Elevate Campus Equity: Equal Opportunity & Safety Compliance Coordinator

Are you an inspiring leader dedicated to fostering an inclusive, safe environment where all people, places, and perspectives thrive? Adams State University invites you to join our team as the Equal Opportunity & Safety Compliance Coordinator, advancing Equal Opportunity and Student Safety across our vibrant San Luis Valley campus!

What You Will Do

As our Equal Opportunity & Safety Compliance Coordinator, you will play a vital role in elevating institutional safety, compliance, and campus equity:

• Drive Safety & Compliance: Manage day-to-day Clery Act and DAAPP/DFSCA functions while advancing Equal Opportunity and Student Safety through accurate crime statistics, daily logs, and annual security reports.
• Support Civil Rights & Title IX: Assist the Director with Title IX administration, maintain confidential Maxient records, and coordinate proactive outreach reinforcing Equal Opportunity and Student Safety.
• Engage & Educate: Partner with Adams State Athletics, Counseling Center, Student Engagement, Student Affairs, and campus law enforcement to deliver engaging prevention programs that empower campus stakeholders regarding Equal Opportunity and Student Safety.

What You Bring

• Education & Experience: Bachelor’s degree in Communications, Criminal Justice, Emergency Management, or a related field with 2 years of experience in Clery compliance, Title IX, civil rights, or victim services (or 7+ years of equivalent related experience).
• Core Competencies: Exceptional communication and interpersonal skills, organizational capability, compliance software proficiency, high discretion and sound judgment with sensitive information,  and a steadfast dedication to Equal Opportunity and Campus Safety.
• Preferred Assets: Direct experience with Clery Act reporting, DAAPP/DFSCA compliance, Maxient case management, or advanced Clery certifications in a higher education setting.

Why You’ll Love Working Here

• Campus & Location: Located in Alamosa, CO, Adams State offers unparalleled Rocky Mountain access, vibrant regional culture, and an inclusive academic environment where great stories begin.
• Compensation & Perks: Full-time salary range of $52,200–62,600. Benefits include comprehensive medical, dental, vision, disability insurance, flexible spending accounts, life insurance, and robust retirement savings plans (details available via the Adams State Human Resources Benefits Page). The Equal Opportunity & Safety Compliance Coordinator role offers meaningful professional growth and deep community connection.

Ready to Join Us?

We actively encourage candidates from all backgrounds and experiences to apply. To be considered for the Equal Opportunity & Safety Compliance Coordinator position, please submit your application materials by the priority date below.

• Application Priority Date: 11/23/2026
• Completed Applications Include: 
  • Cover letter 
  • Resume
• Questions? Contact Delilah Chavez at delilahchavez@adams.edu

Full Job Description

Adams State University is committed to building and expanding the talent of its professional staff and actively seeks qualified applicants who bring unique perspectives, experiences, skills, and attributes that can augment the perspectives of our current faculty and staff and can contribute to serving and preparing our students to engage and thrive in their learning, leadership, and service.

We strive to create a more representative workforce that mirrors the people who study, work, and lead our institution and welcome applications from candidates from all walks of life, especially members of communities who fall within state and federally protected classes such as: women, BIPOC, LGBTQ+ individuals, veterans, and people with disabilities.

We value qualified candidates, with varied language skills, who have a record of successful experience with varied communities and student populations, and who have a deep understanding of and commitment to the unique geographical and historical characteristics of the place we are situated in and the intersecting perspectives that define our university being a low-income, first-generation, and Hispanic-serving, rural anchor university. Therefore, we seek individuals committed to intentionally supporting students and colleagues who possess these characteristics through their teaching, service, and scholarship.

The successful candidate will join a campus that is dedicated to inclusive excellence and acknowledges Adams State’s purpose to foster the educational goals of its students and the well-being of the surrounding community.

Additional information about the university and the academic mission may be found at www.adams.edu/academics/
 

Disclosures:

In compliance with the Immigration Control Act of 1968 candidates for positions must provide proof of eligibility to work before an offer of employment can be made final.

Adams State University is committed to providing a safe and secure environment for its students, faculty, staff and visitors, and to protecting its funds, property and other assets. Well-informed hiring decisions contribute to this effort. Therefore, Adams State University has adopted a policy on background screening for its prospective, continuing, and returning employees as well as students in certain circumstances. Offers of employment will be contingent upon the completion of an acceptable background check. The information received in response to a background check will be treated as confidential to the extent provided for by law.

Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 and Part 106 of the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) prohibits discrimination on the basis of sex, including in admission and employment. Inquiries about the application of Title IX and CFR 106 to Adams State University (ASU) may be directed to ASU's Office of Equal Opportunity, and/or to the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights of the Department of Education. Support resources for sexual misconduct, ASU's  sexual misconduct policies, contact information for the Adams State University's Office of Equal Opportunity & Title IX, as well as a detailed  procedure for filing a grievance due to discrimination on the basis of sex may be found online at  https://www.adams.edu/administration/oeo/reporting-sexual-harassment/.  These  procedures also describe the University's response to reports and/or complaints of sex discrimination or sexual harassment.  

Adams State University is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. Applications are sought from all qualified persons regardless of race, color, sex, disability, and, as covered by law, veteran status. In addition, University policies prohibit discrimination on the basis of religion, national origin, ancestry, age, sexual orientation including transgender status and gender expression, marital status, and parental status.