Community Director

Arizona State University

Community Director managing residential life communities across ASU campuses. Engaging in student programming and overseeing community building efforts for student success.

Posted 5/8/2026full-timeTempe • Arizona • 🇺🇸 United StatesLead💰 $43,888 per yearWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Manages college-wide residential life communities to include development, implementation, and management of operations strategies.
Community Directors engage in the management of residential communities and are also responsible for activating a First Year Residential College or Second Year and Beyond Experience for our live-on communities.
Cultivate an environment that prioritizes community building, wellbeing, and skill development as a part of the live-on experience.
Facilitate relationships with ASU academic colleges to build a successful Residential College platform where students can thrive and translate skills from their classroom to their living environment.
Professionally represent department/program.
Supervise students and/or professional level staff.
Manage crisis situations and student behavioral issues and provide resources on wrap-around support.
Research, develop, implement and assess programs.
Develop and deliver presentations to groups/stakeholders inside and outside of the university.
Use critical thinking to make decisions and/or analyze data.
Communicate effectively to perform essential duties.
Travel throughout campus for meetings or events, regardless of the weather.
Live in university provided residence hall apartment.
Use computers effectively - including inputting, reviewing and retrieving information, extended periods of viewing screen, using mouse and keyboard, and sitting.
Sit or stand for prolonged periods of time.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Bachelor's degree and five (5) years of experience appropriate to the area of assignment/field; OR, Any equivalent combination of experience and/or training from which comparable knowledge, skills and abilities have been achieved.
Experience working with college students in a higher education or student affairs environment.
Demonstrated knowledge of administrative operations of a residential community.
Demonstrated knowledge of accounting and budgetary practices.
Demonstrated knowledge of supervisory practices and principles.
Demonstrated knowledge of human or student development theory and practices.
Experience in the development of programming and activities.
Experience in training and managing behavioral education as required in a residence hall complex.
Experience in working with a student resident population and with a wide variety of campus professional staff (e.g., counselors, police, health professionals).
Experience in using personal computers and related software applications.

Benefits

Comp & perks

housing
a partial meal plan

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Hard Skills & Tools

program developmentbudgetary practicessupervisory practiceshuman development theorybehavioral educationdata analysispresentation skillscrisis managementcommunity managementstudent development

Soft Skills

communicationcritical thinkingrelationship buildingcommunity buildingwellbeing prioritizationorganizational skillsleadershipproblem-solvinginterpersonal skillsadaptability