Standard working schedule: Monday through Friday | 8:30am – 5:00pm.

Must be willing to work a flexible schedule to meet the needs of the department.

The Assistant Director is responsible for managing core areas related to primarily organizational misconduct as well as academic, alternative resolution and personal misconduct cases that are

brought to the attention of the Office of Student Conduct (OSC). This role also provides supervision to full time and/or graduate staff members. The assistant director for organizational misconduct will play a vital role in adjudicating cases, organizing educational initiatives and collaborating with the office of fraternity and sorority life, leadership and service center, campus recreation and other campus partners. An increase in the frequency and severity of hazing allegations and compliance requirements justify the need for this role. This role develops and implements programs and initiatives that offer support for students facing student conduct allegations, which may also have legal implications with local or campus police. This role manages an individual case load for incidents on and off campus that may affect student standing in relation to the student code of conduct, student safety and well-being, and/or university policies. Handles incident documentation, discovery, adjudication, and sanctions/action planning. Collaborates with staff in own department, other departments, external entities as well as academic and campus leaders, on shared student conduct goals, often coordinating sanctions and action planning efforts for individual cases. Interfaces directly with students throughout the duration of the case, directing them to

university resources such as staff in student support roles as appropriate. Places an emphasis on confidentiality of student concerns, university policy compliance, and a culture

of care with in all direct student interactions. Provides training to and serves as a resource for university constituents with high student interaction in order to educate on student conduct and the related procedures for case resolution. Runs reports on case progress types of code violations, and sanction/action plan completion, reporting trends to manager. Performs frequent research and maintains knowledge of relevant university policies, the code of conduct, relevant laws and ordinances, and best practice procedures for handling of student conduct issues.

An understanding of ASCA student conduct core competencies and NASPA/ACPA student

affairs competencies

Proficient communication skills

Maintains a high degree of professionalism

Demonstrates time management and priority setting skills

Demonstrates a high commitment to quality

Possesses flexibility to work in a fast paced, dynamic environment

Seeks to acquire knowledge in area of specialty

Highly thorough and dependable

Demonstrates a high level of accuracy, even under pressure

Demonstrates ability to maintain confidential information

Ability to work within tight time frames and meet strict deadlines

Ability to simultaneously handle multiple

priorities

Effective conflict management skills

Commitment to working with people from diverse backgrounds and demonstrated cultural

competency

Demonstrates commitment to educationally focused conflict resolution techniques and

programs

Positions are advertised for a minimum of five (5) business days on our job website. After five (5) business days, positions can be closed at the discretion of the department at any time. This employment site is updated on a regular basis. The length of the recruitment and screening process may vary from position to position, depending upon a variety of factors. Should review of your qualifications result in a decision to pursue your candidacy, you will be contacted by phone or email.

We are only accepting applications submitted by May 7, 2023 .

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