Position Summary:

• Maintain a fluent and continuously updated understanding of all laws, regulations, policies, and procedures prohibiting sexual harassment and other forms of sexual misconduct, including, but not limited to, Title IX, the Clery Act, VAWA, and NJLAD.
• Support the mission of the University by leading the effort to ensure institutional compliance with these laws, regulations, policies and procedures.
• Provide ultimate oversight over the institution's Title IX program as a whole and be responsible for ensuring consistent Title IX compliance, identifying trends across the University, and helping to coordinate training or educational programming responsive to those trends.
• Monitor Rutgers' Title IX program for barriers to reporting information about conduct that reasonably may constitute sex discrimination under Title IX and assist the University in taking steps reasonably calculated to address such barriers.

• Provide oversight of (through a dotted-line reporting relationship) and guidance to the University's unit-level Title IX Coordinators for consistency, including overseeing investigations, informal resolutions, and formal hearings regarding Title IX complaints against students.
• Establish and ensure consistent practices across all CLUs for all functions handled by the unit-level Title IX Coordinators.
• Ensure the use of a unified, enterprise-level case management system used by all CLUs for investigations and informal resolutions.
• Support and advocate for the provision of support services at the CLU level and make recommendations to University leadership regarding the resources necessary to provide adequate support to these functions in line with best practices.
• Maintain a working and communicative relationship with the campus-based Student Affairs leads to understand the broader campus climate and service issues and needs.
• Develop and maintain a library of easily accessible, University-wide resources relating to sexual harassment and other forms of sexual misconduct and make those resources readily available to the University community on a single, central website.
• Become the designated point of contact for University leaders for all informational inquiries relating to institutional compliance with Title IX

• Together with the AVP who has oversight over the Office of Employment Equity in University Human Resources, report to the University's senior leadership on a regular basis on the Title IX function as a whole, in order to ensure consistent Title IX compliance University-wide.
• Provide strategic leadership and guidance to senior leadership of the University on an ongoing basis to ensure that the University continues to fully comply with all relevant legal requirements while meeting evolving best practice standards regarding the support provided to Rutgers students, staff, faculty, and other community members.
• Direct and coordinate ongoing oversight and support from the President's Office for university-wide and CLU-level implementation of initiatives such as translating campus climate data to action plans, or other strategic initiatives.
• Lead a University project team (including representatives from the CLUs and OEE, among others) that will consider further changes to the University's structure, processes, and resources for preventing, responding to, and communicating regarding sexual harassment and other forms of sexual misconduct, and report on the results and recommendations of this project.
• Assist the University in responding to media inquiries regarding Title IX and sexual misconduct matters, as appropriate and as determined in collaboration with University Communications.

• Work closely and proactively with the University's Office of General Counsel and University Human Resources, Office of Employment Equity, and the CLU offices of Student Affairs, to ensure that University-wide policies regarding sexual harassment and other forms of sexual misconduct remain consistent with applicable legal and regulatory requirements and that university-wide resources comport with University policies and federal and state laws and regulations.
• Collaborate with University Human Resources, Office of Workplace Culture, to develop a set of resources for addressing unprofessional and/or otherwise unacceptable conduct in the workplace that does not rise to the level of a potential violation of law, regulation, or University policy
• Foster collegial relationships and communicate frequently with a broad array of University stakeholders, including the Chancellor's Offices, the Office of General Counsel, Office of Equity and Inclusion, the Office of Employment Equity, University Communications and other units within University Human Resources, Academic Affairs, Student Affairs, and others, to disseminate information, redesign processes, and otherwise support the University's overall compliance needs and responsibilities in this area.

Minimum Education and Experience:

• Bachelor's Degree in higher education administration, human resources, public administration, law, or a related field; or an equivalent combination of education and/or experience.
• Eight (8) years of progressive experience in a compliance, legal, or human resources role, or a related field.

City: New Brunswick

State: NJ

Equipment Utilized:

• Microsoft Office Suite: Word, Excel, PowerPoint.

Physical Demands and Work Environment:

• Office environment.
• Must be able to sit for extended periods of time and use a computer.

Special Conditions:

• Clean Driving Record.
• This position may be based at either the New Brunswick or Newark campus.
• Will require minimum of three days per week of on-campus presence.

Posting Number: 25ST0455

About Rutgers University

Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, is a leading national public research university and the state's preeminent, comprehensive public institution of higher education. Rutgers is dedicated to teaching that meets the highest standards of excellence; to conducting research that breaks new ground; and to turning knowledge into solutions for local, national, and global communities. As it was at our founding in 1766, the heart of our mission is preparing students to become productive members of society and good citizens of the world. Rutgers teaches across the full educational spectrum: preschool to precollege; undergraduate to graduate and postdoctoral; and continuing education for professional and personal advancement. Rutgers is New Jersey's land-grant institution and one of the nation's foremost research universities, and as such, we educate, make discoveries, serve as an engine of economic growth, and generate ideas for improving people's lives.

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