Assistant Director/Student-Athlete Services

Position Number: S-3172

Type of Recruitment: External

Position Summary:

Academic coordinator for assigned teams; promotes academic success and retention of student-athletes; assists in monitoring continuing eligibility; mentors at-risk student-athletes; meets with prospective student-athletes on recruiting visits and provides coaches with relevant NCAA Eligibility Center information regarding prospective student-athletes.

Required Qualifications:

Bachelor's degree in related field. One year of experience working in a college student services area. Commitment to academic integrity and compliance with university, conference and NCAA regulations. Positive interpersonal skills. Ability to work and communicate effectively with faculty, staff, and students from diverse educational and social backgrounds. Ability to multi-task. Positive interpersonal skills. Effective organizational skills. Strong listening skills. Effective written and verbal communication skills. Willingness to work irregular hours, nights, weekends, and holidays as necessary. Ability to perform the essential functions of the position with or without reasonable accommodation.

Preferred Qualifications:

Master's degree. Work experience in a Division I athletic academic support program. Advising and academic support programming experience in an NCAA intercollegiate environment.

Duties & Responsibilities:

Academic coordinator for assigned sports. Provides academic support for student-athletes. Mentors large population of at-risk student-athletes. Assists with NCAA continuing eligibility certification of student-athletes for CMU, NCAA and Mid-American Conference eligibility. Performs program presentations for recruitment of prospective student-athletes and their parents. Monitors academic progress for student-athletes to ensure CMU graduation and NCAA eligibility. Assists with student-athlete development programming. Other duties as assigned.

Supervision Exercised:

None.

Employee Group: Professional & Administrative -Salary

Staff Pay Level:

Pay Range: $38,000-$45,000

Division: President

Department: Athletics

Position Status: Regular

Position End Date:

Employment Status: Full Time

FTE: 1.00

Position Type: 12 month

Weekly Work Schedule: Mon-Fri, 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. / weekends and evenings as required.

Location: Mount Pleasant, MI

Posting Ends: 11/19/2023

Open Until Filled: No

About the Department:

About CMU:

Central Michigan University has a more than 125-year legacy of preparing students to become leaders and changemakers in their communities and in their personal and professional lives.

We serve nearly 15,500 students on our Mount Pleasant campus, in satellite locations around the state and throughout the country, and through flexible online programs. Many of our approximately 300 undergraduate, master's, specialist and doctoral programs in the arts, media, business, education, human services, health professions, liberal arts, social sciences, medicine, science and engineering are nationally ranked for excellence.

CMU leads the nation in leadership development programming through our Sarah R. Opperman Leadership Institute, and we are proud to be among only 5% of U.S. universities in the top two Carnegie research classifications. Our faculty work with graduate and undergraduate students in areas such as Great Lakes research, medical innovation, engineering technology and more.

Central is home to 17 men's and women's Division 1 sports including football, basketball, gymnastics, baseball, wrestling and more. Our student-athletes achieve great success in competition and in the classroom, capturing Mid-Americ