Director of Student Conduct

🇺🇸 Springfield, Missouri 🕑 Full-Time 💰 $57K - $62K 💻 Administrator 🗓️ November 9th, 2026

FERPA

Edtech.com's Summary

Missouri State University is hiring a Director of Student Conduct. The role runs the university's student conduct program from the Springfield campus, overseeing how student and student organization conduct cases are investigated, heard, and resolved under the Assistant Dean of Students. The director also trains hearing officers, hearing boards, and Residence Life, Housing and Dining Services staff, and advises the campus on complex legal and regulatory issues in higher education.

Highlights

Select, train, and supervise Office of Student Conduct staff, set annual goals and assess outcomes, and keep conduct records compliant with the records retention policy.
Take in conduct complaints from individuals, departments, and organizations, run preliminary investigations by interviewing students and witnesses, and organize the resulting hearings.
Adjudicate individual student and student organization cases through administrative hearings and reviews, or refer them to other conflict resolution processes when appropriate.
Recruit and train conduct officers and hearing board members so the process stays fair, impartial, non-adversarial, restorative, and educational.
Train Residence Hall Directors, Resident Assistants, and hearing board members on conduct policies, working with the Associate Director of Residence Life, Housing and Dining Services on resident conduct situations.
Advise faculty, staff, students, and University Panels on conduct procedures and options, and serve on the Behavioral Intervention Team and in the on-call rotation for personal and campus emergencies involving students.
Protect the security and proper disclosure of student conduct records under FERPA, and administer the Alcohol and Drug education fund.
Review the Code of Conduct and conduct processes each year, recommend revisions, and report caseload, case type, and outcome statistics to departments and agencies.
Master's degree in student personnel administration, higher education administration, or a related field, with equivalent experience considered, plus at least two years of student affairs experience that includes student development theory, student conduct processes, the Clery Act, and FERPA.
Experience in residence life or student conduct and a record of working successfully with students, parents, administrators, and faculty, along with strong leadership, budgeting, communication, and database skills.
Full-time, regular, exempt position with a proposed salary of $57,431 to $62,400 per year.