Assistant Athletic Director / Director of Compliance & Eligibility

Job Details

Job Location

Bethany Campus - Bethany, OK

Position Type

Staff Full-Time

Education Level

4 Year Degree

Travel Percentage

Up to 25%

Description

Full Time / Salary / Exempt

WORK SCHEDULE

Monday through Friday 8:00 am to 5:00 pm, some weekends for gameday support

JOB SUMMARY

The Assistant Athletic Director of Compliance and Eligibility is responsible for the development, implementation, and monitoring of all systems designed to ensure compliance with the NCAA, Great American Conference, and University regulations.  They are responsible to coordinate all reporting requirements with the NCAA, Great American Conference (GAC) and University as it relates to compliance and student-athlete eligibility.

RESPONSIBILITIES

Essential Functions:

• Responsible for compliance with all institutional, conference, NCAA policies, rules, and regulations regarding recruitment, financial aid, and eligibility of student-athletes.

• Builds and maintains university relationships with members of other departments who have compliance responsibilities (i.e. – Registrar, Financial Aid, Admissions, and Academic Advising).

• Investigates, documents, and reports all violations to the Director of Intercollegiate Athletics, Faculty Athletics Representative, Executive Vice President, President, GAC and NCAA officials.

• Develops and conducts thorough rules education program for student-athletes, coaches, staff, and faculty as well as constituents outside of the Athletics Department (alumni, boosters) 

• Coordinates all reporting requirements to the NCAA, GAC office and University as it relates to compliance, eligibility, and sexual harassment attestation.

• Manages the NCAA’s online database, Compliance Assistant (CA)

• Designs, organizes, and maintains all documentation utilized for monitoring rules compliance.

• Monitors student-athlete full-time enrollment and progress towards degree of all student-athletes.

• Provides as well as documents rules interpretations for the University.

• Maintains accurate and complete student-athletes, sports teams, and departmental documentation and files through the Teamworks platform

• Confirms eligibility certification for every semester and the new season.

• Represents the Department on all NCAA compliance issues, at NCAA Regional Rules meetings and NCAA Convention as required as well as at GAC meetings.

• Maintains a professional image and represents SNU positively when interacting with the community, alumni, media, and the public.

• Responsible for any other details of the compliance program or any other additional duties as assigned by the Director of Intercollegiate Athletics.

Qualifications

Required Qualifications:

• Southern Nazarene University is an expression of the Church of the Nazarene. According to SNU policy, all faculty and staff must profess faith in Jesus Christ, possess a strong personal Christian commitment and be committed to the SNU mission to make Christlike disciples through higher education in a Christ centered community.  

• An understanding of the importance for diversity, inclusion and equity.

• She/he needs to possess strong character traits and ministry values that express what God can do through her/him in impacting the coaches, student-athletes, SNU employees and outside persons with whom they interact.

• Needs to passionately support and articulate the University Mission within the context of athletics.

• Must have at least an earned bachelor’s degree in an applicable field.  

• A heartfelt commitment to excellence in academics and athletics.

• Demonstrate leadership and communication skills including strong verbal and writing skills.  Communication skills also include scheduling various tasks with several employees/students for multiple meetings in any given week.

• Demonstrate strong interpersonal skills and the ability to communicate effectively with both internal and external constituencies.

• Highly organized and skilled in problem-solving and conflict resolution. 

Preferred Qualifications:

• At least two years of experience as it relates to the position, in NCAA compliance or academics with demonstrated comprehensive knowledge of NCAA regulations particularly at the NCAA Division II level.

• Working knowledge of Compliance Assistant, LSDBi, the NCAA Eligibility Center, and the Teamworks platform.