Director of Risk Management & Title IX Coordinator

Job Title: Director of Risk Management & Title IX Coordinator

Reporting Relationship: Chief Financial Officer

Unit: Central Administration

Department: Business Affairs

Campus Location: Maxwell Center (Marion, IN)

Summary of Position:    The Director of Risk Management & Title IX Coordinator will have primary responsibility for the University’s business compliance, business policy, crisis management and business continuity program, assessing and identifying risks that could impede the reputation, safety, security, or financial success of IWU. The individual serving in this role will also serve as the University’s Title IX Coordinator.

Duties and Responsibilities

RISK MANAGEMENT DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Develop and enact a broad University-wide compliance program by staying well-informed about compliance-related issues affecting higher education institutions, utilizing creativity and best practices for encouraging compliance with the University’s internal and external compliance obligations
• Identify resources to help staff be aware of and concerned with compliance objectives in a way that helps with their daily work. Be a resource for compliance owners offering insights and guidance
• Build and maintain relationships with professional organizations and peers at other institutions as resources for insights and feedback concerning the compliance program effectiveness. Additional connections will be sought with external groups and associations which support higher education and compliance advocacy
• Maintain and coordinate the University’s compliance calendar giving reminders of timing and task requirements and soliciting confirmation when tasks are completed
• Propose corrective action steps in the event of non-compliance and coordinate with University Counsel and other peers to form appropriate responses to any external agency
• Maintain the University’s music licensing portfolio, including all periodic reporting
• Disseminate information pertaining to proposed regulation and policy changes to IWU compliance owners to spark their awareness
• Drafts, reviews, and approves institutional policies and maintains the University Policy Warehouse
• Chair a University’s Compliance Council--collaboratively engaging compliance owners, encouraging team support for the University’s compliance responsibilities as a whole
• Oversees the development, implementation, and ongoing training and maintenance of IWU emergency operations, crisis communication, business continuity, and disaster recovery planning (Institutional Resilience Plan) - (Essential)
• Implement the University’s Conflict of Interest policy and lead the annual disclosure and reporting requirements with impacted University constituents
• Coordinates with legal counsel on a project basis
• Manages the departmental budget
• Serves on the Campus Emergency Task Force and other related groups as needed/invited

TITLE IX COORDINATOR DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Coordinate Title IX efforts including the development, implementation, and monitoring of appropriate disclosures, policies, procedures and practices designed to comply with federal and state legislation, regulation, and case law requiring the prompt and equitable resolution of all complaints pursuant to Title IX
• Provide ongoing leadership, training, consultation, and technical assistance on Title IX and associated exemptions for all students and employees, with specialized training content for Deputy Coordinators, hearing officers/boards, investigators, advisors, campus law enforcement and appeals officers
• Develop and disseminate educational materials, including brochures, posters, and web-based materials that inform members of the school or campus community (students, faculty, administers, staff, and parents) of Title IX rights, responsibilities and resources both within and external to school/campus premises
• Oversee prompt, effective, and equitable intake, investigation, processing, issuing of findings of fact, and timely resolution of all instances of sex discrimination made known to responsible employees, reporting offices, and/or reported or filed by students, faculty, employees, third parties, or by members of the broader community
• Provide guidance and assistance to alleged victims of sexual violence and sex discrimination including referral to support resources, notice of right to file internal grievances, notice of the right to grieve to the US Department of Education, Office for Civil Rights, and notice of the right to report incidents to law enforcement - (Essential)
• Organize and maintain grievance files, disposition reports, and other records reg