Associate Director - Associate Director for Inclusion and Equity

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Associate Director - Associate Director for Inclusion and Equity
The candidate will serve as resource on university policies related to equal opportunity, nondiscrimination, whistleblowing, anti-harassment, retaliation, and other civil rights legislation; serve as an investigator and assist in administering the office's investigation processes; assist with various compliance requirements. Will assist in the coordination and administration of the university's Title VI, Title VII and Title IX complaint intake, triage, investigation and resolution process. Investigate discrimination, harassment, sexual misconduct, and retaliation complaints by applicants, students, faculty, staff, visitors, and administrators, prepare necessary reports to conduct and resolve such investigations, and provide a rapid response to significant events. Assist with the development and administering of the university's affirmative action plan and preparing various compliance reports. Perform research-related activities as requested. Assist the executive director and campus academic and administrative leaders to develop and implement university-wide initiatives that promote adoption of inclusive strategies to enhance the recruitment and retention of diverse faculty, staff, and administrators. Assist with advising university administrators, managers, supervisors, and departments about equal opportunity, nondiscrimination, and anti-harassment policies, regulations, guidelines, and laws, maintain knowledge in the areas of diversity, equal opportunity, Titles VI, VII and IX and all other pertinent laws and regulations. Assist with facilitating discussions and mediation concerns. Assist with the interpretation of applicable nondiscrimination, anti-harassment, and other civil rights related policies, regulations, guidelines, and laws, aid in the drafting and updating of university policies to ensure compliance with applicable laws and regulations. Assist with the coordination and preparation of the university's formal position statements in response to charges of discrimination, harassment, and retaliation filed with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the Texas Workforce Commission - Civil Rights Division, and/or the U.S. Department of Education - Office for Civil Rights. Respond to requests for information from federal and/or state equal employment opportunity officials and serve as liaison to such agencies. Assist with the development and administration of compliance training programs, in partnership with other staff, relating to policies and procedures enforced by the office. Collaborate with other office staff on the continued efficiency of the unit's outreach efforts on campus and in the greater Austin community and participate on various campus committees. Serves as a liaison with the Office of Human Resources, Office of Legal Affairs, University Compliance Services, UT System Office of General Counsel, and other key university collaborators. Must have Master's Degree or equivalent. Juris Doctor degree or 3 years of professional experience investigating complaints of discrimination/harassment is desired. Should preferably have 2 years of post-law school professional and/or administrative experience. Must preferably have 3+ years of experience conducting thorough and objective investigations at a professional, governmental, and/or university level. Should have thorough knowledge and understanding of federal and state employment/labor laws. Demonstrated experience of 1+ year conducting discrimination, harassment, whistleblower, retaliation, and other governmental/internal investigations. Must have experience with conflict resolution/mediation and compliance training facilitation. Should have professional experience in an EEO or diversity and inclusion type office. Must have knowledge and understanding of the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) and other equal opportunity regulatory agencies. Should have experience with statistical analysis used in workforce analytics and reporting. Must have sound data analytic background, comfort with spreadsheets, data, and distillation of data.

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