Assistant Director of Compliance

University of Louisiana Monroe•La, LA

19h

About The Position

The purpose of the Assistant Director of Compliance job is to ensure that the University assets are protected through applicable external and internal regulations. This role provides leadership in the university's efforts to maintain institutional control by assisting with developing systems that protect and assist coaches, student-athletes, the Athletic Department, and the university in following the rules. These systems must be implemented in all areas of the NCAA Operating Bylaws: ethical conduct, personnel, amateurism, recruiting, eligibility, financial aid, benefits, and playing and practice seasons. The Assistant Director will continually monitor, audit, evaluate, and seek to improve compliance systems and those who utilize them to ensure accuracy and efficiency. They will serve as an additional liaison in the area of NCAA legislation and governance, provide feedback to the NCAA and conference offices on proposed legislation, and ensure that university constituents are aware of new NCAA, conference, State of Louisiana, and UL-System legislation and policies related to athletics. Additionally, they will assist the Assistant Athletic Director for Compliance in oversight of the Athletics Financial Aid Coordinator and the allocation of grant-in-aid awards to ensure that NCAA institutional and individual financial aid limits are adhered to. The role also involves fostering a commitment to compliance by helping to ensure that ULM has a comprehensive rules education program for coaches, student-athletes, Athletic Department staff, and university constituents. The Assistant Director will assist with rules education and legislative updates at various Athletic Department meetings and maintain an open door/open access policy for rules interpretations. They will also assist with investigating and self-reporting violations, processing waiver requests, and representing ULM and the Athletic Department positively in the community.

Requirements

Excellent written and verbal communication skills
Respect from community, campus, and leadership constituencies
Ability to plan and execute plans
Bachelor's degree
Two or more years of relative experience

Nice To Haves

At least three years' experience in intercollegiate athletics
Master's degree or Juris Doctorate
Experience with overseeing NCAA rules interpretations and education
Experience with recruiting software (e.g. JumpForward)

Responsibilities

Provide leadership in the university's efforts to maintain institutional control by assisting with developing systems that protect and assist coaches, student-athletes, the Athletic Department, and the university in following the rules.
Implement systems in all areas of the NCAA Operating Bylaws: ethical conduct, personnel, amateurism, recruiting, eligibility, financial aid, benefits, and playing and practice seasons.
Continually monitor, audit, evaluate, and seek to improve compliance systems and those who utilize them to ensure accuracy and efficiency.
Serve as an additional liaison in the area of NCAA legislation and governance.
Provide feedback to the NCAA and conference offices on proposed legislation.
Ensure that university constituents are aware of new NCAA, conference, State of Louisiana, and UL-System legislation and policies related to athletics.
Assist the Assistant Athletic Director for Compliance in oversight of the Athletics Financial Aid Coordinator and the allocation of grant-in-aid awards to ensure that NCAA institutional and individual financial aid limits are adhered to.
Foster a commitment to compliance by helping to ensure that ULM has a comprehensive rules education program for coaches, student-athletes, Athletic Department staff, and university constituents.
Assist the Assistant Athletic Director for Compliance with rules education and legislative updates at Athletic Department all-staff meetings, executive staff meetings, senior staff meetings, head coaches' meetings, UAAAC meetings, and regular meetings with each individual coaching staff and Athletic Department units.
Keep abreast of NCAA, conference, ULM, State of Louisiana, and institutional rules, regulations, interpretations, and policy.
Assist constituents in accomplishing their goals within the rules by conducting research and serving as the primary liaison to the NCAA national and conference offices regarding rules interpretations.
Maintain an open door/open access policy whereby coaches, staff, and other constituents are able to seek rules interpretations from the Compliance Office before they act.
Assist with the university's efforts to investigate and self-report violations of NCAA and conference rules.
Assist the Assistant Athletic Director for Compliance with investigating allegations of potential rules violations, review facts and case precedent, and serve as an additional liaison to the NCAA and conference office to determine whether violation occurred and appropriate penalties to impose.
Self-report all violations of NCAA and conference rules to the NCAA and/or conference office.
Help ensure that penalties have been satisfied.
Assist the Assistant Athletic Director for Compliance to create an environment where allegations, investigations, and self-reports can be processed in a prompt fashion and comfortably discussed in a confidential manner.
Serve as Athletic Department's assistant for submission of waivers of NCAA and conference rules, including medical hardship waivers, initial eligibility waivers, progress-toward-degree waivers, and SLR waivers.
Assist with gathering and reviewing of facts and case precedents to determine whether to file waivers.
Serve as an additional liaison with the NCAA and conference office regarding all waiver requests.
Represent positively ULM and Athletic Department in the community.
Support university initiatives and participate on committees to develop campus relations.
Serve as advocate for the needs and interests of student-athletes within the Athletic Department, campus, and community.