Senior Associate Athletic Director Administration, Academics, and Compliance

Leads the administration, academic support, and compliance-related functions for intercollegiate athletics, serving as a member of the department’s leadership team.

• Manages a comprehensive student academic support program for student athletes. Coordinates program enrollment, academic advising, tutoring, and support efforts. Serves as a contact for relevant athletic research data.
• Oversees the department’s compliance office. Oversees compliance with athletic conference policies. Develops appropriate monitoring, education, and enforcement processes. relevant to the administration of a division one athletics program. Ensures participation and financial aid compliance with applicable legislation.
• Serves as a liaison to relevant enrollment and eligibility functions. Manages rosters and eligibility information.
• Manages the Universities name, image, and likeness program with collaboration from internal partners. Develops and administers policies in conjunction with state and athletic conference guidance. Creates and maintains a disclosure mechanism for student-athletes. Seeks new ways to grow and innovate within the name, image, and likeness space.
• Provides leadership in sport administration. Leads an initiative to provide streamlined policy and management of all sport programs. May supervise intercollegiate athletic programs.
• Serves as a member of the athletic department’s leadership team, providing strategic direction.
• Ensures departmental efforts to identify, nominate, and pursue national awards opportunities for student- athletes, staff, and coaches.
• Hires, trains, evaluates, and supervises staff.

Minimum qualifications based upon job documentation and industry best practices. Any current employees not meeting these qualifications will be grandfathered until they move to a different job.

• Bachelor's degree in related field from an accredited institution.

• Eight years' relevant experience.
• Supervisory or lead experience.
• Experience working within a university setting.
• At least four years' demonstrated experience working in an intercollegiate athletics Division 1 setting.
• Experience with academic advising.
• Experience with National Collegiate Athletic Association compliance responsibilities.

• Ability to work irregular shifts and extended hours, including weekends and holidays.

Light work with some physical demands such as continuously lifting or moving materials less than 25 pounds, but rarely moving more than 25 to 50 pounds.

Work is generally performed in a well-lit, temperature-controlled indoor environment with occasional exposure to the outdoors or any number of elements.

Revised: 2023-03-13