Working at UNL
• Residence Director apartments are fully furnished with living room, dining room and bedroom furniture. Some apartments have private, outside entrances.
• Our in-house Facilities Operations department provides maintenance service for the Residence Director apartments.
• The apartments are equipped with free local phone service and free full basic cable.
• You have both an office and personal phone line equipped with voicemail and caller ID. These lines ring in both your apartment and your office.
• Your office is not connected to your apartment. Your office is equipped with a new computer and internet access. Professional development funding is available for needed computer training.
• You are provided additional professional development funds to attend conferences and other professional growth opportunities.
• Fulltime employees, their spouse, or dependent children are entitled to 15 credits of tuition remission a year. Tuition remission for spouse and dependent children are for undergraduate credit hours only.
• When on duty, you are provided with a pager and cellular phone that allow you to leave campus while you are on duty.
• Some Residence Directors provide duty coverage in the hall during Thanksgiving and Winter breaks. RDs receive "comp days" for weekend and official University holidays on duty during this time.
• As a state employee, you would need to register your car in Nebraska and get a Nebraska driver's license within 30 days of moving to the state.
• The cost of your reserved parking stall is partially subsidized by the Residence Life department.
• The University of Nebraska system offers TIAA-CREF and Fidelity retirement programs as well as great health benefits including vision, dental and long-term care insurance options.
• The University of Nebraska-Lincoln is a dry campus, therefore alcohol is not allowed in the Residence Director apartments.
• You are allowed to have non-dangerous fish as pets.
• If you are returning to the position the following year, you are able to stay in your apartment year round.
• All Residence Director apartments are wired for Internet access.
• You receive a 7day unlimited meal plan while you are on contract. Your meal plan is valid at any Housing dining centers on campus. Your spouse and dependents will also receive a 7 day unlimited meal plan while you are on contract with the department.
• As a University employee, Residence Directors receive a discount at the University Bookstore, the privately-owned Nebraska Bookstore, Alltel wireless services, and a free city bus pass.
Examples of RD offices:
