Job Description
Associate Equal Opportunity Director and Deputy Title IX Coordinator Position Title: Associate Equal Opportunity Director and Deputy Title IX Coordinator
Position Type: Regular
Hiring Range: $118,500 $ 129,000; Compensation will be based on education, experience, skills relevant to the role, and internal equity.
Pay Frequency: Annual
Position Purpose Santa Clara University is seeking a collaborative and detail-oriented Deputy Title IX and Gender Equity Officer to join its team. Reporting to the Director of EO & Title IX, the Deputy Title IX and Gender Equity Officer will play a critical role in ensuring compliance with Title IX regulations, fostering gender equity, and promoting a safe and inclusive campus environment through the responsibilities outlined below.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities - Supervise and Guide Investigators (25%): Oversee the work of internal and external investigators, ensuring adherence to applicable laws, policies, and procedures. Provide guidance, set deadlines, and ensure comprehensive documentation of all resolution processes.
- Supervise and manage prompt, fair, and thorough resolutions, including formal and informal processes and live hearings held by the Equity Hearing Officer, in consultation with the Director of Equal Opportunity and Title IX Coordinator
- Conduct prompt, equitable, and impartial investigations into complaints of discrimination, harassment, and sexual misconduct. Responsibilities include identifying and interviewing involved parties, gathering and assessing relevant information, applying applicable policies, and making findings of fact in individual cases.
- Stay informed of current laws and trends by maintaining up-to-date knowledge of state and federal regulations and best practices related to harassment and discrimination in educational settings.
- Supervise the professional development of a team (10%)including investigators and a Program Manager. Establish performance goals, conduct midpoint and annual appraisals, provide timely and constructive feedback, and make recommendations for merit increases and promotions.
- Assist with training for internal and external investigators and provide educational programs about SCU's resolution processes to University community members.
- Assist with training for the Deputy Title IX Coordinators in other units
- Conduct intake meetings with parties (30%) to explain available resources, supports, and resolution options. Provide clear guidance on filing a formal complaint, pursuing formal or informal resolution, and accessing supportive measures with or without filing a formal complaint.
- Serve as the liaison for the Equity Hearing Officers (10%), providing recommendations to the Director of EO & Title IX Coordinator regarding emergency removals and mandatory or discretionary dismissals.
- Lead Communication and Outreach Efforts (15%)
- Lead Collaboration with team members in the development and distribution of educational materials such as brochures, posters, and web-based resources to inform the campus community about Title IX rights and responsibilities.
- Deliver education, training, and outreach programs focused on Title IX and the University's policies on discrimination, harassment, and sexual misconduct to a broad cross-section of University community members, including faculty, staff, and students.
- Collaborate with campus and community partners, including law enforcement and victim services, to ensure institutional processes, responses, and policies align with federal and state laws on nondiscrimination.
- Prepare and publish annual statistical reports related to Title IX compliance.
- Continuously update practices by integrating best practices in civil rights investigation into daily work and professional knowledge base.
- Assist the Director of EO & Title IX Coordinator (10 %) with database management, campus climate surveys, and initiatives that support the EO & Title IX team's efforts to promote an inclusive community aligned with SCU's mission and values.
- Serve as Acting Director of EO & Title IX Coordinator during the absence of the Director of EO & Title IX Coordinator.
Provides Work Direction This position may provide work direction to an Administrative Assistant. On occasion, this position may work with and/or direct the work of student assistants.
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