ABOUT US

MacEwan University is where caring faculty help people connect their passions to their future paths. Located in the heart of Edmonton’s diverse and dynamic downtown community, and on the traditional lands of Treaty 6 First Nations and homelands of the Métis people, MacEwan is known for exceptional undergraduate learning. With its dedication to teaching excellence, informed by scholarly research, innovation, and creative activity, MacEwan provides an exceptional collaborative and supportive learning environment with a commitment to human rights, environmental sustainability, and opportunities for community engagement. We are committed to creating an equitable, diverse, inclusive, and welcoming community for all peoples, cultures, and identities.
Our comprehensive undergraduate university offers 55 programs to more than 19,000 full- and part-time students in business, communications, community and human services, design, fine and performing arts, health, humanities, natural science, nursing, public safety, and social science. Through a wide array of experiential learning opportunities, and strategic relationships in the community, we partner with others to produce graduates of stature. Along with a robust grounding in their chosen disciplines, MacEwan students are given durable life skills that prepare them to take on the world.

OPPORTUNITY

MacEwan University is seeking a Student Conduct Officer for a 12-month, full-time replacement term opportunity with our Office of Student Conduct with the possibility of an extension. You will be responsible for conducting investigations in accordance with the Investigative Framework and ensuring compliance with the non-academic misconduct policy. You will work directly with students, faculty, and staff to resolve disciplinary situations involving students.

Key responsibilities include:

• Conducting investigations in consultation with the Office of Investigations, and the various stakeholders, including the Associate Deans of the students’ faculties or schools for non-academic misconduct allegations;
• Conducting investigations in consultation with the Office of Investigations and the Sexual Violence Response Coordinator for alleged sexual violence involving students;
• Assisting the Office of Investigations in the facilitation of the complaint, through the complaint intake process and the direction of the complaint to the appropriate Supervisor, Manager, Director, Chair, Associate Dean/Dean and Human Resources Representative for student complaints against faculty or staff;
• Providing reports to the Associate Vice-President, Student Support and Accountability, or their delegate, with findings and recommendations for disciplinary action;
• Facilitating the delivery of the outcomes of investigations to the involved parties, offering referrals to campus support resources;
• Collaborating, coordinating, and consulting involved parties when non-academic incidents are under investigation for the purpose of maintaining high institutional standards;
• Developing resources, materials, and educational opportunities to support the Office of Student Conduct and its procedures for the campus community;
• Advising the University Community regarding policy areas related to student discipline.
• Consulting and coordinating with the Office of Investigations, Security Services, Deans’ Offices, Residence, the Sexual Violence Response Coordinator, Academic Integrity Office and other University Offices;
• Maintaining confidential records of non-academic misconduct investigations and reports;
• Preparing annual reports of student non-academic misconduct activity for the Associate Vice-President, Student Support and Accountability; and
• Preparing notice of investigation summaries, issue interim measures, writing comprehensive decision letters, and other case management as needed.

SKILLS

You will have:

• A strong sense of accountability and preparedness to work independently in a fast-moving environment with competing priorities;
• The ability to understand complex problems and collaborate to explore alternate solutions;
• Expertise to collect, analyze, interpret, evaluate and summarize data;
• Acumen to take a methodical and consistent approach to the interpretation and application of policy provisions;
• The ability to present a high degree of professional and personal integrity, commitment to ethical values, and respect for privacy and confidentiality;
• Aptness to empathize and de-escalate volatile situations;
• The ability to maintain objective in high stress or divisive situations;
• Strong skills in communicating effectively and interacting with diverse populations; and
• Strong writing and editing skills, with high attention to detail.

QUALIFICATIONS

• A minimum of a bachelor’s degree.
• A minimum of 5 years of experience in student conduct or a related field in a post-secondary environment.
• Certification or training in the areas of student services, student conduct administration, student intervention, counseling, or mediation.
• An equivalent combination of education and experience may be considered.

• Conducting investigations in consultation with the Office of Investigations, and the various stakeholders, including the Associate Deans of the students’ faculties or schools for non-academic misconduct allegations;
• Conducting investigations in consultation with the Office of Investigations and the Sexual Violence Response Coordinator for alleged sexual violence involving students;
• Assisting the Office of Investigations in the facilitation of the complaint, through the complaint intake process and the direction of the complaint to the appropriate Supervisor, Manager, Director, Chair, Associate Dean/Dean and Human Resources Representative for student complaints against faculty or staff;
• Providing reports to the Associate Vice-President, Student Support and Accountability, or their delegate, with findings and recommendations for disciplinary action;
• Facilitating the delivery of the outcomes of investigations to the involved parties, offering referrals to campus support resources;
• Collaborating, coordinating, and consulting involved parties when non-academic incidents are under investigation for the purpose of maintaining high institutional standards;
• Developing resources, materials, and educational opportunities to support the Office of Student Conduct and its procedures for the campus community;
• Advising the University Community regarding policy areas related to student discipline.
• Consulting and coordinating with the Office of Investigations, Security Services, Deans’ Offices, Residence, the Sexual Violence Response Coordinator, Academic Integrity Office and other University Offices;
• Maintaining confidential records of non-academic misconduct investigations and reports;
• Preparing annual reports of student non-academic misconduct activity for the Associate Vice-President, Student Support and Accountability; and
• Preparing notice of investigation summaries, issue interim measures, writing comprehensive decision letters, and other case management as needed