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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:

– Manager

Base Description:

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

Level Summary:

– Demonstrates proficient ability in work design, project management, financial planning and development of goals for accomplishing unit assignments. Reviews and guides work to ensure conformity to policy and effective approaches. Evaluates employee performance and recommend development opportunities. Demonstrates ability to coach employees. Presents and communicates key university indicatives and connects it to unit contributions. Provides broad guidelines. Develops, evaluates, enhances, and/or implements quality improvement practices. Recommends innovative solutions.

Supervisory Responsibilities:

– Oversees a team (typically 4 or more; no fewer than 2) full
– time direct reports of individual contributors and/or first level supervisors.

Fiscal Responsibilities:

– Monitors and tracks department/area budget
– May plan, forecast, and/or assist in developing budgets
– May have final signature authority for specific area

Problem Solving:

– Encounters varied and complex problems
– Helps to develop creative and/or novel approaches to resolve problems that are difficult in nature but within limited scope
– Modifies, adapts, or refines guidelines if necessary to resolve issues or problems

Independence of Action:

– Works independently on complex or strategic assignments
– Uses existing practices and advanced working knowledge to determine appropriate work methods for the team
– Reviews completed work of others for conformity to policy, and effectiveness of approach
– Delegates 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
– Prepares written and/or verbal presentations or proposals on complex issues and delivers to a broad variety of audiences
– Communicates key university initiatives and how unit’s work contributes to their achievement
– Presents ideas, concepts and instructions in a clear manner, and uses persuasion and negotiation to build consensus and cooperation
– Establishes and maintains networks to facilitate successful communication among units

• Comp Grade – 13
• Minimum – $86,300.00
• MidPoint – $107,900.00
• Maximum – $129,500.00