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Assistant Director, Personal Misconduct (Student Conduct Specialist), Office of

Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana, United States, 47401

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Overview

OFFICE OF STUDENT CONDUCT (BL-SETH-IUBLA) The Office of Student Life is focused on building a foundation to ensure every student’s Indiana University (IU) experience is positive, safe, healthy, and meaningful. The Office of Student Life staff aim to help students navigate their time at IU, providing the tools they need to be successful. Students are our priority, and their health, safety, and overall well-being are our core mission.

Position Summary

The Assistant Director, Personal Misconduct, is responsible for managing the core area of personal misconduct. The Assistant Director, Personal Misconduct is one of three Assistant Directors overseeing the core areas related to academic, organizational, and personal misconduct cases brought to the Office of Student Conduct (OSC). The three Assistant Directors collaborate to provide support to each core area as needed. Each Assistant Director provides supervision to full-time or graduate staff members. Duties include, but are not limited to:

Responsibilities

Provides case management oversight for the personal misconduct process. Administers applicable campus policies and procedures, including personal misconduct policies. Serves as an investigator and hearing officer for informal and formal processes related to personal misconduct, academic misconduct, organizational misconduct, and sexual misconduct cases. Assistant Directors have a primary focus area but will investigate or adjudicate cases within the other areas as well. Provides alternative resolutions to students seeking conflict resolution through mediation, conflict coaching, or restorative justice. Supervises either full-time staff, graduate assistants, or graduate practicum students. Plans and participates in training for full-time and graduate student staff. Advises one student engagement initiative. Consults with other staff members, faculty, and hearing panels on cases and student concerns. Serves as representative of the Dean of Students during personal misconduct appeal hearings. Manages complex cases, student concerns, and communication. Oversees and facilitates, or partners on at least one major curriculum initiative (either the Academic Integrity Seminar, Digital Millennium Copyright Act Seminar, or prevention and education in partnership with the Office of Fraternity and Sorority Life). Coordinates and collaborates with campus partners, other departments, and stakeholders. Remains current in the field of student conduct through participation in listservs, conferences and training, partnerships with campus colleagues, reviewing current literature and research, and participation in local, regional or national professional associations and organizations. Maintains strong campus and community partnerships to aid in process and support student success. Partnerships include, but are not limited to: Indiana University Police Department; University Information and Technology Services; the Office of Civil Rights Compliance; the Bias Response Team; the Expressive Activity Support Team; the Care Team; the Office of International Student Services; Accessible Education Services; Admissions; Residence Life; the Office of Sorority and Fraternity Life; the Student Involvement and Leadership Center; and Athletics. Assists the Associate Director with outreach and education on student life topics related to student rights, hazing, free speech, discrimination and harassment, alcohol and other drugs, and other behavioral trends with campus partners; assists with related projects as assigned including the promotion of student learning and development through case management and related educational efforts while utilizing specialized knowledge of higher education administration, student development theory, conflict resolution, restorative justice, the First Amendment, Title VI, Title IX, VAWA, current legal mandates, and other related content, law, and policy areas.

General Responsibilities

Develops and implements programs and initiatives that offer support for students facing student conduct allegations. Manages an individual caseload 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, adjudication, and action planning. Collaborates with staff in own department, other departments, external entities as well as academic and campus leaders, on shared student conduct goals. 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 emphasis on confidentiality of student concerns, university policy compliance, and a culture of care within 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 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 practices for handling of student conduct issues.

Combinations of related education and experience may be considered. Education beyond the minimum required may be substituted for work experience. Work experience beyond the minimum required may be substituted for education.

Education and Experience

Required: Bachelor’s degree in public affairs, social work, counseling, public health, education, business, or related field. Preferred: Master’s degree in higher education student affairs or related field. Required: 2 years in student conduct, higher education, or related field. Preferred: 3 years of professional-level experience in adjudicating cases, conducting investigations, or student conflict resolution, or direct student conduct work in higher education.

Skills

Proficient communication skills; maintains a high degree of professionalism. Demonstrates time management and priority setting skills; high commitment to quality. Flexibility to work in a fast-paced, dynamic environment; seeks to acquire knowledge in area of specialty. Highly thorough and dependable; high level of accuracy, even under pressure. Demonstrated 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.

Preferred Skills

Excellent interpersonal, interview, and inquiry skills, including trauma-informed interviewing and other techniques. Strong organization and prioritization skills with the ability to drive multiple concurrent projects to completion. Ability to develop and deliver effective presentations. Ability to accomplish tasks autonomously and efficiently. Ability to exercise sound judgment, decision-making, and discretion while remaining neutral in an investigation. Ability to collaborate with campus partners and community agencies. Familiarity with computers and software; ability to integrate technology into service delivery (Maxient, desktop publishing and design software, web page design and development, database systems). Knowledge of First Amendment complexities, due process, college student development, campus environment, and hazing. Knowledge of university policies, state and federal laws; knowledge of student conduct and conflict resolution, residential life, or related field within student affairs.

This role requires the ability to effectively communicate and operate a computer and other standard office productivity equipment. The position involves sedentary work and periods of time moving around an office environment and campus. The person in this role must be able to perform the essential functions with or without an accommodation.

Bloomington, Indiana. This is an in-person position. Salary: $73,000 annually. Requires flexibility in work schedule and weekend coverage.

Benefits and Additional Information

For full-time staff employees, IU offers a wide array of benefits including: comprehensive medical and dental insurance; health savings account with generous IU contributions; healthcare and dependent care flexible spending accounts; life insurance; voluntary supplemental life and other insurances; retirement plans; tuition subsidy; holidays and paid time off; EAP.

Learn more about our benefits by reviewing the IU Benefit Programs Brochure.

Additional Information: Career Level: Career; FLSA: Exempt; Job Function: Student Services; Job Family: Student Support.

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Application Note: This posting is scheduled to close at 11:59 pm EST on the advertised Close Date. The posting may be closed at any time at the discretion of the University, but will remain open for a minimum of 5 business days. To guarantee full consideration, please submit your application within 5 business days of the Posted Date.

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