Regimental Affairs Officer SUNY Maritime College

SUNY Maritime College

Location: Bronx, NY Category: Administrative & Professional Job Type: Full-time Posted On: Fri Jul 17 2026 Job Description:Located on a scenic 55-acre waterfront campus where the East River meets Long Island Sound, SUNY Maritime College offers a unique blend of academic excellence and mariner focused style leadership training. The Office of the Commandant plays a vital role in the professional and personal development of the Regiment of Cadets, ensuring that graduates emerge as capable leaders in the merchant mariner service, maritime industry, military, and global business sectors.Regimental Affairs Officers at SUNY Maritime College serve as key leaders and mentors within the Regiment of Cadets, providing guidance, supervision, and support to cadets across all three battalions. They enforce daily operational standards, oversee cadet discipline, rotationally manage after-hours activities, and ensure consistent application of college and Regimental policies. They play a critical role in leadership development, supporting programs such as Indoctrination (INDOC), J-START, and the Leadership Development Continuum, while also contributing to recruitment and scholarship selection efforts. During Summer Sea Term, they participate in shipboard operations, supervise cadet conduct, and help maintain a safe, professional training environment both at sea and in port.Key Responsibilities:

• Support the Commandant and Deputy Commandant of Cadets in executing regimental priorities and ensuring alignment with institutional goals
• Assigned to the Regimental Staff, Regimental Affairs Officers serve as the primary leaders, mentors, and supervisors for cadets across all three battalions providing values-based guidance that fosters professionalism, accountability, and ethical decision-making, while overseeing and supporting cadet activities during rotationally managed after-hours activities with SUNY Maritime College's mission
• Coordinate, implement, and enforce regulations and programs that support daily level operations in alignment with overarching Regimental mission objectives to include emergency and special liberty requests
• Coordinate, implement, and enforce regulations and programs that support daily operations in alignment with overarching Regimental mission objectives to include restriction, extra duty management, and special/emergency liberty and watch bill implementation and execution
• This position requires the ability to consistently, unemotionally, and without any deference to a particular individual, apply the standards of behavior outlined in the Regimental policies and those of the broader College in a fair and even fashion
• Maintain confidential performance and discipline files in accordance with FERPA and institutional policies
• Serves as a watch officer for the nighttime duty rotation (10:00PM - 6:00AM) in the Regiment's assigned dormitories throughout the academic year (Fall/Winter/Spring).
• Prepare for and oversee the execution of the Cadet, Faculty, and Staff Random Drug Testing Program, ensuring full compliance with college and federal guidelines.
• Oversees restriction musters for restricted Cadets and follows up with necessary documentation of offense for those Cadets missing required musters.
• Oversees the completion of Extra Duty sessions as scheduled in the Regimental Rules and Regulations or as directed by the Commandant.
• Oversees the overnight watches necessary to guide and reinforce the actions of the Cadet watch.
• The incumbent is assigned responsibility for tracking completion of Alcohol EDU and SAP by Cadets as necessary.
• When necessary, works during the day for special events as may be directed by the Commandant/Deputy Commandant. When directed, attends Open Houses and other events to make presentations designed to showcase the College and, in particular, the Regiment.
• Participate in the planning, execution, and continuous improvement