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Job overview

Area of Responsibility
Sports Performance
Type
Part-Time
Location
Orange City, Iowa

Athletic Performance Graduate Assistant

Northwestern CollegePart-TimeOrange City, IA

Northwestern College is seeking applicants for an athletic performance graduate assistant (GA) beginning Jan. 2, 2025. Qualified applicants will design and implement strength and conditioning programs for 4-5 athletic teams, as well as assist with football; provide instruction for safe and effective lifting technique and equipment use; communicate with sport coaches, athletic trainers and other athletic performance staff members; and oversee and mentor undergraduate strength and conditioning students.

 

Required Qualifications:

  • Bachelor’s degree in exercise science or related field

  • CPR/AED/First Aid certification

  • CSCS or SCCC certification or working toward completion of certification – must be completed by start date

  • Previous experience in athletic performance programming and coaching preferred

  • Excellent interpersonal, organizational and communication skills to work effectively with student-athletes and colleagues

  • Acceptance into the Northwestern College Master of Education program OR an online program elsewhere

 

This is a 1.5- to 3-year position determined by program of study. For the remainder of the 2024-25 academic year it is a January through May commitment with a 5-month stipend and housing with an on-campus meal plan. All following years it will be an August through May commitment. Compensation includes a 10-month stipend, graduate tuition for the Northwestern College program, and housing with an on-campus meal plan.

 

Northwestern College seeks candidates with an authentic Christian faith who will embrace and live out our mission & values, including our Reformed, evangelical and ecumenical identity as stated in our Christian Identity Statement, Mission Statement, Vision for Learning and Vision for Diversity. We view these statements as complementary and draw from each in fulfilling our mission.

 

Northwestern College seeks to more fully reflect the cultural and ethnic diversity of the body of Christ in its faculty, staff, administration and students. Women and candidates from historically underrepresented groups are enthusiastically encouraged to apply.

 

Review of applications will begin immediately until the position is filled. To apply, send letter of application, résumé and Northwestern College application form to:

 

Human Resources   •   Northwestern College

101 7th St. SW  •  Orange City, IA 51041

Apply online at www.nwciowa.edu/employment then

send cover letter and resume to mindy.stichka@nwciowa.edu