Job Description
Job Function:
Minimum Education:
Preferred Education:
Minimum Experience:
Demonstrated experience interpreting and applying student conduct policies and procedures, as well as relevant federal and state laws (e.g., Title IX, Clery Act, FERPA).
Preferred Experience:
Duties and Responsibilities:
- Compliance:Serve as the Clery Compliance Officer, overseeing the university's compliance with the Jeanne Clery Campus Safety Act, including the accurate and timely collection, analysis, and dissemination of campus crime statistics, education, and the development and implementation of campus security policies. This position also oversees compliance with other federal and state reporting, such as hazing.
- Strategic Leadership and Administration: Provide leadership and strategic direction for the Office of Student Conduct, aligning its goals with the university's mission and values. Manage the daily operations of the office, including budget administration, policy development, and assessment of effectiveness.
- Code of Student Rights and Responsibilities: Review, edit, and update the Code of Student Rights and Responsibilities on an annual basis, in collaboration with relevant stakeholders, to ensure clarity, and compliance with legal and regulatory requirements.
- Student Conduct Process Management: Develop, implement, and continuously evaluate a comprehensive student conduct system that is educational and developmental in its approach for student and student organizations. Ensure due process for all students and organizations involved in the conduct process.
- Adjudication and Hearings: Adjudicate complex student and/or organization misconduct cases, conduct investigations as necessary, and serve as a hearing officer for Title IX/sexual misconduct cases.
- Education and Training: Develop and implement educational programs and training for students, faculty, and staff on the student conduct process, the Code of Student Rights and Responsibilities, Clery, and related topics. Ensure appropriate training and supervision of University Hearing bodies.
- Supervision and Staff Development: Assign and review work, orient and train professional and administrative staff, and make recommendations in all areas related to supervision, including but not limited to interviewing and selection, compensation, discipline, performance appraisal, and training and career development of direct reports.
- Committee Leadership and Participation: Convene and/or participate with the Student Rights and Ethics Committee, the University Review Board, and the Exceptional Admissions Committee. Represent the department or division on additional committees as assigned.
- Liaison and Collaboration: Serve as a liaison to various university departments (e.g., Student Affairs, Student Legal Counsel, University Police, Parking, Housing and Residence Life) and community organizations, fostering effective working relationships.
- Perform other related duties as assigned.
- Student and Crisis Support: In collaboration with the Dean of Students, provide guidance, support, and facilitate connections to appropriate university and community resources, ensuring a coordinated and comprehensive support network.
At Ball State University, we recognize inclusive excellence as an integral endeavor to fulfill our University’s mission and our strategic plan. We recruit, support, and retain a diverse population of students, faculty, and staff. We encourage and reward diversity of thought. We promote a work environment that encourages and rewards innovation and creativity. We pledge to keep Inclusive Excellence at the highest level of institutional importance and as a foundation in all that we strive to do. Our over-arching goal for Inclusive Excellence is to adopt a university-wide Inclusive Excellence approach to academic, administrative support, and service functions of the university. We believe Inclusive Excellence must be infused in every step we take.