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Athletic Compliance

The Athletics Compliance Manager oversees compliance of Commonwealth Campus athletic programs participating in NCAA Division III and the Penn State University Athletic Conference (PSUAC). Primary responsibilities include keeping abreast of regulatory requirements and changes; providing rules interpretation and guidance; overseeing compliance monitoring and audits; addressing and resolving program violations; providing training programs.

• Develop and oversee compliance education and training programs for administrators, coaches, faculty, student-athletes, staff, and boosters
• Research, interpret, and ensure effective communication of NCAA, PSUAC, and governmental compliance rules, regulations, and policies
• Oversee compliance monitoring of athletic activities including student-athlete eligibility certifications, recruiting contact and evaluations, official and unofficial visits, speaking engagements, financial aid tenders, name/image/likeness, social media, and telephone records, etc.
• Direct internal quality assurance audits and reviews; assess program effectives; address/remediate deficits; make/communicate changes
• Ensure administrators, coaches, and other personnel are prepared for external compliance audits and inspections; direct and review pre-audit inspections; as applicable, draft NCAA/PSUAC petitions; follow NCAA/PSUAC Requests and Self-Report protocols
• Investigate, address, and report compliance violations; assess information, review precedent, enforce penalties
• Keep abreast of regulatory requirements, peer University infraction cases, legislative proposals, and industry trends; coordinate department review and input; develop operational changes, policies, and procedures; establish standards; ensure compliance
• Hire, train, coach, supervise, and evaluate employees; identify and provide professional development opportunities

Level:

– Senior Manager

Base Description:

– Manages direct reports where primary duty is the management of a working unit.

Level Summary:

– Demonstrates advanced skills in critical functions related to unit's success. Demonstrates advanced knowledge of emerging technologies and processes. Monitors completed work of others to ensure effectiveness and adherence to requirements. Sets clear expectations and holds team accountable. Establishes a shared team/unit vision. Demonstrates ability to evaluate and enhance team/unit practices that promote a strong commitment to inclusionary practices. Coaches others using appropriate strategies. Demonstrates diplomacy. Demonstrates ability to serve as liaison between senior-level management and staff. Resolves complex, controversial, or unprecedented issues and problems.

Supervisory Responsibilities:

– Oversees large team or teams of individual contributors and/or supervisors/managers
– Leads a department or functional area

Fiscal Responsibilities:

– Monitors and tracks large budgets
– Plans, forecasts, and/or develops budgets
– May approve budgets for specific area
– Typically has final signature authority for specific area

Problem Solving:

– Encounters highly varied and complex problems that impacts the team and possibly the unit
– Develops creative and/or novel approaches to resolve problems that are difficult in nature
– Independently resolves complex and/or unprecedented issues and problems

Independence of Action:

– Work results are not clearly defined
– Generally sets own goals and determines how to accomplish results with few or no guidelines to follow
– Monitors completed work of others to ensure soundness of approach, effectiveness of meeting requirements, the feasibility of recommendations and adherences to requirements
– Delegates more advanced tasks to others

Communication and Collaboration:

– Communicates with both internal and external audiences
– Collaborates closely with team members and various areas across the University
– Fosters collaboration between units and engages others' coordinated efforts to reach desired outcomes with broad scope

• Comp Grade – 15
• Minimum – $109,300.00
• MidPoint – $136,600.00
• Maximum – $164,000.00