Associate Dean, Student Conduct & Community Standards

Associate Dean, Student Conduct & Community Standards

Primary Purpose: Reporting to the Assistant Vice President for Student Life, Title IX, Title VI Coordinator and ADA Compliance (AVP), the Associate Dean of Student Conduct and Community Standards serves as the Senior Conduct Officer and a member of the AVP's leadership team.

The Associate Dean is responsible for the administration of the student code of conduct, prevention, on-going education and programming in compliance with institutional, state, and federal requirements. This position requires a high degree of interpersonal skills and effective communication associated with crisis intervention, meeting with diverse students, and interactions with staff and faculty. The position requires access to and management of confidential information and requires discretion and independent judgement. Because this position has crisis intervention and on-call responsibilities, some after hours and weekend work are necessary.

A central component of this role is cultivating strong, effective campus collaboration and partnerships across the university. This includes building and sustaining close working relationships with Fraternity and Sorority Life, academic units, academic deans, key student life partners, and other key campus stakeholders.

Essential Functions:

• Leads and directs the collaborative development of unit policies, procedures, and programs relative to the Student Code of Conduct and that support students' ethical reasoning and collegiate success.
• Oversees the student conduct review (adjudication) process for all matters referred to the department, including administrative and board review hearings, and employs policy to ensure procedural protections, fundamental fairness, and access for all parties.
• Implements the adjudication process to include procedural compliance with institutional, state, and federal mandates that include selection, training, supervision, and evaluation of conduct board members and serves as an administrative hearing officer and appeals officer as needed.
• Responsible for identifying and administering in person and online educational programming for the prevention of high-risk behaviors in compliance with state and federal regulations including Title IX, Drug Free Schools and Communities Act, and the Clery Act.
• Provides prevention, ongoing education, and intervention programs and services that foster a positive and safe environment for students involved in the conduct process.
• Conducts formative and summative evaluation of student and unit data and utilizes findings to inform leadership, improve programming, and submits biweekly reports to the AVP about the unit.
• Utilizes student information systems including Maxient, Banner, and Salesforce to manage cases and evaluate programming and interventions; Understand and follow FERPA, HIPAA, and other relevant laws and regulations, and uphold the highest standards of confidentiality.
• Serves as a Deputy Title IX Coordinator under the supervision of the AVP and Title IX Coordinator
• Serves on the CARE Team and Behavioral Intervention Team.
• Responds as needed to emergencies and students experiencing personal crises after hours by participating in the CARE Team/Dean on-call rotation.
• Manages the Student Academic Grade Grievance process in consultation with faculty and other academic partners.
• Responsible for unit's budget management and staff supervision.
• Serves on various campus and Division committees.
• Assumes and performs other duties as assigned.