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The Office of the President and Provost has an outstanding opportunity for a Student Conduct Proceedings Specialist.
The University of Washington student conduct proceedings are designed to provide a prompt, fair and impartial process and to protect the rights of students and other individuals involved in the proceeding. The Student Conduct Proceedings Specialist is responsible for managing and facilitating the administrative reviews in student conduct proceedings, coordinating improvement across the student conduct system, and assisting the executive office in student conduct policy development and revisions.
• The Student Conduct Proceedings Specialist must apply in-depth knowledge of and ensure compliance with student conduct regulations and policies in addition to state and federal laws, including Title IX.
• Student conduct proceedings must be administered in compliance with the Washington State Administrative Procedures Act and outcomes from proceedings are subject to judicial review. Administrative reviews include proceedings that may result in serious sanctions for a student, such as suspension or dismissal.
• This position works with multiple stakeholder groups across the University to help administer and evaluate the University's student conduct system, and identify ways to improve the system to promote equity and student success. The work requires an ability to think systematically, and collaborate with student, faculty, and student conduct partners for mutual benefit and success.
Fostering the success and safety of our students is paramount and key to achieving the University’s educational mission. This position will be essential in facilitating a student conduct process that supports the UW's educational mission, promotes equity and inclusion, and protects the rights of students. This position serves as an advisor in the Executive office of the President and Provost on the effectiveness of student conduct policy and practice across the University.
Duties & Responsibilities
With minimal supervision, manage and facilitate administrative reviews of student conduct proceedings in accordance with regulatory and legal requirements, including
• Providing appropriate notice to parties, including developing pre-review schedule and hearing date consistent with mandated timeframes and processes;
• Receiving, reviewing, and finalizing the record for the panel;
• Managing, evaluating, and consulting with chair of review panel in making decisions on any pre-review matters (motions, etc.);
• Selecting and assigning review panel members;
• Facilitating review by review panel members to ensure compliance with regulations and policies and that a complete record is created and retained in the event of judicial review;
• Drafting final order/remand for panel and reviewing with panel members to ensure it accurately reflects deliberative process, outcome, and reasoning;
• Creating an accurate and complete record of the administrative review to document the process and for the purposes of any prospective judicial review;
• Working with limited supervision to complete duties and meet deadlines
• Acting as an effective process partner with other University offices and individuals involved in conduct proceedings;
• Other necessary administrative duties, such as records retention, scheduling, etc.
Managing pool of reviewing officers and ensure the pool is appropriately resourced for proceedings
• Assisting with efforts to continuously recruit faculty and students to serve as reviewing officers utilizing student and faculty governance resources;
• Onboarding and orienting new reviewing officers to role and process;
• Ensuring reviewing officers have completed training requirements;
• Developing and delivering training for reviewing officers and/or revising existing training as necessary.
Support and facilitate the Advisory Committee on Student Conduct
• As a member of the ACSC, working with other members to identify, evaluate, and process improvement opportunities and develop and make recommendations to the Faculty Council on Student Affairs;
• As the facilitator of the ACSC, working closely with and supporting the chair in developing meeting agendas, tracking and documenting decisions and recommendations of the ACSC, scheduling meetings, drafting meeting notes, maintaining records of the meetings, and drafting an annual report to the president, etc.
• Identifying policy and process issues that impact administrative reviews and ensuring they are appropriately addressed.
Assessment and Policy Development
• Consult with student conduct process partners outside of the committee, such as the Title IX Coordinator, regularly regarding development and refinement of the new process;
• Provide assistance and expertise to all areas of the University in need of information regarding the student conduct process and, in particular, administrative reviews.
• Assist the Executive Office in student conduct policy development and revisions.
Lead Responsibilities
Manage the Student Conduct Proceeding administrative review process.
Manage the Advisory Committee on Student Conduct
Requirements include: