Assistant Athletic Director: Compliance

The Department of Athletics is seeking an Assistant Athletic Director: Compliance. This is a full-time (1.00 FTE),12-month, professional faculty position.

Reporting to the Associate Athletic Director for Compliance, the Assistant Athletic Director of Compliance assists in ensuring compliance with all University, PAC-12 Conference and NCAA regulations. Serves as interpretive authority for NCAA rules and other regulations governing intercollegiate athletics. The person in this position will assist the Associate Athletic Director in day-to-day leadership of the office including assisting in system improvement, rules interpretations, investigations related to rules violations, completing required reporting and making recommendations to senior management around ensuring institutional control.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

80% LEAD COMPLIANCE OFFICER FOR ASSIGNED BYLAWS

• Oversee administration of assigned NCAA bylaw areas including provision of education, monitoring, waivers, onboarding of new staff and enforcement.

• Serve as Lead Compliance Officer for Softball and secondary Lead Compliance Officer for the compliance department in the absence of the Associate Athletic Director for Compliance.

• Maintain operational relationships with other Athletic department staff and assigned campus units including administering standing meetings, improving policy/procedure, rules education and ensuring ongoing institutional control.

• Responsible for evaluating, maintaining and improving student service and monitoring systems.

• Draft wavier requests, screen and approve exceptions when applied.

• Serve as interpretive authority for assigned NCAA eligibility bylaws.

15% Supervision & Leadership

• Provide lead work and guidance (plan, assign, and approve work) for department interns and foster an inclusive and equitable work environment..

• Lead or participate in the recruitment, training, and management of department interns.

• Attend senior staff meetings.

• Represent Compliance unit in Student-Athlete Health and Wellbeing Committee and in standing meetings with the Office of the Registrar and Academics for Student-Athletes

5% Other Duties as Assigned

• Other duties as assigned by the Associate Athletic Director for Compliance.

WHAT YOU WILL NEED:

• Bachelor’s degree in related field.

• Three years work experience within a NCAA Compliance unit at an NCAA Division I institution.

• Familiarity with interpreting and applying NCAA Division I rules and regulations.

• Demonstrated experience with the NCAA and conference waiver process, NCAA infractions process and Academic Progress Rate.

• Excellent communication skills and demonstrated ability to communicate in a manner that shows respect and inclusivity for student athletes, student workers, staff, coaches and colleagues.

• Experience with Microsoft Word and Microsoft Excel.

• Experience with NCAA Compliance Assistant (CA), NCAA LSDBi, RSRO, Teamworks, ARMS and/or BlueChip.

This position is designated as a critical or security-sensitive position; therefore, the incumbent must successfully complete a criminal history check and be determined to be position qualified as per University Standard: 05-010 et seq. Incumbents are required to self-report convictions and those in youth programs may have additional criminal history checks every 24 months.

WHAT WE WOULD LIKE YOU TO HAVE:

• Master’s degree in related field.

• Five or more years of related experience with NCAA Compliance at an NCAA Division I institution.

WORKING CONDITIONS/WORK SCHEDULE:

• Works some evenings and weekends.

• Access to student records and sensitive information.

• Access to secure areas.

Salary is commensurate with skills, education, training and experience.