Assistant Director, Student Conduct and Compliance

Summary

A key member of the Office of Student Services and the Dean of Students leadership team, the Assistant Director is responsible for receiving, triaging, and routing all online and other written reports related to student conduct/professionalism, suspected incidents of hazing, testing irregularities, violations of law, allegations of hate/bias, CARE Team referrals, and/or others as appropriate.

Principal Functional Responsibilities

• Student Conduct Management: Manages the daily operations of the office by adjudicating cases, serving as the primary investigator, assisting with the oversight of operations for informal and formal hearings and training/supporting the student conduct hearing pool.

• Investigation: Reviews, investigates, processes, adjudicates and responds to inquiries regarding alleged violations of University policies by students and student organizations, administering a student conduct process that is educational and fair-minded by serving as the primary investigator for allegations of student conduct and as a hearing officer.

• Recruitment and Training: Recruits and trains members of the Student Conduct Hearing Board pool as well as others who aid the student conduct process as support persons, witnesses, and complainants.

• Student Civil Rights Investigation: Serves as the primary EEO officer for student cases. Investigates reports of possible Civil Rights violations in accordance with institutional policies and laws. Offers appropriate resources and guidance to students who experience incidents.

• CARE Team: Serves as a member of and assists with management of the NEOMED CARE Team.

• Federal, State, and Local Compliance/Reporting: Ensures student compliance with mandatory training. Reports accurate, timely data.

• Budget Oversight: Oversees budgets related to above.

Qualifications

• Master’s degree in College Student Affairs, Higher Education, Sociology, Criminal Justice, Counseling or a closely related field

• Demonstrated knowledge of Title IX, Cleary Act, FERPA, VAWA and other EEO federal statutes important to higher education

• PREFERRED: Two years of experience in student affairs in a higher education setting with disciplinary processes and/or conducting administrative investigations

• Knowledge of higher education, student development, and university environments

• Experience with Maxient software

• Experience with Banner

Physical Requirements

• Must be able to utilize a phone, computer and other office equipment.