Residential Life Director

Class Concept

Position receives, evaluates, and prepares the distribution of all right-of-way plans, real property information, estimates, and authorizations. Position verifies and balances charges on federal-aid projects, property taxes, and requests payment. Position also prepares monthly Board of Transportation agenda items concerning preliminary resolutions for acquisition approvals and condemnations and represents the unit at project scoping meetings to address potential conflicts with existing and/or proposed utilities. Reviews and approves final reports for all right-of-way claims and condemnations. Position administers utility relocation process for secondary road and bridge maintenance projects, provides verbal and written authorizations for utility relocations on projects before work begins, and establishes and maintains computer documentation on all right-of-way acquisitions and of utility activities for all highway projects.

Recruitment Requirements

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Basic knowledge of personnel policies and practices, budgeting and/or accounting principles and practices.
• Intermediate knowledge of the principles and practices of guiding, training, and caring for children and youth with one or more disabilities (specific to the population served)
• Intermediate knowledge of the principles and practices of guiding, training, and encouraging adults with one or more disabilities (specific to the population served)
• Intermediate knowledge of sanitation, personal hygiene, and common health and safety precautions applicable to dormitory-like settings, principles and practices of residential programming and business administration
• Ability to encourage and foster skill development to assist with achieving successful independent living and vocational outcomes
• Ability to exercise judgment in assessing, observing, and recording progress, participation, and/or demonstrated skills and abilities of clients
• Ability to exercise judgment and discretion in applying and interpreting policies and procedures
• Ability to plan, assign and review the work of others
• Ability to understand the personal and social problems of children, youth, or adults with disabilities (specific to setting)
• Ability to plan, organize, supervise the activities of employees

Minimum Education and Experience

Bachelor's degree in child development, special education, or education from an appropriately accredited institution and four years of experience in the delivery of services to the population served in a residential program or in a goal-oriented program setting, two of which must have been supervisory or managerial in nature; or an equivalent combination of education and experience.