Academic Integrity & Compliance Specialist

University of California, Santa Cruz; California; Remote; USD 91,000 - 111,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Full benefits

Job summary

UC Scout, part of the University of California, Santa Cruz, is seeking an Academic Integrity Specialist to lead investigations, safeguard the integrity of online high school credit, and collaborate on training and policy updates. You will work with students, families, and staff to uphold ethical scholarship and appropriate use of AI tools.

The role emphasizes judgment, discretion, and the ability to facilitate difficult conversations, with remote work options and a focus on protecting student

Responsibilities

• Receives and manages referrals for escalated academic integrity violations, including repeat offenses and egregious first-time incidents such as cheating in proctored exams or sustained dishonesty across a course.
• Meets with students and their families to review findings, communicate outcomes, and explain applicable policy and options.
• Applies consequences that are proportional to the severity and circumstances of the violation and appropriate to the student's age and developmental stage, in accordance with established UC Scout policy and case outcome history.
• Maintains complete, confidential case records in UC Scout's student information system and ensures consistent, equitable application of policy across all cases.
• Monitors instructor incident logs and proctoring tracking records to enforce and confirm consistent implementation of the academic integrity policy across all instructional staff.
• Analyzes case data across terms to identify trends, recurring vulnerabilities, and systemic issues, and reports findings to leadership.
• Serves as UC Scout's subject matter expert on student identity verification, advising on the design, security, and continuous improvement of verification processes and resolving escalated or complex identity discrepancies referred by staff.
• Leads or contributes to special projects, pilots, and initiatives that advance UC Scout's academic integrity goals as program needs, technologies, and student behavior evolve.
• Represents UC Scout on academic integrity matters with campus offices, UC system contacts, and external partners as assigned.

Job description

UC Scout, part of the University of California, Santa Cruz, is seeking an Academic Integrity Specialist to lead investigations, safeguard the integrity of online high school credit, and collaborate on training and policy updates. You will work with students, families, and staff to uphold ethical scholarship and appropriate use of AI tools.

The role emphasizes judgment, discretion, and the ability to facilitate difficult conversations, with remote work options and a focus on protecting student