Associate Dean of Students, Group Behavior and Development

Cornell University • Ithaca, NY

49d • Hybrid

About The Position

Student & Campus Life (SCL) inspires transformation in all Cornell students on their journey of individual, academic, and personal evolution. Our division is comprised of leading student affairs experts who support our campus on pressing student life matters, including public service, health, wellness, social justice, residential living, food services, sports, recreation, career services, and student activities and organizations, including sorority and fraternity life. Our nearly 4,000 staff and student employees who make up SCL embrace the opportunity to represent the division and strive for excellence as we shape the Cornell student experience, one interaction at a time. The Dean of Students Office (DOS) is dedicated to transformational learning in the co-curricular guiding students towards greater resiliency and engagement. DOS promotes a cohesive campus community that brings people together across lines of difference and provides support during challenging times to allow all students to benefit from the educational and co-curricular environment. The Office of Student Conduct and Community Standards (OSCCS) supports the holistic development of the student experience by educating students about behavioral expectations and enforcing the Student Code of Conduct (Code) through a fair and educational process that fosters campus safety, accountability, and personal/organizational development. The OSCCS ensures proper investigation and resolution of alleged Code violations, or any other regulation as the University President and/or Board of Trustees may direct. The OSCCS adheres to the established procedures under the Code when resolving alleged conduct violations with fairness, integrity, and objectivity for all parties involved, consistent with the university's educational goals. The Associate Dean of Students - Group Behavior and Development for the Office of Student Conduct and Community Standards (OSCCS) reports to the Senior Associate Dean of Students and Director of OSCCS and serves as a member of the office's leadership team. 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 student groups and organizations (e.g., fraternities, sororities, living groups, athletic teams, and clubs), including case management, and resolution options (investigation and adjudication, alternative dispute resolution, including restorative practices). In this work, the Associate Dean utilizes an educational and restorative approach in managing and resolving student organization conduct concerns. The Associate Dean also leads collateral areas of OSCCS, including departmental assessment, the development of all educational, alternative, restorative resolution options, and manages the conduct data management system. Additionally, this position supervises direct reports in their assigned area and serves in an Administrator on-call rotation responding to crisis-related situations after-hours, including navigating high-level issues of physical and psychological safety. This position is an in-person role but can work remotely for (3) months to support relocation needs.

Requirements

• Master's degree and a minimum of five (5) years of progressive experience in College Student Personnel Administration, 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, investigation, adjudication, and sanctions.
• Experience with adjudicating policy violations by student organizations, including specifically, social Greek organizations, including experience collaborating with national headquarters and advisors.
• Experience working with an educational and restorative approach to student conduct issues, including experience with alternative dispute resolutions and restorative practices.
• Ability to serve on-call and respond to crisis situations according to organizational protocol, including evening and weekend work as required.
• Experience supervising, developing, and motivating a team.
• Experience building collaborative partnerships with faculty, staff, students, parents/families, and community partners.
• Experience developing and implementing training and behavior prevention efforts.
• Experience developing and implementing a sanctions curriculum focused on personal and organization development, accountability, and resource access.
• 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., conduct hearing, training, and prevention education sessions, etc.)

Nice To Haves

• Experience working with student-centered behavioral policies, procedures, and prevention efforts.
• Experience collaborating successfully with a wide variety of student organizations.
• 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 developing and implementing building assessment strategies and utilizing outcomes to inform organizational change.

Responsibilities

• 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.
• Leads all aspects of the conduct process related to student groups and organizations (e.g., fraternities, sororities, living groups, athletic teams, and clubs), including case management, and resolution options (investigation and adjudication, alternative dispute resolution, including restorative practices).
• Utilizes an educational and restorative approach in managing and resolving student organization conduct concerns.
• Leads collateral areas of OSCCS, including departmental assessment, the development of all educational, alternative, restorative resolution options, and manages the conduct data management system.
• Supervises direct reports in their assigned area and serves in an Administrator on-call rotation responding to crisis-related situations after-hours, including navigating high-level issues of physical and psychological safety.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager
• Industry: Educational Services
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees