Athletics Academic Coordinator

Required Qualifications:  

• Bachelor’s degree required in Higher Education, Student Affairs, Student Support Services, Academic Advising or other related fields or equivalent combination of education and experience;
• 1 year of work experience in an athletics student services operation or similar;
• Proficient in general office software applications, such as Microsoft Office, and online database management systems.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills;
• Professional experience working effectively with individuals from a variety of backgrounds and perspectives, demonstrating strong interpersonal skills and ability to build trusting relationships;
• Working knowledge of and ability to:
  • Utilize basic office support software (word processing, email, presentation software and spreadsheets)
  • Operate effectively within a highly regulated team environment

Desired Qualifications:  

• Master’s Degree; 
• One to three years’ experience within an athletics student services operation;
• Basic knowledge and understanding of the professionalism and intensity necessary to successfully contribute to a Division I athletics program;
• Experience working with student-athletes in an advisory, learning assistant, or student organization capacity;
• Experience evaluating initial and continuing athletics eligibility.

Application Process:  Visit our website at http://jobs.uiowa.edu and search for keywords “Academic Coordinator” Only applications submitted at https://jobs.uiowa.edu will be accepted. 

• Job openings are posted for a minimum of 14 calendar days and may be removed from posting and filled any time after the original posting period has ended. 
• Applicants must upload a resume and cover letter and mark them as a relevant file to the submission.  Applications without both a cover letter and resume will be considered incomplete and ineligible for consideration. 
• The successful candidates will be subject to a driving record review, a credential and criminal background check and will be required to self-disclose any conviction history. 
• Five professional references will be required at a later step in the recruitment process. 
• As a part of the University of Iowa’s review of your application and consistent with its policies and practices, the University may access and/or view information about you that is job-related and publicly available on the internet, including but not limited to information on social media sites. The access, viewing and/or use of such information is governed by the University’s Policy on Human Rights, as well as state and federal law.
• For questions or additional information, please contact tanner-erwin@uiowa.edu