Associate Dean of Students for Student Conduct Individual Behavior and Development

The Associate Dean of Students for Individual Behavior and Development reports to the Senior Associate Dean of Students and Director of OSCCS and serves as a member of the offices leadership team with supervisory and program lead responsibilities. The Associate Dean supports the collaborative development management and evaluation of the universitys student conduct system and cases arising out of the Code on a campus of 24000 students and over 1000 student organizations including a robust Greek life presence. This position leads all aspects of the conduct process related to individual students including case management and resolution options (investigation and adjudication alternative dispute resolution including restorative practices) and partners with the Associate Dean for Group Behavior and Development in all aspects of the conduct process related to student this work the Associate Dean utilizes an educational and restorative approach in managing and resolving student conduct concerns. The Associate Dean also leads collateral areas of OSCCS including departmental assessment the development of all educational alternative and restorative resolution options and departmental communications.

This position also serves as an extension of the Dean of Students and serves as a liaison to campus partners in response to DOS or campus this extension role the Associate Dean will represent the Office of the Dean of Students on committees working groups and special projects at the divisional and institutional level responding to campus-wide initiatives and issues as directed including crisis response and expressive activity management (encampments protests rallies controversial speakers labor disruptions etc.). Additionally the Associate Dean will engage students and cross-functional initiatives to promote student engagement wellbeing inclusion and sense of belonging for all students and serve as a rotating Administrator On-Call for urgent and emergent student issues providing after-hours crisis response management and support and appropriate follow-up in coordination with other university resources.

ADDITIONAL REQUIRED SUBMISSION

In addition to uploading your cover letter and resume please submit an example of a work product that demonstrates your experience conducting complex investigations. While this role places strong emphasis on the management of individual student conduct cases this role also has responsibilities working with student organizations (Greek letter organizations campus-based student groups athletic teams academic cohorts residential living and learning communities etc.). Therefore your submitted work product can involve either a student or student organization so long as it reflects your student conduct and investigation experience.

Examples may include but are not limited to:

• Investigation summaries or reports

• Outcome lettersdocumentation case resolution

• After-action reports and recommendations

Due to the sensitive and private nature of conduct-related materialsplease feel freetoredact any identifying information where appropriate. Please note that your submission will be shared only with the search committee and used solely for evaluation purposes related to this position.

Success Factors

• Applied understanding of student development theory including the impact of student behavior on overall student success.

• An ability to navigate and work collaboratively in a student-centered environment committed to the values of shared governance with enthusiasm for and demonstrated commitment to supporting a student body that is diverse with regard to gender race ethnicity national origin socioeconomic status sexual orientation gender identity and religion among other factors.

• An ability to work in a conduct system dedicated to a fair and educational process that fosters campus safety accountability and personal/organizational development.

• Exceptional interpersonal communication planning reasoning organizational and project management skills with an ability to multi-task in a fast-paced high-volume environment that requires building collaborative partnerships with faculty staff students parents/families and community partners.

While position responsibilities vary every member of our community is expected to foster a culture of belonging and a healthy work environment by communicating across differences; being cooperative collaborative open and welcoming; showing respect compassion and empathy; engaging and supporting others regardless of background or perspective; speaking up when others are being excluded or treated inappropriately; and supporting work/life integration of oneself and others.

Required Qualifications:

• Masters degree and a minimum of five (5) years of progressive experience in Student Affairs Higher Education Educational Leadership Counseling or a closely related field with three (3) years of direct experience in student conduct.
• Demonstrated experience working with college student conduct systems including intake formal investigations adjudication and sanctions.
• Experience working with an educational and restorative approach to student conduct issues including experience with alternative dispute resolutions and restorative practices.
• Experience supervising developing and motivating a diverse staff team.
• Ability to serve on-call and respond to crisis situations according to organizational protocol including evening and weekend work as required.
• Familiar with assessment strategies in student conduct including assessing overall program effectiveness and measurement of behavioral trends student learning satisfaction and recidivism.
• Experience working in a quasi-legalistic student conduct process.
• Familiarity with higher education legal issues including HEOA FERPA and Clery.
• Ability to occasionally work nights and weekends (i.e. programming training workshops investigations on call crisis-related responsibilities etc.)
• Experience with conduct software systems.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience working with student-centered behavioral policies procedures and prevention efforts.
• Experience working in a complex organizational setting.
• Experience developing and implementing an educational and restorative approach to student conduct issues including alternative dispute resolutions and restorative practices.
• Experience working with student organizations including fraternities sororities living groups athletic teams and recognized student organizations.
• Experience working with organizational communications and branding efforts.
• Experience developing and implementing building assessment strategies and utilizing outcomes to inform organizational change.

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