Knowledge Skills and Abilities

• Knowledge of NCAA and SWAC rules and regulations and university policies and procedures
• Skilled and experienced major fundraiser, revenue generator, and donor developer
• Strong business management and financial management skills
• Excellent marketing and communication skills, verbal, written and interpersonal
• Dynamic strategic planning, master planning, and decision-making skills
• Ability to leverage the unique opportunities for growth and advancement of the university athletics enterprise
• Adept at strategically adjusting to the ever-changing landscape of intercollegiate athletics
• Good relationship building skills
• Knowledge of intercollegiate athletics compliance
• Ability to manage conflict appropriately and decisively
• Ability to bring internal and external stakeholders together toward a common goal

• Ability to sit at a workstation for extended periods
• Occasional ability to lift, carry and put away items weighing up to 25 pounds
• Normal physical mobility, which includes movement from place to place on the job, taking distance and speed into account
• Normal physical agility, which includes ability to maneuver body while in place
• Normal physical strength to handle routine office materials and tools
• Normal dexterity of hands and fingers
• Normal coordination, including eye-hand, hand-foot
• Normal endurance

Essential Job Functions

• Promotes an atmosphere of institutional control inclusive of monitoring activities and staff to ensure expectations for institutional control over coaches, athletics personnel and student athletes are met
• Demonstrates familiarity with, adherence to, and enforcement of NCAA, SWAC, IHL, institutional policies and regulations, while leading by example
• Emphasizes academic success as well as competitive athletics
• Monitors continuously all aspects of intercollegiate activities to ensure conformance with expectations of NCAA, SWAC, IHL, institutional, legal and ethical rules and report intercollegiate athletics matters; inclusive of (suspected) improprieties, violations, or infractions; and, to forthrightly report the same to the President/IEO and/or designee
• Oversees the development and implementation of the athletics budget
• Markets athletic programs to internal and external constituencies
• Develops and implements effective fundraising strategies and activities
• Works closely with the Office of Institutional Advancement and other entities to ensure community, corporate and philanthropic support of the Athletics programs
• Engages actively with community and civic groups that promote the University and its athletics program
• Ensures the highest level of sports programming for all sports
• Works closely with key university personnel and serves as Chief Administrative Officer for Athletics
• Develops, implements, monitors, assesses and evaluates the strategic plan to ensure institutional effectiveness
• Supervises and promotes the academic enhancement programs towards acceptable, initial and continuing eligibility of student-athletes and their continued academic performance
• Ensures continuous compliance with the NCAA Academic Performance Program (APP), Academic Performance Rates (APR) and Graduate Success Rates (GSR)
• Advocates for academic and athletic success of student-athletes
• Maintains a personal commitment to the highest standards of academic integrity and instills the same among coaches, staff and student athletes
• Communicates effectively and openly with coaches, university administrators and key stakeholders
• Oversees all home athletic contests, including the preparation of facilities, equipment, officials and all personnel involved with the athletic event
• Other related duties, as assigned.

Qualifications

• Five (5) years with progressive leadership growth in NCAA Division I athletics administration
• Experience in Division I athletics marketing and fundraising preferred

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