Director of Title IX and Civil Rights Compliance

Hamilton College (“Hamilton” or “the College”), a pre-eminent residential liberal arts college with 2,000 students located in Clinton, NY, seeks a collaborative, communicative, and assured change agent to be its next Director of Title IX and Civil Rights Compliance (“Director”). The College’s mission to prepare students for lives of meaning, purpose, and active citizenship is inextricably tied to its commitment to creating an environment free of harassment and discrimination. Reporting to the inaugural Vice President for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, the Director will serve as an active and community-facing connector across the multiple dimensions of Title IX and civil rights education, policy, procedure, and support. The impact of this Director’s leadership has the potential to be transformational to the Hamilton student, faculty, and staff experience.

Hamilton is embarking on a new chapter. President Steven Tepper, a national leader in cultural policy and widely recognized for leading the largest comprehensive design and arts college in America, was recently appointed on July 1, 2024. Dr. Sean Bennett joined the College as its first Vice President for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in August 2022. Established in 2022, the new Division of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion is home to the Office of Title IX and Civil Rights Compliance, which responds to Title IX complaints and ADA concerns, enhances affirmative action and equal opportunity hiring practices, and works to sustain Hamilton’s non-discrimination and anti-harassment processes collaboratively. The Director will lead the office through the lens of change management, with the vision of the office’s future, and give shape to it by implementing a creative outreach and community-based strategy that leverages a campus-wide support network. The Director will convene and activate campus partners to amplify education on compliance services, procedures, and supportive measures. The Director will help a broader cross-section of the campus shift perspective and culture regarding Title IX and civil rights compliance toward one that embraces the safety net this office and its partners have built to nurture academic achievement in lives with meaning, purpose, and active citizenship.

Rooted in approachability and respect for all complainants and respondents, the successful candidate will have Title IX and civil rights legal expertise and communications skills essential to building trust in a tight-knit community of students, faculty, and staff. While remaining neutral and calm, the Director will have experience in crisis management and navigating difficult conversations with a caring, trauma-informed approach and practical mind that understands the structure of higher education and shared governance. This is a visible campus advisor who listens with empathy, forms a humanistic level of connection, and makes accurately informed recommendations that leave a positive impression on the majority of those they encounter.

Hamilton College anticipates a salary range of $130,000 - $165,000 for this position, commensurate with experience.

Inquiries, nominations, and applications should be directed electronically and in confidence below.

Rebecca Kennedy is leading this search with Tiffany Weber and Kira Hamilton.

Hamilton College is an Affirmative Action, Equal Opportunity employer and is committed to creating an accessible, supportive environment and an educational experience that recognizes diversity in all of its forms and a wide array of cultural experiences as integral components of academic excellence. Candidates who can contribute to those goals are encouraged to apply and to identify their strengths in these areas.