Assistant Director / Student-Athlete Services

Central Michigan University • Mt. Pleasant, MI

6d • Onsite

About The Position

This role serves as an academic coordinator for assigned teams, focusing on promoting the academic success and retention of student-athletes. The position involves assisting in monitoring continuing eligibility, mentoring at-risk student-athletes, meeting with prospective student-athletes during recruiting visits, and providing coaches with relevant NCAA Eligibility Center information.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in related field.
• 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.
• Effective organizational skills.
• Strong listening skills.
• Effective written and verbal communication skills.
• Willingness to work irregular hours, nights, weekends, and holidays as necessary.

Nice To Haves

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

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.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level