Investigating reports of misconduct and behavioral concerns

Conducting student meetings and administrative hearings

Preparing conduct notices, hearing notifications, and outcome letters

Writing case summaries and disciplinary decisions

Managing appeal preparation and documentation

Maintaining student disciplinary records in compliance with university policy and FERPA requirements

Ensuring consistency, fairness, and educational outcomes throughout the conduct process

Behavioral Intervention, Student Support, and Crisis Response

Provide direct intervention and support for students experiencing personal, academic, behavioral, or crisis-related concerns.

Serving as a key member of the Student Behavioral Intervention Team (SBIT)

Coordinating student outreach, follow-up, referrals, and intervention planning

Assessing student risk and recommending appropriate support strategies

Collaborating with PNW offices including but not limited to the PNW Counseling Center, Housing and Residential Education, Academic Affairs, University Police, Title IX, and external resources

Supporting students and families during emergencies, hospitalizations, deaths, and other significant crises

Assisting with emergency response protocols and university-wide student support efforts

Creating reports and dashboards to track student concerns, conduct trends, outreach outcomes, and intervention patterns

Identifying emerging campus trends and recommending prevention strategies

Supporting annual reporting, compliance review, and assessment initiatives

Maintaining data integrity and ensuring appropriate record retention practices

Lead and support campus outreach initiatives designed to promote student safety, wellbeing, and intervention awareness.

Coordinating and facilitating bystander intervention training programs

Supporting prevention education initiatives related to student safety, conduct awareness, and help-seeking behaviors

Developing educational presentations for students, faculty, and staff

Representing the Office of the Dean of Students on university committees and collaborative initiatives

Supporting orientation, Welcome Week, retention efforts, and campus-wide student success programming

Provide administrative supervision for professional staff and support daily operations of the Office of the Dean of Students.

Supervising staff assignments, workflow, and case management processes

Assisting with hiring, training, performance management, and staff development

Supporting budget oversight with operational planning

Collaborating with the Dean of Students on departmental assessment, policy development and long-term strategic planning.

Benefits of Assistant Dean of Students

• Full benefits – Medical, Dental, Vision, Short Term Disability, Retirement, Life Insurance and more
• Accrue 15 days’ vacation your first year, then 22 days’ vacation your 2nd year plus rollover
• University contribution of 10% to retirement (3 year waiting period)
• University contributions to Health Savings Account –
  • Plus a chance to earn more through participating in University Wellness Initiatives
• 10 paid holidays
• Employee Wellness Programs
• Paid Parental Leave after one year of service
• Tuition remission for you, your spouse and dependent children at any Purdue campus
  
  

For more information on our excellent benefit package, please visit: https://www.pnw.edu/human-resources/benefits/


Education of Assistant Dean of Students

• Master's degree in Counseling, Higher Education Administration, Student Affairs, Education, Public Administration, Social Work, or a closely related field.

Experience of Assistant Dean of Students

• Minimum of five (5) years of progressively responsible professional experience in higher education, student affairs administration, student conduct, case management, behavioral intervention, counseling, or related administrative work.

Additional Information

Purdue will not sponsor employment authorization for this position

Professional references will be verified prior to any offer of employment. Employment is contingent upon completion of successful background check along with a motor vehicle records check if applicable.

Purdue University Northwest is an equal opportunity/equal access university.

Purdue University Northwest (PNW) is a student-centered university that transforms lives through innovative education, impactful research and community engagement. Located in Northwest Indiana in the greater Chicago area and near the Indiana Dunes National Park, PNW serves approximately 9,000 students, including 6,000 core students, in a wide range of academic programs at the baccalaureate, master’s and applied doctoral levels.

Purdue Northwest employs more than 1,000 faculty and staff members for operations at its main campus in Hammond, Ind., and its branch campus in Westville, Ind., plus additional sites in Northwest Indiana including the Gabis Arboretum near Valparaiso, Ind. PNW’s values reflect the university’s commitment to respect, innovation, a student-centric university, and excellence.

PNW is consistently ranked among the best public regional universities in U.S. News & World Report’s annual Best Colleges report and is recognized as a First Scholars institution as well an Innovation and Economic Prosperity University. With its vision to cultivate leaders, inspire excellence, and impact our world, PNW advances the socioeconomic mobility of its students and positively impacts regional development.

FLSA Status
Exempt

Investigating reports of misconduct and behavioral concerns

Conducting student meetings and administrative hearings

Preparing conduct notices, hearing notifications, and outcome letters

Writing case summaries and disciplinary decisions

Managing appeal preparation and documentation

Maintaining student disciplinary records in compliance with university policy and FERPA requirements

Ensuring consistency, fairness, and educational outcomes throughout the conduct process

Behavioral Intervention, Student Support, and Crisis Response

Provide direct intervention and support for students experiencing personal, academic, behavioral, or crisis-related concerns.

Serving as a key member of the Student Behavioral Intervention Team (SBIT)

Coordinating student outreach, follow-up, referrals, and intervention planning

Assessing student risk and recommending appropriate support strategies

Collaborating with PNW offices including but not limited to the PNW Counseling Center, Housing and Residential Education, Academic Affairs, University Police, Title IX, and external resources

Supporting students and families during emergencies, hospitalizations, deaths, and other significant crises

Assisting with emergency response protocols and university-wide student support efforts

Creating reports and dashboards to track student concerns, conduct trends, outreach outcomes, and intervention patterns

Identifying emerging campus trends and recommending prevention strategies

Supporting annual reporting, compliance review, and assessment initiatives

Maintaining data integrity and ensuring appropriate record retention practices

Lead and support campus outreach initiatives designed to promote student safety, wellbeing, and intervention awareness.

Coordinating and facilitating bystander intervention training programs

Supporting prevention education initiatives related to student safety, conduct awareness, and help-seeking behaviors

Developing educational presentations for students, faculty, and staff

Representing the Office of the Dean of Students on university committees and collaborative initiatives

Supporting orientation, Welcome Week, retention efforts, and campus-wide student success programming

Provide administrative supervision for professional staff and support daily operations of the Office of the Dean of Students.

Supervising staff assignments, workflow, and case management processes

Assisting with hiring, training, performance management, and staff development

Supporting budget oversight with operational planning

Collaborating with the Dean of Students on departmental assessment, policy development and long-term strategic planning.

Benefits of Assistant Dean of Students

• Full benefits – Medical, Dental, Vision, Short Term Disability, Retirement, Life Insurance and more
• Accrue 15 days’ vacation your first year, then 22 days’ vacation your 2nd year plus rollover
• University contribution of 10% to retirement (3 year waiting period)
• University contributions to Health Savings Account –
  • Plus a chance to earn more through participating in University Wellness Initiatives
• 10 paid holidays
• Employee Wellness Programs
• Paid Parental Leave after one year of service
• Tuition remission for you, your spouse and dependent children at any Purdue campus
  
  

For more information on our excellent benefit package, please visit: https://www.pnw.edu/human-resources/benefits/


Education of Assistant Dean of Students

• Master's degree in Counseling, Higher Education Administration, Student Affairs, Education, Public Administration, Social Work, or a closely related field.

Experience of Assistant Dean of Students

• Minimum of five (5) years of progressively responsible professional experience in higher education, student affairs administration, student conduct, case management, behavioral intervention, counseling, or related administrative work.

Additional Information

Purdue will not sponsor employment authorization for this position

Professional references will be verified prior to any offer of employment. Employment is contingent upon completion of successful background check along with a motor vehicle records check if applicable.

Purdue University Northwest is an equal opportunity/equal access university.

Purdue University Northwest (PNW) is a student-centered university that transforms lives through innovative education, impactful research and community engagement. Located in Northwest Indiana in the greater Chicago area and near the Indiana Dunes National Park, PNW serves approximately 9,000 students, including 6,000 core students, in a wide range of academic programs at the baccalaureate, master’s and applied doctoral levels.

Purdue Northwest employs more than 1,000 faculty and staff members for operations at its main campus in Hammond, Ind., and its branch campus in Westville, Ind., plus additional sites in Northwest Indiana including the Gabis Arboretum near Valparaiso, Ind. PNW’s values reflect the university’s commitment to respect, innovation, a student-centric university, and excellence.

PNW is consistently ranked among the best public regional universities in U.S. News & World Report’s annual Best Colleges report and is recognized as a First Scholars institution as well an Innovation and Economic Prosperity University. With its vision to cultivate leaders, inspire excellence, and impact our world, PNW advances the socioeconomic mobility of its students and positively impacts regional development.

FLSA Status
Exempt