Specialist - Advisor-; Academic Coordinator, student-athlete academic

Student Athlete Support Services

Salary Commensurate with Experience

Academic Coordinator

The responsibilities of the Academic Coordinator will include, but are not limited to:

• Plan and coordinate academic support for student-athletes in assigned sports, to provide opportunities to maximize their use of University academic support resources.
• Provide ongoing academic counseling, Big Ten Conference and NCAA continuing eligibility education and monitoring.
• Maintain regular contact with student-athletes, coaches and university staff.
• Develop and maintain a collegial relationship with MSU faculty and staff and instruct student-athletes on how to use SASS and campus academic support resources.
• Assign tutorial support and provide detailed monitoring of assigned student-athletes.
• Monitor course performance through inspection of professor progress reports and student feedback and relay appropriate information to pertinent staff.
• Participate in the on-campus and virtual recruitment of prospective student-athletes by conducting individual meetings, group presentations and/or campus and departmental tours.
• Assist the Associate Athletic Director for Student-Athlete Development as needed.
• Other duties as assigned by the Senior Associate Athletic Director/Executive Director of Student-Athlete Support Services.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, citizenship, age, disability or protected veteran status.

Masters
-Counseling, College Student Personnel, Education or related field.

• A minimum of one year working in a Division I Intercollegiate Athletics program required.
• Working knowledge of NCAA rules and regulations required.
• Candidate must have proven attention to detail (particularly with regard to maintaining accurate documentation concerning steps taken to assist student-athletes with resolving academic issues and advice given to make progress toward a degree at MSU and excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Working knowledge of computer technology designed for word processing and database management.
• Must be available to work evenings and weekends.

• Experience successfully providing academic support of collegiate student-athletes.

• Resume
• Cover Letter

Job is not remote.

sass.msu.edu

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