Assoc Dir Academic​/Dir Football Academic

The Associate Director of Academic Support/Director for Football Academic Performance advises, facilitates, and supports student-athletes transitioning from high school through graduation.

This individual will monitor the academic performance of footballstudent-athletes, promote their educational and co-curricularexperiences, implement appropriate academic intervention strategies, and track continuing eligibility requirements established by the NCAA, conference, and the University.

Additionally, this individual will communicate consistently withcoaches and staff and assist in recruitment activities. This individual must also be a team-oriented leader, comfortable working within a collaborative environment, and willing to support all student-athletes in small groups and one-on-one settings. In allcapacities, this individual must exhibit the highest levels of professionalism and integrity while working within the framework of university policies and NCAA rules.

• Assist in directing all academic support services for all student-athletes (i.e., tutors, study skill sessions, academic advising, budgetary decisions, etc.)
• Assist with the Study Hall program for student-athletes,including tracking student-athletes in study hall as well astraining and supervising study hall monitors
• Support departmental initiatives that focus uponstudent-athlete development in the areas of athletics, academics,leadership, personal and professional development
• Develop, participate in, and evaluate Student-Athlete Orientation Programs for all first-year and transfer student-athletes
• Recruit, train, and supervise academic support personnel(academic aides, tutors, peer mentors) for student-athletes, while working closely with Human Resources and Student Employment to manage hiring processes
• Work closely with Assistant AD for Academics to manage budgetfor support personnel

• Serve as primary administrator who handles football program'sacademic and student-related issues
• Work closely with academic units and advisors to monitor progress towards degree completion in pursuit of graduation for assigned student-athletes and sports
• Serve as University- assigned academic advisor for the majority of student-athletes without declared majors, while providingacademic guidance for all other student-athletes in conjunction with faculty advisors
• Conduct weekly meetings with at-risk student-athletes, focusingupon time management skills, technological applications, reading and writing skills, and learning strategies
• Communicate with coaching staff about student-athletes'academic/eligibility concerns
• Distribute, collect, and evaluate progress reports for student-athletes utilizing Teamworks
• Disseminate academic information to prospective student-athletes and assist with on-campus recruiting
• Participate in the monitoring of the football team's NCAAAcademic Progress Rate, NCAA Graduation Success Rate, and Federal Graduation Rate

• Coordinate, facilitate, and support the matriculation of selected student-athletes into an intensive 5-week summerresidential program
• Serve as primary contact for the BTS Director and facultyassociated with the summer program
• Support the summer arrival of the football team

• Liaison to Student Development and its units
• Involvement the NCAA Certifying Officer in the Registrar'sOffice
• Involvement with the Academic Advising Resource Center
• Involvement with Counseling and Psychological Services(CAPS)
• Involvement with the Career Services

This position interacts regularly with a variety of constituencies, including prospective student-athletes, current student-athletes, their families, coaches, athletic department and university staff, faculty, and part-time support personnel from within and outside the university. In addition, this individual will represent the university to the greater Richmondcommunity.

The individual will recruit, hire, and train a cadre ofpart-time support personnel - academic aides, tutors, peer mentors- and have contact with university writing consultants as well.

This position will supervise these individuals - which could numberaround twenty - and manage their day-to-day activities. Beyond asupervisory role, this individual…