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Associate Academic Integrity Advisor (Investigations)

🇺🇸 Remote - US

🕑 Part-Time

💰 TBD

💻 Other

🗓️ July 1st, 2025

LMS

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WGU is hiring an Associate Academic Integrity Advisor (Investigations). This role involves reviewing student assessments for integrity, conducting investigations in collaboration with the Student Conduct Office, proctoring assessments, and educating faculty, staff, and students on academic integrity policies while maintaining confidential case records.

Highlights
  • Review student assessments to analyze submission integrity and assist in adjudication.
  • Conduct investigations and make determinations based on established rubrics and procedures.
  • Proctor student assessments by scheduling, launching, and monitoring student behavior.
  • Participate in academic integrity education and training for the university community.
  • Maintain confidential case records and document investigations and resolutions.
  • Use plagiarism detection software, learning management systems, and online proctoring tools.
  • Minimum qualifications include a Master’s degree and two years of relevant academic administration or student conduct experience.
  • Preferred qualifications include experience with academic misconduct investigations and competency-based online education.
  • Part-time position eligible for benefits such as vision, mental healthcare, retirement savings plan, and prorated paid holidays.
  • Handle sensitive information with discretion while supporting institutional academic integrity policies and practices.

Associate Academic Integrity Advisor (Investigations) Full Description

Associate Academic Integrity Advisor (Investigations)
Home Office
Part time

If you’re passionate about building a better future for individuals, communities, and our country—and you’re committed to working hard to play your part in building that future—consider WGU as the next step in your career.

Driven by a mission to expand access to higher education through online, competency-based degree programs, WGU is also committed to being a great place to work for a diverse workforce of student-focused professionals. The university has pioneered a new way to learn in the 21st century, one that has received praise from academic, industry, government, and media leaders. Whatever your role, working for WGU gives you a part to play in helping students graduate, creating a better tomorrow for themselves and their families.

The salary range for this position takes into account the wide range of factors that are considered in making compensation decisions including but not limited to skill sets; experience and training; licensure and certifications; and other business and organizational needs.

At WGU, it is not typical for an individual to be hired at or near the top of the range for their position, and compensation decisions are dependent on the facts and circumstances of each case. A reasonable estimate of the current range is: 
 
Grade: Professional 303Pay Range: $21.77 - $32.64

Job Description
Essential Functions and Responsibilities: 
  • Reviews student assessments to analyze the integrity of student submissions and collaborates with the Student Conduct Office in the adjudication process.
  • Partners with team members to conduct investigations, assess situations and make an accurate determination based on established rubrics, processes, and procedures.
  • Proctors student assessments, which includes scheduling, launching, securing, and monitoring students’ behavior during assessments.
  • Participates in academic integrity education and training for faculty, staff and students to ensure they understand academic integrity policies and practices.
  • Collaborates with colleagues to ensure consistent, valid, and reliable determinations across multiple raters.
  • Maintains confidential case records and ensures proper documentation of investigations and resolutions.
  • Responds to inquiries from students, faculty, and staff regarding academic integrity policies and procedures.
  • Provides general guidance on academic integrity processes and policies
  • Assists with scheduling meetings and hearings related to academic misconduct cases.
  • May assist with implementing processes and safeguards to protect the integrity of programs and assessments.
  • May assist with identifying and analyzing compromised university content disclosed on the internet and assist in its removal.
  • Performs other related duties as assigned.

Knowledge, Skill and Abilities:
  • Familiarity with plagiarism detection software, learning management systems (LMS), and online proctoring tools.
  • Strong interpersonal and conflict resolution skills.
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills.
  • Commitment to handling sensitive information with discretion and integrity.
  • Ability to use technology and adapt quickly to new processes.
  • Ability to handle confidential and sensitive information with discretion.

Job Qualifications:
Minimum Qualifications: 
  • Master’s degree in a related field of study
  • Two (2) years of experience in academic administration, student conduct, higher education policies, and academic integrity practices, or a related field.
  • Employees who may not meet the minimum qualification will be grandfathered into this position.

Preferred Qualifications: 
  • Experience with objective assessment and academic authenticity policies  
  • Work experience conducting investigations, resolving academic misconduct cases, and developing institutional policies
  • Work experience with competency-based education in an online environment  

Experience in lieu of education:
Equivalent relevant experience performing the essential functions of this job may substitute for education degree requirements.  Generally, equivalent relevant experience is defined as 1 year of experience for 1 year of education and is the discretion of the hiring manager.

Position & Application Details
Part-time Regular Positions (classified as regular and working less than 30 standard weekly hours): This is a part-time, regular position (classified for less than 30 SWH) that is eligible for vision and mental healthcare; flexible spending account; voluntary life insurance; accident, critical illness and hospital indemnity supplemental coverages; legal and identity theft coverage; retirement savings plan; wellbeing program; discounted WGU tuition; and prorated paid holidays and accrued sick time.

How to Apply: If interested, an application will need to be submitted online. Internal WGU employees will need to apply through the internal job board in Workday.

Additional Information
Disclaimer: The job posting highlights the most critical responsibilities and requirements of the job. It’s not all-inclusive. 

Accommodations: Applicants with disabilities who require assistance or accommodation during the application or interview process should contact our Talent Acquisition team at recruiting@wgu.edu.

Equal Employment Opportunity: All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to any protected characteristic as required by law.