Club Sports Academic Integration Assistant

Provide support as directed by designated supervisor.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Recruit students for Academic Integration and research

• Present to and share experiences to various academic classes campus wide highlighting all of the opportunities for students to integrate with Club Sports.
• Communicate in a professional manner via email, phone, virtually, and through face-to-face meetings with interested students regarding scheduling and any other general questions.
• Facilitate dialogue between students and coaches/staff for any and all projects and studies.

Manage and oversee group of integration students

• Must be present and must facilitate all group meetings and field any questions or concerns from students.
• Will review any projects while providing constant feedback throughout the semester.
• Assist students in creating portfolio’s by encouraging students to put classroom theory to tangible practice through the lens of college athletics.
• Complete CSER evaluations.

Organize and collect Academic Integration and research data

• Send monthly reminders (emails and phone calls) to coaches and staff in Club Sports to input and track their students and hours.
• Work with the ADS team and the dashboard that tracks live data and hours.
• Consistently and accurately update the master document that tracks overall student information and hours.
• Separately track and identify integration and research students and hours for each respective Club Sports team.
• Send monthly final reports to supervisor outlining current figures by provided deadline.

Remains abreast of existing and emerging technologies, processes, products, services and leading industry performance benchmarks.

Works effectively as a team member, embracing and fostering LU’s mission.

QUALIFICATIONS AND CREDENTIALSEducation and Experience

Four-year college degree, with a concentration in Business, Communications, Digital Media, Education, Exercise Science, or Sports Management, 2+ years in an academic or business administration/leadership environment is strongly recommended. Strong experience required in academic development with knowledge of a variety of sport team’s functional requirements. Well-developed communications skills both verbally and written.

Communication and Comprehension

• Ability to effectively communicate both verbally and in writing to convey clear, well articulated information.
• Ability to understand, speak, and write English in order to convey messages and correspond in an articulate and professional manner.
• Possess public communication skills that allow professional representation of Liberty University to a variety of business and community customers and associates.
• Strong organizational skills.
• Excellent computer skills.

Problem Solving

• Intuitively able to reason, analyze information and events, and apply judgment in order to solve problems of both a routine and complex nature.

Physical and Sensory Abilities

• Occasionally required to travel to local and campus locations.

• Frequently required to sit for extended periods to perform deskwork or type on a keyboard. (If not administrative duties, such as labor, define general physical abilities.
• Regularly required to hear and speak in order to effectively communicate orally.
• Occasionally required to stand, walk, and climb stairs to move about the building.
• Handle materials, reach overhead, kneel or stoop in order to conduct business.
• Regularly lift 10 or fewer pounds.