[Hiring] Academic Integrity Specialist @UC Davis Health

Role Description

The Academic Integrity Specialist serves as UC Scout's primary subject matter expert on academic integrity policy, student identity verification, and integrity-related technology. The position approaches academic integrity as both a protective and a developmental function, safeguarding the credibility of UC Scout credit while helping students build the habits of authentic scholarship that will serve them in college, career, and life. The person in this role works to sustain a course culture in which original, honest work is the expected and supported norm.

• Works within an academic integrity framework established by UC Scout leadership.
• Manages escalated academic integrity cases, including incidents involving repeated or egregious violations.
• Conducts thorough, impartial investigations and meets with students and their families.
• Determines appropriate consequences on a case-by-case basis, in alignment with UC Scout policy.
• Serves as the program's subject matter expert on identity verification and assessment security.
• Contributes to the long-term health of UC Scout's academic environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in related area and/or equivalent experience/training.
• Working knowledge of academic integrity principles and practices in secondary or higher education.
• Demonstrated experience administering enterprise, compliance, or assessment technology platforms.
• Strong written communication skills.
• Demonstrated ability to conduct impartial investigations and reach defensible conclusions.
• Understanding of adolescent development.
• Ability to facilitate sensitive, high-stakes conversations with professionalism and clarity.
• High degree of personal and professional integrity.

Requirements

• Experience in student conduct, academic integrity administration, or closely related compliance function.
• Experience teaching or working directly with secondary students in an online or blended setting.
• Experience administering proctoring, plagiarism detection, or identity verification systems.

Benefits

• Full benefits.

Appointment Information

• Budgeted Salary: $90,600 - $111,000/year.
• Schedule Information: Full-time, Fixed, 100%, 40 Hours per Week, Mon-Fri, Day Shift.
• Work Location: Remote.
• Employee Classification: Career appointment.
• Union Representation: Non-Represented.

Job Duties

• 50% - Escalated Case Investigation and Resolution
  • Receives and manages referrals for escalated academic integrity violations.
  • Conducts thorough, documented, impartial investigations.
  • Meets with students and families to review findings and communicate outcomes.
  • Applies consequences that are proportional to the severity of the violation.
  • Maintains complete, confidential case records.
  • Analyzes case data across terms to identify trends and systemic issues.
• 15% - Program Integrity Assurance and Special Projects
  • Serves as UC Scout's subject matter expert on student identity verification.
  • Evaluates existing and proposed program processes for vulnerabilities.
  • Partners with departments on systems, tools, and workflows affecting integrity.
  • Leads or contributes to special projects advancing academic integrity goals.
• 15% - Integrity Technology and Vendor Management
  • Serves as primary point of contact for academic integrity and proctoring technology vendors.
  • Manages vendor relationships and monitors platform performance.
  • Researches and evaluates emerging academic integrity technologies.
• 10% - Course IP Protection
  • Monitors third-party websites for unauthorized distribution of UC Scout course content.
  • Initiates and tracks takedown requests for protected materials.
  • Partners with instructors to assess exposure and implement replacement content.
• 10% - Policy, Training, and Integrity Education
  • Keeps academic integrity policies current as technology and behavior evolve.
  • Develops integrity-focused training for instructors and course facilitators.
  • Monitors national trends in online academic integrity.

Special Conditions of Employment

• Selected candidate will be required to pass a pre-employment criminal history background check.
• Must reside within the State of California.
• Ability to work long periods at a computer with or without accommodation.
• Ability to work occasional evenings and weekends as directed.