Senior Associate Athletic Director – Administration

The Senior Associate Athletic Director-Administration serves as the primary advisor and liaison to the Athletic Director and assists in the strategic direction of the Intercollegiate Athletic Program in a manner consistent with the university’s mission. The position will also serve as the sports administrator for assigned programs. The Senior Associate Athletic Director-Administration reports to the Athletic Director.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Provides leadership to assigned areas of the Intercollegiate Athletic Programs, which includes the department’s business, facilities, and game operations units;
• Assists the Athletic Director in establishing overall athletics goals, objectives, and strategies; develops and implements programs and activities to accomplish goals while improving the image of the university;
• Supervises and manages sports programs and respective coaching staff as assigned by Athletic Director;
• Serves as a member of the Athletic Department’s senior staff and leads department efforts in Athletic Director’s absence;
• Serves as the department’s liaison to the University Human Resources, IT, and Facilities Departments;
• Interacts with coaches and student-athletes to resolve student-athlete welfare issues and serves as the department liaison to the campus Office of Student Advocacy and Accountability;
• Oversees the APR reporting process in conjunction with the compliance office, certification specialist, and athletic advisors; ensures degree progress academic records are input into the NCAA Compliance Assistance Portal for APR reporting;
• Tracks academic progress for APR purposes.

Qualifications:

• Excellent written, verbal and interpersonal communication skills;
• Strong skills in MS Excel, PowerPoint, Word, and Outlook or similar;
• Ability to provide effective leadership and direction;
• Ability to effectively and creatively manage complex issues, supervise staff, develop, analyze and monitor complicated budgets;
• Strong interpersonal skills;
• Ability to effectively perform with limited direction;
• Ability to interact with individuals at all levels in the department, the university and the university community;
• Enthusiastic self-starter that consistently exercises sound judgment.