Hearing Officer

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Hearing Officer
Duties: Assists in coordinating the investigation, administration, and disposition of complaints and information concerning possible violations of the College’s Standards of Conduct (including Title IX investigations and Honor Principle Violations) for both student organizations and individual students. Supports community education efforts in the areas related to the College’s Standards of Conduct and in the broad area of academic integrity. Oversees disciplinary caseload for minor misconduct hearings by serving as a hearing officer. Coordinates with Director and Assistant Director, Community Directors, Safety and Security investigators and officers, students, administrative assistants and others to accomplish the prompt, thorough, and fair resolution of investigations. Prepares charge letters and sanction letters for minor misconduct hearings and tracks sanctions to assure compliance with conditions. Provides resources to students and organization leaders (reporting parties, responding students, victims, witnesses, etc.) with regard to disciplinary procedures generally and as applied to specific cases. Involves advisors, faculty members, undergraduate deans, parents, and others as appropriate. May be assigned to support serious misconduct/suspension-level cases. May receive complaints and information concerning possible Standards of Conduct or Academic Honor Principle violations. Coordinates investigation and disposition of complaints/reports in accord with disciplinary procedures set forth in the Student Handbook and under supervision of the Director. Serves as a hearing administrator for specific serious misconduct/suspension-level cases and/or supervises witnesses. Serves as hearing officer for minor organizational misconduct; informs organization leaders (and others as appropriate) of disciplinary decisions and manages database information for the group adjudication process. Tracks compliance with sanctions. Works under the direction of the Assistant Director to analyze complaints/reports; prepare charges, and develop evidentiary packages for serious misconduct hearings. Develops and presents education programming and outreach for the community. Proposes new education sessions on the College’s Standards of Conduct, the disciplinary system, and academic integrity for student, faculty and staff as appropriate. Supports election and appointment process of COS/OAC members. Includes outreach to prospective members, training, and on-going education. Develops and/or updates content for department’s website and other informational and/or educational publications. Collects, analyzes and presents qualitative and quantitative data on conduct system as part of assessment cycle. Assists with preparation of the COS Annual Report to the faculty Committee on Policy, presenting statistical information and substantive analysis of COS and deans’ disciplinary actions, COS Subcommittee actions, and Academic Action decisions. Prepares other reports for the office as directed. Stays abreast of current developments in student conduct by participating in and monitoring various list-serves, reviewing recent court decisions, reading various professional publications and by conducting background research, as needed, on current practices at other peer institutions. Serves as the Liaison to other College departments, specifically Alcohol and Other Drug Programs and Athletics. In the absence of the Director and/or Assistant Director, serves as a resource to Student Support Services staff, regarding the implementation of academic actions and/or registrarial appeals. Advises individual students and others of academic action procedures. Organizes and provides administrative support for COS academic action meetings. Informs individual students, appropriate College personnel, and others as appropriate, of academic action results. Serves as representative during meetings of the COS/OAC and related subcommittees.

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