Residential Hall Assistant Director

Program Information

Edconic Pre – College programs provide students with an immersive environment in which they learn, investigate, and explore while having fun and discovering friends, mentors and instructors who share their passions and interests. It also gives intellectually curious students the opportunity to live and learn in a dynamic location while drawing upon the unrivaled expertise and access of The New York Times, Sotheby's Institute of Art, Vogue College of Fashion, Manchester City Sports Business School, and Wired Education encouraging student s to take their learning beyond the classroom and into the real world.

About Edconic

Knowledge is our passion. We thrive at the intersection of business and education and have built a global reputation for developing world-class learning programs to nurture the industry leaders of tomorrow.

Our mission is to empower lives through education. We seek to understand the passions of a new generation of students to help transform those passions into meaningful and fulfilling career trajectories. We do this by delivering relevant, experiential courses taught by industry experts from the world’s best brands.

Edconic has been operating for two decades beginning with the acquisition of the London campus of Sotheby’s Institute of Art in 2003. Over the years we have built a portfolio of world-class academic programs with iconic brands including Sotheby’s Institute of Art, The School of the New York Times (est. 2016), and Vogue College of Fashion (acquired in 2023), Manchester City Sports Business School, and Wired Education. Edconic is owned by Cambridge Information Group (CIG), a family-owned investment firm since 1971 focused on long-term and meaningful ventures in education, technology, and information services.

Position Duties and Responsibilities

The RHAD is a key leadership position for Edconic’s pre-college programs and will play a vital role in ensuring the program’s success. This is a live-in position with specific duties and responsibilities which include but are not limited to the list below:

Execute work assigned by the RHD.
Assist in all administrative details including:
Residential Check-In and Check-Out
Key Inventory
Staff evaluations
Community Building
Facilitate training during Student Orientation;
Attend weekly residence life staff meetings led by the RHD;
Meet with staff who display behavior concerns through 1:1s and Performance Improvement Plans (PIPs), and document staff conduct meetings led by the RHD;
Maintain the PA schedule and manage shift swaps; the RHD approves the final schedule and any changes;
Receive suggestions and grievances relayed by Senior Program Advisors (SPAs), and resolve them or escalate to the RHD;
Conduct daily check-ins and serve as first response to student escalations; document incidents and statements, and escalate serious cases to the RHD;
Submit and track work orders, and manage Pronto;
Coordinate logistics, setup and staffing for mandatory events
Attend weekly leadership meetings and manage all on-going development for residence staff and will relay pertinent information on these topics to the students in a suitable and timely manner;
Attend co-curricular events and activities;
Manage student interactions using student management software;
Act as a mentor and role model to PAs, students and staff through everyday actions and good decision-making;
Serve On-Call Duty and Back Up On-Call shifts (see below);
Support the RHD’s communicate with parents/guardians regarding student needs and concerns;
Mediate conflicts as they arise
Qualifications

The Residence Hall Assistant Director will be an experienced residential education professional with prior leadership experience and a minimum of 2 years of work in comparable positions. Prior work in a university program, boarding school, or as guidance counselor is particularly desirable.

Education, Work Experience and/or Licensure

Must be legally authorized to work in the United States
Bachelor’s degree
2+ years of related work experience
Must be CPR certified or be willing to obtain prior to start of program. 
Two references required