Affirmative Action Officer & Title IX Coordinator District Wide

at  Kennebec IntraDistrict Schools RSU 2

Jennifer Staggs
July 24, 2024
DESCRIPTION: Kennebec Intra-district Schools (KIDS RSU 2) is accepting applications for an Affirmative Action Officer/Title IX Coordinator to Support both Students and staff District Wide.
QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS: To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

EXPERIENCE AND TRAINING

Administrative experience at the building or central office level
Training applicable to all duties should be completed prior to or within a reasonable time period after appointment. Annual training must be completed thereafter.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE AFFIRMATIVE ACTION OFFICER:

· Day-to-day responsibility for implementing and managing the school unit’s Affirmative Action Plan, and for compliance with state and federal nondiscrimination/harassment laws and regulations (except sex discrimination and sexual/sex-based harassment laws and regulations).
· Position requires close consultation with the Title IX Coordinator, who is responsible for implementing and managing the school unit’s compliance with sex discrimination and sexual/sex-based harassment laws and regulations.
· Disseminate required notices, policies, and information regarding federal and state discrimination laws to employees, applicants, parents, and others as applicable, including postings on the school unit’s website
· Assess discrimination, harassment, and other related complaints received by the school unit to ensure the appropriate policies and procedures are followed, in consultation with the Title IX Coordinator, Superintendent, and others as appropriate. Sex discrimination and sexual/sex-based harassment complaints must be forwarded to the Title IX Coordinator to address.
· Coordinate and/or conduct investigations of discrimination and harassment complaints (other than sex discrimination and sexual/sex-based harassment complaints) as appropriate.
· Overall responsibility for ensuring that student and employee discrimination and harassment complaint procedures are followed (ACAA-R1 and ACAB-R1).
· Coordinate and implement appropriate training for school unit employees on discrimination/harassment laws and regulations; school unit policies and procedures; and duty to report, in consultation with Title IX Coordinator.
· Consult with Title IX Coordinator and other administrators/staff as necessary about services to pregnant employees required by Title IX.
· Ensure that persons involved in recruiting and hiring processes adhere to nondiscrimination and confidentiality requirements.
· Ensure that School Board members and employees receive gender equity training.
· Compile data and reports for the Superintendent and School Board members as requested.
· Advise the Superintendent of any needed revisions to the Affirmative Action Plan or related policies/procedures.
· Comply with all recordkeeping requirements.
· Any other duties related to the school unit’s Affirmative Action Plan or discrimination and harassment policies and procedures assigned by the Superintendent.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

· Day-to-day responsibility for implementing, managing, and monitoring the school unit’s compliance with all aspects of state and federal sex discrimination and sexual/sex-based harassment laws and regulations, including Title IX.
· Position requires close consultation with the Affirmative Action Officer, who is responsible for implementing and managing the school unit’s overall compliance with nondiscrimination and harassment laws and regulations (aside from sex discrimination and sexual/sex-based harassment).
· Overall responsibility for ensuring that the student and employee sex discrimination and sexual/sex-based harassment complaint procedures (ACAA-R2 and ACAB-R2) are followed, in consultation with the Affirmative Action Officer, as necessary.
· Overall responsibility to implement Policy JIE – Pregnant Students, in consultation with other administrators/staff, as necessary.
· Monitor and ensure school unit compliance with Title IX regulation requirements concerning pregnant employees.
· Ensure that required notices, policies/procedures, and information regarding federal and state sex discrimination and sexual/sex-based harassment laws and regulations are disseminated to employees, applicants, students, unions, and others as applicable, including required postings on the school unit’s website, in consultation with the Affirmative Action Officer.
· Assess sex discrimination and sexual/sex-based harassment reports received by the school unit to ensure that the appropriate policies and procedures are followed, in consultation with the Affirmative Action Officer, Superintendent, and others as appropriate.
· Receive and process all reports and complaints of sex discrimination and sexual/sex-based harassment that are made to the school unit.
· Provide supportive measures for parties during the complaint process (and following completion, if appropriate).
· Coordinate and/or conduct investigations of sex discrimination and sexual/sex-based harassment complaints as appropriate (investigations and particular duties may be delegated to designated, trained individuals).
· Facilitate or coordinate informal resolutions of sex discrimination and sexual/sex-based harassment complaints as appropriate (actual facilitation duties are delegated to designated, trained individuals).
· Implement any remedies after a determination of responsibility for sex discrimination and sexual/sex-based harassment.
· Coordinate and implement appropriate training for school unit employees, students, volunteers (and others, as appropriate) on sex discrimination and sexual/sex-based harassment laws and regulations, policies, procedures, and any duties to report, in consultation with the Affirmative Action Officer.
· Monitor for barriers to reporting information about conduct that may reasonably constitute sex discrimination and sexual/sex-based harassment and take steps (in consultation with the Affirmative Action Officer and the Superintendent) to address such barriers.
· Compile data and reports for the Superintendent and School Board as requested.
· Advise the Superintendent (and Affirmative Action Officer as appropriate) of any needed revisions to discrimination and harassment policies/procedures.
· Other duties related to the implementation of sex discrimination and sexual/sex-based policies/procedures as assigned by the Superintendent.