Qualifications:

Required Education:

• Master's Degree in Higher Education, Conflict Resolution, Student Affairs, Counseling, Social Work, or related fields

Required Experience:

• 5+ years working in higher education or related experience
• Experience in student conduct and case management
• Experience developing and delivering experiential training to build capacity in conflict transformation and conduct management
• Extensive experience in working with students and other youth populations is required
• The role requires an individual to have a broad understanding of University policy and procedures and the flexibility to apply these appropriately to the wide range of situations faced by our student population
• The role requires the post holder to have autonomy to be able to make decisions regarding discipline and community complaint matters, with using judgement and experience of when to refer to their manager or other support departments
• Must have a proficient knowledge and understanding of student due process and FERPA
• Excellent interpersonal skills, necessary for cultivating relationships and trust with students and colleagues
• A capacity to work collegially and collaboratively in a university environment
• Demonstrated skills for managing conflict
• An ability to prioritize and handle multiple projects on tight deadlines, organized work habits, consistent accuracy, and attentiveness to detail
• Excellent presentation, written and oral communication skills in English
• Collaborative spirit and ability to build partnerships/relationships with many people to achieve their goals
• Ability and willingness to work some evening/weekend hours

Preferred Education:

• Doctoral Degree in higher education, student development, conflict resolution, or a field relevant to the work of student affairs
• Certifications and trainings related to working with at-risk students, mental health support, trauma-informed counselling, sexual misconduct and Title IX expertise and training curricula design and implementation
• Professional certifications in knowledge and skill set relevant to student conduct and conflict education (e.g., restorative justice, mediation, adjudication, etc.)
• Experience in student conduct in a higher education setting

Preferred Experience:

• Self-sufficiency regarding technology and its uses
• Ability to make presentations in front of small – large groups
• Arabic, Urdu, and other non-English language skills are a plus

Additional Information:

NYU Abu Dhabi is a degree-granting research university with a fully integrated liberal arts and science undergraduate program in the Arts, Sciences, Social Sciences, Humanities, and Engineering. NYU Abu Dhabi, NYU New York, and NYU Shanghai, form the backbone of NYU’s global network university, an interconnected network of portal campuses and academic centers across six continents that enable seamless international mobility of students and faculty in their pursuit of academic and scholarly activity. This global university represents a transformative shift in higher education, one in which the intellectual and creative endeavors of academia are shaped and examined through an international and multicultural perspective. As a major intellectual hub at the crossroads of the Arab world, NYUAD serves as a center for scholarly thought, advanced research, knowledge creation, and sharing, through its academic, research, and creative activities.

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