Director of Community Standards

About the role

The Director of Community Standards provides leadership for the University student conduct process as a learning-centered and developmental function within Student Affairs that promotes student learning, development, belonging, well-being, personal responsibility, and a respectful academic community.

Responsibilities

• Leads the University student conduct process for alleged behavioral and academic misconduct involving individual students and, as assigned, student organizations, ensuring fair, equitable, student-centered, and educational resolution in alignment with Regents’ Rules and Regulations, University and System rules, applicable law, and matters arising on or off campus when subject to University jurisdiction.
• Provides oversight of intake, review, investigation, adjudication, sanctioning, records management, appeals support, and, as assigned, student complaints and grievance processes; ensures students receive clear information about their rights, responsibilities, resolution options, and opportunities for reflection, learning, and accountability; and manages communication regarding student conduct matters with students, faculty, staff, and, when appropriate and permissible under FERPA and University policy, family members or other authorized individuals.
• Develops, implements, and continuously improves procedures, forms, workflows, and case management practices that support fair, student-centered, and timely resolution, clear communication, consistency, and meaningful documentation.
• Serves as a member of UTEP’s Behavioral Intervention and Threat Assessment Team and partners with the Dean of Students Office, Residence Life, Campus Police, Academic Affairs, Title IX, CARE, Accessibility, Counseling, and other campus offices to coordinate responses to student behavior concerns, elevated-risk situations, and crises and advance holistic, coordinated, and culturally responsive interventions that promote access, equity, inclusion, belonging, student well-being, and student success within the role’s assigned authority.
• Serves as a campus resource on student conduct, academic integrity, student rights and responsibilities, conflict resolution, and behavior intervention; interprets and applies Regents’ Rules and Regulations, The University of Texas System and The University of Texas at El Paso rules and regulations, and the UTEP Handbook of Operating Procedures in ways that support student learning and community standards.
• Serves as a member of institutional committees and in cross-functional initiatives; works closely with Student Affairs Leadership and maintains effective working relationships with internal and external stakeholders; and participates in professional development to remain current on higher education conduct practice, emerging legal issues, regulatory developments, and professional best practices in student conduct, student affairs, and higher education law.

Requirements

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required.

• Education: Bachelor’s Degree from an accredited university in higher education administration, student affairs, counseling, conflict resolution, public administration, law, or a closely related field.
• Experience: Five (5) years of progressively responsible professional experience in student conduct, community standards, dean of students, student affairs, higher education administration, or a closely related area.
• Experience should include leadership of student conduct or community standards work in higher education; case management; investigation, hearing coordination, or adjudication of student conduct matters; policy interpretation and implementation; training, outreach, and consultation with students, faculty, staff, and campus partners; cross-functional collaboration; supervision; and advanced proficiency with the Maxient software system.
• Demonstrated ability to serve as the campus subject matter expert on Maxient, including consultation, training, troubleshooting, system administration support, report development, and support for multiple campus users and partner offices such as Title IX, Human Resources, the Dean of Students Office, and behavioral intervention or threat assessment functions.
• Demonstrated knowledge of student learning and development, conflict resolution, equity-minded and culturally responsive practice, due process and fundamental fairness, behavioral intervention and threat assessment concepts, and collaboration with behavioral intervention, care, or threat assessment teams, as well as applicable higher education laws and regulations, including FERPA, Clery, and Title IX.
• Strong written communication, organizational, analytical, and case management skills required, including the ability to use data and assessment to support practice and continuous improvement.
• Ability to exercise sound judgment and discretion with highly sensitive and confidential information required.

Qualifications

• Master’s degree from an accredited university in higher education administration, student affairs, counseling, conflict resolution, public administration, law, or a closely related field.
• Seven (7) years of progressively responsible professional experience in student conduct, community standards, dean of students, student affairs, higher education administration, or a closely related area.
• Experience should include leadership of student conduct or community standards work in higher education; case management; investigation, hearing coordination, or adjudication of student conduct matters; policy interpretation and implementation; training, outreach, and consultation with students, faculty, staff, and campus partners; cross-functional collaboration; supervision; and advanced proficiency with the Maxient software system.
• Demonstrated ability to serve as the campus subject matter expert on Maxient, including consultation, training, troubleshooting, system administration support, report development, and support for multiple campus users and partner offices such as Title IX, Human Resources, the Dean of Students Office, and behavioral intervention or threat assessment functions.
• Demonstrated knowledge of student learning and development, conflict resolution, equity-minded and culturally responsive practice, due process and fundamental fairness, behavioral intervention and threat assessment concepts, and collaboration with behavioral intervention, care, or threat assessment teams, as well as applicable higher education laws and regulations, including FERPA, Clery, and Title IX.
• Strong written communication, organizational, analytical, and case management skills required, including the ability to use data and assessment to support practice and continuous improvement.
• Ability to exercise sound judgment and discretion with highly sensitive and confidential information required.