Officer, Clery Compliance

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Austin Community College is a public two-year institution that serves a multicultural population of approximately 41,000 credit students each Fall and Spring semester.  We embrace our identity as a community college, as reflected in our mission statement.  We promote student success and community development by providing affordable access, through traditional and distance learning modes, to higher education and workforce training, including appropriate applied baccalaureate degrees, in our service area.

As a community college committed to our mission, we seek to recruit and retain a workforce that:

• Values intellectual curiosity and innovative teaching

• Is attracted by the college's mission to promote equitable access to educational opportunities

• Cares about student success and collaborates on strategies to facilitate success for populations including; first generation college students, low-income students, and students from underserved communities.

• Focused on student academic achievement and postgraduate outcomes

• Welcomes difference and models respectful interaction with others

• Engages with the community both within and outside of ACC

Job Posting Title:

Officer, Clery Compliance

Job Description Summary:

Responsible for leadership, development, and implementation of the college’s programs to comply with the Jeanne Clery Campus Safety Act and the Drug-Free Schools and Communities Act (DFSCA). This role ensures the institution fulfills all requirements of the applicable laws and regulations. The Clery Compliance Officer reports to the Office of Equal Opportunity Compliance and serves as the primary expert on Clery geography, crime classification, and the preparation of the Annual Security Report.

Job Description:

Supervision Received and Exercised 

The Manager position receives general direction from higher-level administrative staff and exercises considerable independent judgment in managing departmental operations. The Manager is responsible for directing, supervising, and evaluating the performance of subordinate staff, ensuring alignment with the college's mission and goals. This role involves setting performance standards, providing coaching and development opportunities, and fostering a collaborative team environment. 

Competency Expectations 

• Provide direction, supervision, and mentorship to staff; foster a collaborative work environment; ensure compliance with institutional HR policies and employment regulations; and support professional development and performance management. 

• May oversee unit-level budgeting and purchasing activities; ensure responsible fiscal management aligned with institutional priorities and public accountability standards.

• Lead the development and use of reporting tools and data systems to support strategic planning, institutional effectiveness, and compliance; interpret data to inform policy, operations, and service delivery.

• Manage departmental programs and services to ensure alignment with institutional goals, timelines, and applicable regulations; coordinate with unit leadership to address operational needs and service enhancements.

• Plan and allocate staff and operational resources to support unit goals, maintain service continuity, and respond to emerging institutional needs. 

Description of Duties and Tasks

• Provides oversight of the college’s Clery Act compliance and the Drug-Free Schools and Communities Act compliance programs. In conjunction with applicable college stakeholders, ensures that required program elements are developed, implemented, and maintained.

• Supervises the Clery Compliance Coordinator, whose primary responsibilities include maintaining the Daily Crime Log, implementing the institution’s CSA program, and managing elements of the DFSCA compliance program.

• Ensures an accurate record of ACC's Clery geography is maintained.

• Prepares, publishes, and distributes the Annual Security Report.

• In cooperation with stakeholders, ensure required policies and procedures are developed and maintained to guide ACC compliance activities and to support the policy statements in the Annual Security Report.

• Works with the Clery Compliance Coordinator and all other relevant stakeholders to ensure correct recording and complete disclosure of crime statistics in both the Daily Crime Log and ACC’s Clery crime statistics.

• Ensures the correct submission of crime statistics to the Department of Education.

• Oversees the college's Timely Warning and Emergency Notification programs. Works in cooperation with ACC District Police to assess crimes and send compliant crime alerts when required.

• Collaborates with the ACC Emergency Management Office to ensure that tests of emergency response and evacuation procedures are completed each year and that documentation includes all required components to meet the Clery Act's definition of a test.

• Partners with the Equal Opportunity Compliance Department’s Education Coordinator in developing, implementing, and tracking Clery-related training programs

• Leads ACC’s Clery Compliance Committee or working group(s) and meets periodically with ACC’s Clery Steering Committee (executive oversight).

• Audits the College's Clery Compliance program and tracks corrective actions to completion. Serves as the primary point of contact for any Department of Education audits or program reviews.

• Oversees CleryEdge - a Clery records management software program

• Stays abreast of changes to the Clery Act and other laws or regulations affecting assigned areas of responsibility.

​​Job Requirements

​​Knowledge

• Comprehensive understanding of the Clery Act, Drug-Free Schools and Communities Act, and related compliance issues.

• Ability to gather, organize, evaluate, and analyze data; and the ability to prepare reports, proposals, plans, and recommendations.

• Methodologies and techniques used in training and compliance.

Skills

• Maintain an established work schedule, including some evenings and weekends.

• Effectively use interpersonal and communication skills, both orally and in writing.

• Effectively use organizational and planning skills with attention to detail and follow-through.

• Maintain confidentiality of work-related information and materials.

• Administrative skills, including data analysis and accurate reporting of data and information in an unbiased manner, and the ability to analyze situations objectively and determine proper courses of action to be taken.

• Establish rapport and elicit cooperation from co-workers; maintain and foster positive and harmonious working relationships with those contacted in the course of work.

• Ability to manage multiple projects at one time, skilled in effective time management and resource utilization, and able to adapt quickly to changing situations that may adversely affect previous plans, schedules, and routines.

• Ability to utilize independent judgment and make sound decisions, and the ability to work independently in the absence of specific instructions or supervision.

• Ability to organize information that is collected from multiple sources so that it can be easily accessed when needed for audits and other inquiries into procedures.

Technology Skills

• Use a variety of spreadsheet, word processing, database, and presentation software.

Minimum Qualifications

Required Education

• Bachelor's degree

• Four (4) years of related work experience OR Associate’s Degree plus two (2) years of related work experience can be substituted for the required education (plus the required experience noted below).

Required Work Experience

• Three (3) years related work experience.

Preferred Qualifications

Preferred Education

• Master's degree in Communications, Business Administration, Criminal Justice, Public Administration, Higher Education Administration, Law, or other related field

• NACCOP Certified Clery Compliance Officer

• Clery Act Compliance Training Academy

• Advanced Clery Act Compliance Training Academy

Preferred Work Experience

• Five or more years of experience with Clery Act compliance, other federal act compliance, and/or public service-related accreditation processes.

• Work experience with an institution of higher education.

• Supervisory experience

• Experience with drafting and publishing an Annual Security Report

• Familiarity with other related topics including but not limited to Title IX and Texas SB212

Physical Demands and Work Environment

Physical Requirements

• Work is performed in a standard office or similar environment.

• Subject to standing, walking, sitting, bending, reaching, pushing, and pulling.

• Occasional lifting of objects up to 10 pounds.

Salary Range (PG 126)

$88,465 - $110,581

Number of Openings:

1

Job Posting Close Date:

March 17, 2026

Clery Act

As required by the US Department of Education, employees are required to report violations under Title IX and, under the Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Crime Statistics Act (Clery Act), select individuals are required to report crimes. If this position is identified as a Campus Security Authority (Clery Act), you will be notified, trained, and provided resources for reporting.

Austin Community College produces an Annual Security Report as required by the Clery Act. This report includes statistics from the previous three years concerning reported crime that occurred on campus; public property adjacent to and accessible from campus; and in certain non-campus buildings/property owned or controlled by ACC. The report includes institutional policies concerning campus security and other safety information.

For direct access to the current Annual Security Report, visit www.austincc.edu/asr . You may obtain a hard copy by contacting the Clery Compliance Officer ( CleryComplianceOfficer@austincc.edu ). For an overview, see ACC's Clery Act website.

Disclaimer

The above description is an overview of the job. It is not intended to be an all-inclusive list of duties and responsibilities of the job, nor is it an all-inclusive list of the skills and abilities required to do the job. Duties and responsibilities may change with business needs. ACC reserves the right to add, change, amend, or delete portions of this job description at any time, with or without notice. Employees may be required to perform other duties as requested, directed, or assigned. In addition, reasonable accommodations may be made by ACC at its discretion to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions of the job.