Systemwide Senior Director for Civil Rights Operations and Appeals

Chancellor's Office Statement

Join our team at the California State University, Office of the Chancellor, and make a difference in providing access to higher education. We are currently seeking experienced candidates for the position of Systemwide Senior Director for Civil Rights Operations & Appeals. The CSU Chancellor's Office, located on the waterfront adjacent to the Aquarium of the Pacific in downtown Long Beach, is the headquarters for the nation's largest and most diverse system of higher education. The CSU Chancellor's Office offers a premium benefit package that includes outstanding vacation, health, and dental plans; a fee waiver education program; membership in the California Public Employees Retirement System (PERS); and 15 paid holidays a year.

Salary

The anticipated salary hiring range is up to $189,000 per year, commensurate with qualifications and experience.

Work Arrangements

Flexibility to telecommute two days a week, with three days on-site at the main headquarters in Long Beach, California.

Premium Benefits

Comprehensive Health, Dental, and Vision Benefits

Generous vacation plan

15 paid holidays a year

Tuition waiver education program (also applies to eligible family members)

Membership in the California Public Employees Retirement System (PERS)

More details here: Comprehensive Benefits Package

Classification

Administrator IV

Position Information

The California State University, Office of the Chancellor, is seeking a Systemwide Senior Director for Civil Rights Operations & Appeals to ensures consistent policy interpretation and implementation of all Title IX and other civil rights (Title VI/Discrimination, Harassment and Retaliation (DHR)) programming and services across the CSU community. The Systemwide Senior Director for Civil Rights uses outstanding relationship-building and communication skills through a lens of care and compliance to provide oversight, advice, support and direction, subject matter expertise, and guidance to an assigned roster of CSU campuses. The Systemwide Senior Director for Civil Rights also provides systemwide leadership, coordination, and oversight in the appeals process under the CSU Nondiscrimination Policy. The Systemwide Senior Director for Civil Rights serves as a subject-matter expert on programming and services required by Title VI, Title VII, Title IX, VAWA the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA), CA Fair Employment and Housing Act (FEHA), and all applicable federal and state laws and regulations, as well as institutional policies and procedures.

This position is open to current CSU employees only.

Responsibilities

Under the general direction of the Vice Chancellor & Chief Human Resources Officer, the Systemwide Senior Director for Civil Rights Operations & Appeals will perform duties as outlined below:

Campus Oversight

-Provide case consultation, oversight and policy guidance to campus Civil Rights (Title IX and DHR) personnel.

-Participate in case management meetings to ensure that case services are timely, appropriate, impartial, and in compliance with the CSU Policy.

-Schedule regular individual check-ins with assigned campuses and establish appropriate cadence of meetings (some in-person, on campus) with each assigned campus using a fluid, needs-based analysis.

-At the direction of the Associate Vice Chancellor for Civil Rights, assist with responding to complaints (including overseeing investigations) made against campus presidents, Title IX Coordinators/DHR Administrators and other high-level administrators or otherwise made to the Chancellor or Board of Trustees.

-Collaborate with Chancellor’s Office personnel to conduct regularly scheduled campus compliance reviews.

-Monitor data management practices for assigned campuses (with support from the Systemwide Data specialist).

-Oversee campus Title IX Coordinators’ compliance with CSU complaint process including intake, the provision of supportive measures, investigations, preparation for live hearings and other resolution processes.

-Collaborate with assigned campuses in the recruitment, onboarding, and performance reviews of campus Title IX Coordinators/DHR Administrators. Assist campuses during staffing transition in Civil Rights offices. In collaboration with the Systemwide Director of Prevention and Education and the Office of General Counsel, deliver presentations, training, and resource materials related to