Assistant Dean of Students

The Student Success Department at Saint John's University invites applications for a full-time (1.0 FTE), benefit eligible position of Assistant Dean of Students. The Assistant Dean of Students for St. John s University (SJU) reports to the SJU Dean of Students and in coordination and alignment work together to create a sophisticated, inclusive, and compelling four-year residential experience developing men of character. The Assistant Dean assists the Dean of Students with the day-to-day oversight of the SJU residential life program and student conduct and care programs. The Assistant Dean works directly with students and student groups; responds to student issues, concerns, or crises, and is a visible, active presence on campus at events, programs, and activities. The Assistant Dean contributes to efforts in retention and the holistic education of students, focusing on inclusion and belonging. The Assistant Dean is a leader who can exhibit flexibility by quickly adapting to new circumstances or situations as they arise and who can provide real-time solutions to address and respond to situations. The Assistant Dean will supervise the SJU Director of Residential Life and provide management oversight for all aspects of the residential life program including the implementation of the residential curriculum, staffing, programming, budget, and facilities. The Assistant Dean is also responsible for the day-to-day management of student conduct and care which includes case management, policy application and interpretation, preparing reports, and educating students about their actions and decisions within the context of the SJU mission as a liberal arts, residential, Benedictine, Catholic college for men in a coordinate relationship with the College of Saint Benedict (CSB), a college for women. The Assistant Dean also serves as a Title IX Deputy Coordinator and participates in the SJU administrator on-call rotation throughout the year. The position will generally represent Student Success on various campus-wide committees. The position works collaboratively with other student success offices at both CSB and SJU. Institutional Inclusion Visioning Statement The College of Saint Benedict (CSB) and Saint John s University (SJU) believe that an excellent liberal arts education requires an understanding and appreciation of cultural difference and that everyone deserves to feel safe and morally valued. To that end, we will challenge our own practices and systems. Our commitment to an inclusive environment will be incorporated into all decision-making processes. We dedicate ourselves to cultivating an equitable, inclusive community founded on respect for all persons. CSB and SJU offer competitive salaries and a comprehensive benefits program. For further information regarding CSB and SJU, see http://www.csbsju.edu/about. Responsibilities Student Conduct and Care Review incident reports, prepare incident summary reports, and assign the student conduct case with the alleged policy violations to a student conduct hearing officer. Serve as a conduct officer and meet with students who have allegedly violated the student code of conduct. Adjudicate cases and assign developmental sanctions as appropriate. Review appealed cases and route them to the appropriate appeal officer. Maintain the student conduct and care database for all disciplinary and care cases, and track sanctions. Prepare monthly statistical reports and provide trend information and recommendations to the Dean of Students in coordination with the CSB Assistant Dean of Students. Recruit, train, coordinate, and advise the Student Conduct Board. Design, develop, and facilitate educational programs and presentations in student ethical development, assisting students in resolving conflict and behavioral issues on and off campus. Provide feedback on open cases and sanctions to the Dean of Students and Director of Residential Life. Review all Care reports, prepare summary reports, and assignthe case to the appropriate staff person for follow-up and monitoring. Supervision of SJU Residential Life Provide direct oversight of SJU Residential Life including staffing, programming, hiring, training, and residential curriculum. Oversee occupancy and revenue management and review monthly departmental budget reports with SJU Director of Residential Life. Provide direct supervision of SJU Director of Residential Life. Monitor and advocate for facilities needs and issues including preparation of annual facilities report and work closely with Director of Physical Plant regarding these needs and issues. Oversee the develop and implementation an annual training program for the Resident Assistants and Faculty Residents, including information on SJU policies, procedures, and reporting violations. Serve on the Student Support Team and follow up with students so they can be successful and persist to graduation. Serve on committees assigned by student development leadership such as safety committee, retention committee, registration committee, task forces, etc. Serve as the administrative support for students residing off-campus. Serve on-call as part of the professional staff team. Other duties as assigned.