them develop skills and achieve academic success. These communities champion inclusion, and all members are able to engage in self-exploration, connect with others, and gain new points of view.

What Your Key Responsibilities Will Be

Community & Leadership Development

Coordinate, facilitate, and evaluate educational and academic programming and maintain budgets and other fiduciary responsibilities.
Promote an inclusive student centered residential environment that supports the academic mission of the institution.
Facilitate understanding and implementation of ResX (CU's Residential Curriculum model) with student staff and leaders in the community.
Advise student leaders in a community through initiatives such as Community Council (CoCo), developing their skills during programming, meetings, and 1:1 interactions.
Collaborate with faculty and staff within academic programs (FIGs, RAPs, and LLCs) to strengthen academic partnerships and connections.
Actively seek out opportunities for student leadership and involvement including advising Community Council, and supporting RHA and NRHH initiatives.

Student Supervision

Coach and supervise staff to become effective student leaders, through conducting performance reviews and coaching sessions as appropriate.
Supervise student staff to become effective student leaders, through 1:1 interactions, student staff meetings, and coaching conversations.
Curate student staff experience through development of relevant skills.
Support recruitment, hiring, and training processes for student and professional staff and actively seek opportunities for inclusive practice in all facets of human resource development.
Facilitate Residence Life communication efforts across all community staff positions.

Student Conduct

Serve as a student conduct hearing officer for departmental and university level violations and pursue opportunities for student learning within community impact.
Interpret and enforce residence hall and university policy and regulations.
Develop and implement responses to recurring issues and challenges that are impacting the community.
Update and maintain Maxient case files for incidents and students related to crisis, conduct, and elevated needs.

Emergency Response

Serve in an on-call rotation for 10,000+ residents and provide crisis management assistance and follow up.
Identify students of concern in community and facilitate connection with university resources as appropriate.
Oversee the safety and security of a residential environment.
Uphold all departmental and university crisis response policies and procedures.

Operations & Administration

Maintain regular interaction with facilities, environmental services, dining, occupancy management, and other key university partners.
Management of roommate agreements, mediation, and room change processes.
Coordinate processes such as community move-in, safety checks, damage billing, and move out.
Serve as fiduciary over community budgets to include the acquisition of supplies and appropriate utilization of funds to serve your residential community.
Support the management and operation of community centers.

External Relations

Serve as a representative of Residence Life on university committees and task forces as needed.
Partner proactively with student affairs and university offices to support the needs of students.
Assist with student retention and persistence efforts.

What You Should Know

The work schedule for this position is Monday - Friday, plus regular evening and weekend commitments. Flexible work schedule may be available. This position serves in an emergency on-call rotation that requires occasional physical response to campus on nights and weekends.

What We Can Offer

The starting salary for this position $47,476.
Onboarding assistance is available within Student Life division guidelines.

Benefits

The University of Colorado offers excellent benefits, including medical, dental, retirement, paid time off, tuition benefit and ECO Pass. The University of Colorado Boulder is one of the largest employers in Boulder County and offers an inspiring higher education environment. Learn more about the University of Colorado Boulder.

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What We Require

Master's degree or equivalent combination of education and experience may substitute.
One year of direct professional experience working with college students, or 2 years of direct graduate experience working with college students.

Special Instructions

To apply, please submit the following materials:

A current resume.
A cover letter that specifically tells us how your background and experience align with the requirements, qualifications, and responsibilities of the position.

We may request references at a later time.

Please apply by September 4, 2025, for consideration.

Note: Application materials will not be accepted via email. For consideration, please apply through CU Boulder Jobs.

In compliance with the Colorado Job Application Fairness Act, in any materials you submit, you may redact or remove age-identifying information such as age, date of birth, or dates of school attendance or graduation. You will not be penalized for redacting or removing this information.

To apply, visit https://jobs.colorado.edu/jobs/JobDetail/Hall-Director/66827