Assistant Director of Residential Life/Area Director
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Cambridge, MAFull-time / Temporary$53–60K/yrSeen todaySeen in employer's feed today
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The Assistant Director of Residential Life/Area Director is a live-in professional who supports MIT’s educational mission and partners with the house team to foster community, personal growth, accountability, health and safety, and belonging. The role supports housing services, including room assignments and move-in/move-out, and responds to student crises and emergencies as part of the dean on call team. The appointment is renewable annually, with an expected five-year term.
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Assistant Director of Residential Life/Area Director
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Job Number: 26206
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Functional Area: Student Services
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Department: Residential Life Programs
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School Area: Dean for Student Life
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Pay Range Minimum: $53,000
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Pay Range Maximum: $60,000
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Employment Type: Full-Time
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Employment Category: Exempt
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Visa Sponsorship Available: No
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Pay Grade: No Grade
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Posting Description
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF RESIDENTIAL LIFE/AREA DIRECTOR, Residential Life Programs, live-in professional responsible for furthering the educational mission of MIT, the Division of Student Life, and the Office of Undergraduate Residential Life, under the direction of the head of house in their respective living community and the associate dean for undergraduate residential life. Guided by the head of house, the assistant director/AD partners with the house team to build a sense of community that encourages personal growth, accountability, health and safety, and a sense of belonging. The assistant director/AD is also responsible for supporting housing services, including working with the head of house and student leaders on room assignments and with the house operations manager on the move-in/move-out process. As a member of the dean on call team, the assistant director/area director responds to student crises and emergency situations.
The full job description is available at https://studentlife.mit.edu/about-dsl/careers/
Job Requirements
REQUIRED: Bachelor’s degree in higher education administration, social work, counseling, or related field; a minimum two years of experience in Residential Life and/or Student Affairs; experience in leadership development, advising, crisis intervention and response, counseling, and residential education; and ability to work with students, colleagues, and faculty to build a welcoming living-learning residential community. PREFERRED: Master’s Degree.
Appointed by the Senior Associate Dean for Residential & Community Life, assistant directors/ADs serve a one-year renewable appointment with an expected 5-year term of employment.
The position also has the possibility of a 6th year renewal dependent upon organizational needs. In consultation with the head of house, assistant director/ADs will have an annual performance review, conducted by the associate dean for undergraduate residential life.
11/2/2026
How this job compares
Set against the 569 open Student Services jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 4, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$53–60K/yr
- US median$55–65K/yr241 salary ranges
This range's midpoint, $57K, is 5% below the US median midpoint ($60K) — in the middle half of Student Services salary ranges across the US.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 24 open Student Services jobs in Massachusetts and 569 across the US. 2% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in Massachusetts
- Boston Public Schools13 open
- Boston University4 open
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology (this employer)3 open
- Experience
- This posting asks for at least 2 years of experience; Student Services postings that state a minimum ask for 2 years at the median (343 postings).
- Education
- This posting asks for a bachelor's degree; 173 of the 569 open Student Services jobs (30%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 4, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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