Compliance Investigator I (Civil Rights and Title IX Investigator)

**Responsibilities:*** Investigates complaints filed by students and employees involving protected-class discrimination and harassment.* Serves as a Title IX investigator for student and employee cases related to sex- and gender-based discrimination, including sexual harassment, sexual violence, relationship violence, stalking, sexual exploitation, and retaliation.* Acts as a neutral party through all aspects of investigation process and ensures fair treatment of all parties.* Ensures prompt, impartial, well documented, and trauma informed investigation processes.* Maintain privacy of sensitive information and confidentiality to the extent allowed by federal regulations, state laws and university policies, including FERPA.* Maintain accurate, thorough and unbiased investigatory files.* Creates comprehensive written investigative reports.* Collaborates and consults with appropriate university offices in the course of investigations, including Student Conduct and Human Resources.* Represents the department at special events, community functions, and University trainings.* Perform other duties as assigned.* Bachelor’s Degree.* Two years of related experience.* Master's degree in higher education administration, college student personnel, criminal justice, psychology, or law.* Two (2) years in higher education student conduct, employee relations, Title IX compliance, or civil rights compliance.* Two (2) years conducting civil rights or Title IX investigations in higher education.* Five (5) years of related experience in higher education civil rights compliance, civil rights investigations, higher education employee relations, or related experience.* Certification(s) in civil rights investigations from ATIXA, Husch-Blackwell, ICS Lawyer, EEOC, SHRM, NASPA, or similar organizations.**Background Check Requirements:** For more than 140 years, Prairie View A&M University (PVAMU) has been igniting passion in its students. With an established reputation for producing engineers, nurses, and educators, PVAMU offers baccalaureate degrees, master’s degrees, and doctoral degree programs through nine colleges and schools. The University has an enrollment of more than 8,500 students. Designated an institution of “the first class” in the Texas Constitution, PVAMU is the second-oldest public institution of higher education in the state and a member of The Texas A&M University System. The University is dedicated to fulfilling its land-grant mission of achieving excellence in teaching, research, and service.

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