Assistant Athletics Director for Academic and Career

Job Summary:

Wisconsin Athletics prepares student-athletes to win now and beyond. During the 23-24 academic year, as part of our strategic plan, we created a reimagined synergistic approach to the student-athlete opportunity that encompasses the full lifecycle of a Badger student-athlete. This new model includes an all-encompassing individual development plan (IDP), enhanced personal development opportunities and leans on involvement from coaching staff, sport liaisons, alums, and campus and community partners. The reimagined model restructured five administrative units, aligned around a shared vision under one umbrella, called Badger Built. The Badger Built infrastructure is designed to support the future state of college athletics. The units under Badger Built are Academic and Career, Alumni Relations, Engagement and Community Outreach, Leadership and Inclusion, and Student-Athlete Development.

This position will oversee and lead the Academic and Career unit of Badger Built for Wisconsin Athletics. This position will work collaboratively across Badger Built, UW-Madison and nationally to build relationships, coordinate programs and services, and ensure delivery of high impact academic and career opportunities, and strive to create a welcoming, equitable, and inclusive work environment.

Responsibilities:

Directs and oversees advising services and staff within a school/college or institution. Works collaboratively across all levels of the institution to coordinate services, ensure delivery of high impact advising, and strives to create a welcoming, equitable, and inclusive work environment.

• 15% Directs strategic planning efforts and establishes academic service objectives to ensure appropriate use of financial, administrative, and staffing resources and alignment with regulations, institutional policies, and the strategic plan
• 5% Directs and oversees financial management of a unit
• 10% Directs professional advising staff on programming, initiatives, and curricular updates
• 10% Evaluates and implements best practices in advising, leverages data, assessment, and technology to drive outcomes
• 15% Coordinates the planning and execution of advising and academic events and programs
• 20% Exercises supervisory authority, including hiring, transferring, suspending, promoting, managing conduct and performance, discharging, assigning, rewarding, disciplining, and/or approving hours worked of at least 2.0 full-time equivalent (FTE) employees
• 5% Participates and leads in the campus-wide advising community providing input to leadership regarding the development of advising, recruitment, and co/curricular programs offered by the school/college
• 10% Identifies, proposes, and implements new or revised operational policies and procedures for career advising and/or employer relations within a school or college
• 10% Directs strategic planning initiatives and establishes career development unit objectives to ensure appropriate use of financial, administrative, and staffing resources, and alignment with the strategic plan

Institutional Statement on Diversity:

Diversity is a source of strength, creativity, and innovation for UW-Madison. We value the contributions of each person and respect the profound ways their identity, culture, background, experience, status, abilities, and opinion enrich the university community. We commit ourselves to the pursuit of excellence in teaching, research, outreach, and diversity as inextricably linked goals.

The University of Wisconsin-Madison fulfills its public mission by creating a welcoming and inclusive community for people from every background – people who as students, faculty, and staff serve Wisconsin and the world.

Education:

Required
Bachelor’s Degree

Preferred
Master’s Degree

Qualifications:

Work Type:

Full Time: 100%

It is anticipated this position requires work be performed in-person, onsite, at a designated campus work location.

Appointment Type, Duration:

Ongoing/Renewable

Salary:

Additional Information:

Conditions of Appointment: This is a 100% Academic Staff appointment. Salary will be assigned within the appropriate range, commensurate with the candidate’s qualifications and experience. An excellent benefits package is also included. Successful applicants are responsible for ensuring their eligibility to work in the United States (i.e. a citizen or national of the United States, a lawful permanent resident, a foreign national authorized to work in the United States without need of employer sponsorship) on or before the effective date of appointment.

Unless confidentiality is requested in your online application, information regarding the names of applicants must be released upon request. Finalists cannot be guaranteed confidentiality.

UW-Madison conducts criminal background checks for final candidate(s).

How to Apply:

To ensure full consideration, please submit your completed application no later than 11:55 p.m. CST on the assured consideration date. Your application should include:

1. A cover letter detailing how your qualifications and experiences align with the responsibilities of the position.
2. A comprehensive resume.
3. Contact information for at least three professional references. Finalists will be contacted before any communication with these references.

Applicants selected to proceed in the selection process will be notified directly. All applicants will receive notification once a final selection has been made and the search is complete.

Contact:

Tianwei Miller
[email protected]
608-265-4138
Relay Access (WTRS): 7-1-1. See RELAY_SERVICE for further information.

Official Title:

Academic Advising Director (B)(AE109)

Department(s):

A42-INTERCOLLEGIATE ATHLETICS/GENERAL OPERATNS/ACAD SERV

Employment Class:

Academic Staff-Renewable

Job Number:

301877-AS

The University of Wisconsin-Madison is an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer.

Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to, including but not limited to, race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, pregnancy, disability, or status as a protected veteran and other bases as defined by federal regulations and UW System policies. We promote excellence through diversity and encourage all qualified individuals to apply.

Employment may require a criminal background check. It may also require you and your references to answer questions regarding sexual violence and sexual harassment.

The University of Wisconsin System will not reveal the identities of applicants who request confidentiality in writing, except that the identity of the successful candidate will be released. See Wis. Stat. sec. 19.36(7).

The Annual Security and Fire Safety Report contains current campus safety and disciplinary policies, crime statistics for the previous 3 calendar years, and on-campus student housing fire safety policies and fire statistics for the previous 3 calendar years. UW-Madison will provide a paper copy upon request; please contact the University of Wisconsin Police Department.