Associate Director - Student Services

Louisiana State University

4d•Onsite

About The Position

The Associate Director has academic oversight for teams as assigned and reports to the Executive Director. This position will supervise an Assistant Director and a Graduate Assistant. This position will serve as the lead advisor for the football team and will also will perform high-level strategic duties including serving as Athletic Department Assistance Program (ADAP) liaison for highly confidential weekly meetings with Athletics Sports Psychology & Counseling staff and Medical Training staff. The goal of the Academic Center’s team is to provide a student-centered approach to learning, to ensure academic progress towards degree and eligibility requirements, and ultimately to develop a structure for our student-athletes to earn their degree. The Associate Director will serve as the student-athletes' academic advocate.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree with minimum of 5 years of experience in post-secondary education
Knowledge of NCAA and SEC regulations
Demonstrate leadership skills and proficiency in administering academic support programming to prepare student-athletes for life after post-secondary education and demonstrate an understanding of student development
Exceptional oral and written communications skills
Excellent conflict resolution, project management, business management, and human relations skills
Must be willing to work irregular hours, nights, and some weekends
Candidates who have relevant experience in key job responsibilities are encourages to apply - a degree is not requires as long as the candidates meets the required years of experience

Nice To Haves

Master's degree with minimum of 5 years of experience in post-secondary education
Preference given to degrees in counseling, social work, student development, higher education, psychology, or related field

Responsibilities

Manage the daily academic operations of assigned teams
Manage a portion of the academic affairs team including an Assistant Director and a Graduate Assistant
Mentor, develop and evaluate direct reports on a regular basis
Keep direct reports abreast of SEC and NCAA academic progress requirements
Meet weekly with coaches to report on student-athlete’s progress in detail including current grades, academic progress, and concerns
Communicate with coaches regarding any academic functions, policies and procedures
Utilize standard grade report to communicate student-athlete progress to appropriate constituents
Facilitate dissemination of faculty progress reports to coaches and alert them of any student-athletes experiencing difficulty
Communicate to academic advisors and coaches the eligibility status of their student-athletes
Work in conjunction with Student Learning and other pertinent units to develop a support structure to enhance learning outcomes
Assist in monitoring study hall
Communicate regularly with coaches, admissions, and compliance regarding potential recruits
Participate in the recruitment process by meeting with prospective student-athletes and providing them with information about LSU's academic programs and the Academic Center's support programs
Provide preliminary admission and initial eligibility assessments of prospective student-athlete to coaching staffs
Responsible for the oversight of the transfer evaluation process of prospective student-athletes for assigned teams
Develop academic plans that outline degree completion within four years
Monitor assigned student-athletes' eligibility and communicate their progress to the appropriate constituents
Work with college academic advisors in advising student- athletes to meet degree requirements
Provide professional and career advice for assigned student-athletes
Oversee and monitor graduation progress and respond to any requests for information regarding student-athletes' degree progress
Assist student-athletes with scheduling of courses ensuring that course schedules are balanced and fit the time and season constraints of the student-athletes
Provide letters of recommendation and submit nominations for awards and scholarships for graduate and professional school
Respond to and initiate faculty communication regarding student-athletes with poor academic progress and work cooperatively to design strategies for improved performance
Formulate academic success plans for student-athletes experiencing academic difficulty
Meet weekly with student-athletes with learning challenges and report progress to appropriate constituents
Serve as a mentor to the student-athletes
Inform and advise student-athletes of all SEC and NCAA eligibility requirements
Provide professional level support and programs to student-athletes in accordance with the regulations of LSU, the SEC, the NCAA, HIPPA, FERPA, and ADA
Serve as the lead advisor for the football team
Oversee Project Graduation for assigned teams for all returning student-athletes who have exhausted their eligibility from inquiry to graduation
Serve as Athletic Department Assistance Program (ADAP) Liaison for highly confidential weekly meetings with Athletics Sports Psychology & Counseling staff and Medical Training staff
Co-manage class attendance monitoring for assigned teams
Work collaboratively with athletic administration and assigned team administration to track and manage assigned team's Academic Progress Rate (APR)
Participate in Strategic Plan committee as assigned
Act as liaison to admission and other campus offices
Other duties as assigned by leadership