Savannah College of Art and Design
Director of Community Standards
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Savannah, GA
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Full-Time
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TBD
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Other
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March 3rd, 2026
Edtech.com's Summary
SCAD Savannah is hiring a Director of Community Standards to oversee the student conduct process, supervise assistant directors in multiple locations, and advise conduct officers university-wide. The role involves investigating conduct violations, providing training to staff and faculty, adjudicating cases, determining sanctions, and managing related databases and assessments.
Highlights
- Oversee conduct process and supervise assistant director of community standards in Atlanta and Savannah.
- Investigate student conduct violations and provide training to staff, faculty, and hearing officers.
- Adjudicate cases involving on-campus and off-campus student policy violations, determining sanctions.
- Counsel students on rights and responsibilities, including victims and offenders.
- Manage conduct database, develop student conduct assessments, and analyze data to improve services.
- Develop and maintain manuals, forms, procedures, and reports for the conduct process.
- Serve on on-call rotation, respond to emergencies, and provide crisis guidance; identified as essential personnel in emergency plans.
- Required qualifications: Master's degree in higher education, counseling, or related field and at least four years of relevant university experience.
- Travel required is less than 10%.
- Work hours may include weekends and evenings; university work week is Sunday through Saturday.
Director of Community Standards Full Description
As a director of community standards, you will work with faculty, staff, and students to investigate reports of potential conduct violations. You will provide training and indirect supervision to SCADhome staff on conduct-related issues, as well as training and advising to hearing officers at all SCAD locations to ensure consistent policy implementation. Similarly, you will provide training for professional staff and faculty on conduct matters. You will adjudicate cases involving off-campus and on-campus students who violate university policies listed in the student handbook, code of student conduct, and other university policies. Among other duties, you will determine sanctions for students found responsible for violating policies.
In this role, you will counsel individual students, including victims and offenders, on their rights and responsibilities. You will oversee developmentally appropriate educational sanctions and analyze data to support these efforts. Among other duties, you will manage the conduct database, develop and implement student conduct assessments, and measure progress to improve the quality of service provided to students. Responsibilities include the development and maintenance of appropriate manuals, forms, procedures, and reports for the conduct process. You will also serve on an on-call rotation for the entire location, respond to emergencies, and provide guidance in crisis situations.
This position is identified as essential personnel in the university's emergency and disaster response plans. In the event of a university closure or evacuation, all essential personnel shall report.
Minimum qualifications:
- Master's degree in higher education, counseling, or related field
- At least four years of experience with student conduct, residence life and housing, or work in a university setting
Travel required:
- Less than 10%
Work hours: The university work week is Sunday through Saturday. Most offices are open Monday through Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. To accommodate business needs, employees may be assigned to other workdays and/or hours, including weekends and evenings.
ADA tag: To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements and minimum qualifications listed represent the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions and/or meet the minimum qualifications.
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