The University of Southern Maine is expanding is so is our department! It is our pleasure to invite qualified applicants for three Resident Director positions, reporting to our Assistant Director of Residential Life at the University of Southern Maine (USM).

The Resident Director will play a key role in USM’s efforts to provide and maintain a safe, supportive, and inclusive environment for all members of the University of Southern Maine community by ensuring that our residence halls are safe, secure, clean environments which support the students’ pursuit of an educational degree as well as their growth and development. In accordance with this focus, the Resident Director will oversee the development and implementation of activities and programs that are responsive to students’ needs, develop community, and are conducive to the academic mission of the university. The Resident Director works in cooperation with other University departments to create a caring and purposeful living-learning community in the residence halls. The Resident Director provides leadership in creating a residence hall environment which fosters understanding, appreciation and celebration of diversity among residents and staff.

For a full job description to learn more about the essential duties and responsibilities of the Resident Director role, click here.

This is is a full-time, 12-month position with a starting annual salary of $41,500. As USM is restricted to approved budgets and funding for its positions, we want to be transparent that this salary offering is non-negotiable. This position is responsible for work on all three of the USM Campuses: Portland, Gorham, and occasionally Lewiston-Auburn. The assigned building and thus apartment for the Resident Director will be discussed during the application process and will depend on current openings on both our Gorham and Portland campuses.

The University of Southern Maine is committed to developing a diverse faculty, staff, and student body. It embraces an inclusive campus community that values the expression of differences in ways that promote excellence in teaching, learning, personal development, and institutional success. Our Office of Equity, Inclusion and Community Impact supports the University of Southern Maine’s DEIA and Community Impact focused departments, committees, groups, projects, training, and events. USM encourages women, veterans, individuals with disabilities, and people from diverse racial, ethnic, and cultural backgrounds to apply.

We live our Service Promise: Student Focused Every Day. We are looking for a team member who understands that promise and supports our core values: Respect & Care, Integrity, Equity and Responsiveness.

The University of Maine System provides a highly competitive benefits package that includes: holidays, vacation and sick time; health, dental and vision insurance; life insurance; short and long term disability insurance; a tuition waiver program for employee and eligible dependents; a 403(b) retirement plan; and more. Click on our Benefits Information Summary to learn more.

• Bachelor’s degree (or foreign equivalent) or completion of degree by the time of appointment
• Minimum one-year previous residence hall or student affairs experience.

You will create an applicant profile and complete an application and upload a cover letter and resume/curriculum vitae. Finalist candidates will be asked to provide a list of the names and contact information for references. Applicants are asked to summarize in their cover letter or as a separate statement their value of diversity, equity, inclusivity & accessibility and how they have demonstrated that value in their work and/or volunteerism.

We will examine candidate applications on an ongoing basis as they are submitted.

Applicants will be reviewed on an ongoing basis and position will remain open until filled.

We are not able to consider applicants who require Visa sponsorship support.

Appropriate background screening will be conducted for the successful candidate.

In complying with the letter and spirit of applicable laws and pursuing its own goals of diversity, the University of Maine System does not discriminate on the grounds of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, transgender status, gender, gender identity or expression, ethnicity, national origin, citizenship status, familial status, ancestry, age, disability physical or mental, genetic information, or veterans or military status in employment, education, and all other programs and activities. The University provides reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities upon request.

The following person has been designated to handle inquiries regarding nondiscrimination policies: Director of Equal Opportunity, 5748 Boudreau Hall, Room 101, Orono, ME 04469-5754, 207-581-1226, TTY 711 (Maine Relay System).