Assistant Director of Community Standards

About the role

The Assistant Director of Community Standards assists the Associate Dean in the oversight and implementation of the student judicial process for undergraduate and graduate students, with an emphasis on proactive programming to disseminate University policy across the campus community.

Responsibilities

• Administer the University student conduct process by adjudicating cases, conducting administrative hearings, issuing decisions, and assigning educational and disciplinary sanctions in accordance with University policies and applicable regulations.
• Provide leadership for student conduct boards, appeal committees, and hearing processes, including serving as the University's representative during formal hearings, preparing hearing officers, facilitating proceedings, and overseeing committee operations.
• Supervise and support hearing officers, case managers, and student conduct personnel by providing ongoing consultation, training, quality assurance, and professional development to ensure consistent and equitable case resolution.
• Manage the University's student conduct database by maintaining accurate records, ensuring data integrity, generating statistical and compliance reports, monitoring case activity, and providing Clery Act and other required institutional reporting.
• Develop, implement, and assess restorative justice initiatives, educational sanctions, community restitution opportunities, and other student learning interventions that promote accountability, personal responsibility, and student development.
• Design, facilitate, and continuously improve comprehensive training programs for professional staff, graduate assistants, Resident Assistants, student conduct board members, and other campus stakeholders on student conduct policies, hearing procedures, conflict resolution, and restorative practices.
• Develop and implement proactive educational initiatives that promote community standards, ethical decision-making, risk reduction, responsible citizenship, and student well-being through workshops, outreach programs, and campus-wide collaborations.
• Establish and assess student learning outcomes for conduct processes, educational sanctions, restorative programs, and training initiatives, utilizing assessment data to improve program effectiveness and advance divisional strategic priorities.
• Collaborate with Residential Education and University Housing, Public Safety, Counseling Services, Accessibility Services, Title IX, and other campus partners to address complex student behavioral concerns, crisis situations, health and safety issues, and coordinated student support efforts.
• Serve as a campus resource and consultant regarding student conduct policies, behavioral intervention, conflict resolution, risk management, and student rights and responsibilities for students, faculty, staff, and families.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree.
• 1–2 years of professional experience in Student Conduct, Greek Life, Residential Education and University Housing, and/or Campus Activities.
• Previous experience with assessment tools and learning outcomes.
• Excellent interpersonal and organizational skills.
• Flexibility with work schedule.
• Satisfactory background and/or DMV checks required.

Qualifications

• Master's degree.
• Experience with Maxient.

Benefits

Rider provides a generous tuition remission benefit to its employees to further their own education and, in many cases, their dependents' as well.