Assistant Director for Student Behavior and Conduct

• Directly supervise two full-time professional staff who oversee the daily operation of the residence halls.
• Manages and oversees the departmental residential judicial system, which addresses all levels of student behavior within the halls.
• Coordinate the request and approval process for students with accommodation(s) for an Emotional Support Animal (ESA) and Service Animal; communicate departmental expectations to the student regarding animal behavior within the residence halls and meets with students who are in violation of the ESA agreement.
• Provide professional and paraprofessional staff training on University and Departmental policies and procedures for residence hall living.
• Provide on-going training for professional and paraprofessional staff on changing legal issues affecting students, Residence Life and the student conduct process.
• Serve as a liaison to the Office of Student Conduct working in cooperation to address student behavior issues.
• Serve as a liaison to the University Police regarding student conduct.
• Represent HRL on the Campus Partner Team (behavioral intervention team); which involves accurate record keeping and working together to create action plans for residential students of concern.
• Create, maintain, update and audit the electronic conduct reporting and tracking system.
• Provide monthly conduct reports that track policy violations, sanctions, student status, etc. and recommend changes to the Leadership Team.
• Conduct monthly audit reports of incident reports for each of the residence halls and meet with the Area Coordinators to analyze the reports and strategize opportunities for improvements.
• Develop and oversee educational discipline sanctions as they relate to the student conduct process.
• Assist with the camps and conferences program during the summer
• Assist in formulating and evaluating student conduct and student behavior policies and procedures.
• Assist in formulating and implementing strategic planning in student conduct.
• Maintain, enhance and evaluate the departmental community standards program; that is implemented throughout the halls.
• Develop and implement conflict resolution, mediation training and creative discipline initiatives.
• Serve on the HRL Leadership Team, which includes being a part of a decision-making process that affects the department.
• Provide intervention and response for crisis and other facilities, safety and security issues through serving in an on-call rotation.
• Serve as the primary contact for students of concern within the residence halls, which includes maintaining and tracking action plans for students.
• Serve and lead various departmental and campus committees.
• Assist with other duties as assigned.

• Graduate degree in Counseling, College Student Personnel, Higher Education Administration or a related field of study.
• Minimum of five years of experience in student housing, student affairs or higher education.
• Demonstrated experience in student conduct.
• Demonstrated knowledge of federal legislation governing student records and experience with victim rights in student conduct proceedings, including Title IX, Violence Against Women Act and Campus Sexual Violence Elimination Act.

Salary: $55,000-$58,000

Kentucky state law requires all public institutions of postsecondary education to conduct pre-employment criminal background checks to determine suitability for employment.

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Persons with disabilities, who need reasonable accommodations to participate in the application and/or selection process, should notify the office of Institutional Equity. To request an accommodation, report a complaint, or ask questions regarding WKU's Discrimination and Harassment Policy (#0.2040), please contact Ms. Ena Demir, Executive Director/Title IX Coordinator via email at ena.demir@wku.edu or by phone at (270) 745-6867. Ms. Demir is also responsible for coordinating the University's response to complaints related to sex and gender harassment. Additional information regarding Title IX is accessible via WKU's https://www.wku.edu/titleix/ website.

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