Associate Dean of Students for Student Conduct - Individual Behavior and Development

Cornell University•Ithaca, MI

11d•$91,932 - $112,361•Hybrid

About The Position

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 office’s leadership team with supervisory and program lead responsibilities. The Associate Dean supports the collaborative development, management, and evaluation of the university’s student conduct system and cases arising out of the Code on a campus of 24,000 students and over 1,000 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 organizations. In 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 priorities. In 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.

Requirements

Master’s 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.

Nice To Haves

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.

Responsibilities

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).
Partners with the Associate Dean for Group Behavior and Development in all aspects of the conduct process related to student organizations.
Utilizes an educational and restorative approach in managing and resolving student conduct concerns.
Leads collateral areas of OSCCS, including departmental assessment, the development of all educational, alternative, and restorative resolution options, and departmental communications.
Serves as an extension of the Dean of Students and serves as a liaison to campus partners in response to DOS or campus priorities.
Represents 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.).
Engages students and cross-functional initiatives to promote student engagement, wellbeing, inclusion, and sense of belonging for all students.
Serves 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.