Associate Dean of Students for Individual Behavior and Development

Associate Dean of Students for Individual Behavior and Development

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, wellbeing, connection and belonging, residential living, food services, sports, recreation, career services, and student activities and organizations including sorority and fraternity life. We provide support and services to roughly 25,000 undergraduate, graduate, and professional students on multiple campuses in the U.S. and abroad.

The Office of the Dean of Students (DOS) cultivates the holistic growth and development of students through advocacy, empowerment, and education. We enhance the student experience by offering comprehensive support and resources, providing co-curricular opportunities, and fostering a sense of belonging.

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 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.

Success Factors

• Applied understanding of student development theory, including the impact of student behavior on overall student success.
• An ability to navigate and work collaboratively in a student-centered environment committed to the values of shared governance, with enthusiasm for and demonstrated commitment to supporting a student body that is diverse with regard to gender, race, ethnicity, national origin, socioeconomic status, sexual orientation, gender identity, and religion, among other factors.
• An ability to work in a conduct system dedicated to a fair and educational process that fosters campus safety, accountability, and personal/organizational development.
• Exceptional interpersonal, communication, planning, reasoning, organizational, and project management skills, with an ability to multi-task in a fast-paced, high-volume environment that requires building collaborative partnerships with faculty, staff, students, parents/families, and community partners.

While position responsibilities vary, every member of our community is expected to foster a culture of belonging and a healthy work environment by communicating across differences; being cooperative, collaborative, open, and welcoming; showing respect, compassion, and empathy; engaging and supporting others regardless of background or perspective; speaking up when others are being excluded or treated inappropriately; and supporting work/life integration of oneself and others.

Required Qualifications:

• 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.

Preferred Qualifications:

• 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.

Additional Required Submission

As part of your application, please submit an example of a work product that demonstrates your experience conducting complex investigations. While this role places strong emphasis on the management of individual student conduct cases, this role also has responsibilities working with student organizations (Greek letter organizations, campus-based student groups, athletic teams, academic cohorts, residential living, and learning communities, etc.). Therefore, your submitted work product can involve either a student or student organization, so long as it reflects your student conduct and investigation experience.

Examples may include, but are not limited to:

• Investigation summaries or reports
• Outcome letters documentation case resolution
• After-action reports and recommendations

Due to the sensitive and private nature of conduct-related materials, please feel free to redact any identifying information, where appropriate. Please note that your submission will be shared only with the search committee and used solely for evaluation purposes related to this position.

Please note: This position is not eligible for visa sponsorship.

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