Duties and Responsibilities:

•Oversees and ensures all processes, procedures, and systems necessary to direct the Athletic Department in complying with NCAA, conference, and institutional rules and regulations for 37 varsity sport programs.

•Serves as primary contact with Conference Office, NCAA Eligibility Center, National Letter of Intent Office and NCAA Membership Services.

•Develop and implement athletics compliance policies and procedures.

•Ensures compliance with institutional, NCAA, and conference regulations; monitor institutional and outside financial aid, benefits, recruiting, personnel, playing/practice seasons, and summer camps/clinics.

•Provides NCAA conference rules education and interpretation programs for administrators, coaches, support staff, student-athletes, booster groups, campus partners/constituents that promotes culture of compliance and institutional control.

•Responsible for filing all required NCAA and conference forms, reports, waivers, and appeals for review and approval prior to submission to governing authority (e.g., NCAA Squad Lists; eligibility certifications; APR, etc.).

•Manage student-athlete records in the applicable database (Compliance Assistant/ARMS). Collect and compile required departmental and NCAA eligibility forms.

•Oversee all recruiting monitoring systems, including phone logs, contact evaluation forms, etc.

•Coordinates investigation of known and/or alleged rules violations, keeps the Director of Athletics informed of all alleged and known violations, and handles all correspondence with the NCAA and affiliated conferences regarding rules violations and follow up responses.

•Administer athletic team eligibility, continuing education meetings and manage all resulting paperwork.

•Ensures that all student-athletes (including transfer students) are eligible to participate in intercollegiate athletics programs, including certifying the continuing eligibility of current student-athletes.

•Prepare National Letters of Intent and Financial Aid agreements.

•Supervises the Assistant Athletic Director for Compliance.

Knowledge of NCAA regulations is essential. Ability to communicate effectively with a wide range of constituencies; ability to manage time efficiently to effectively perform multiple tasks; ability to work independently; proficiency with computers and standard software programs to include database skills and word processing skills. Ability to work well with others. Ability to prioritize, delegate, and monitor all steps of the work process in a fast-paced work environment.

• 5 or more years of professional NCAA compliance experience, preferably at the Division 1 level.
• Must be capable of working collegially with a diverse group of faculty, staff and students on a daily basis.
• Bachelor’s degree required, master’s or law degree preferred.
• Requires the ability to work occasional nights, weekends, and some holidays.
  
  

About Long Island University

Long Island University (LIU) was founded in 1926. The university is committed to providing a high quality education through teaching excellence and impactful research opportunities. LIU offers over 275 undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral degree programs, educating nearly 15,000 students each year across multiple campuses. The University cultivates academic, professional, artistic, and co-curricular opportunities. LIU enables students to realize their full potential as ethically grounded, intellectually vigorous, and socially responsible global citizens. Our campuses offer more professional programs in health care than any other campus in the New York metropolitan area, including the Arnold and Marie Schwartz College of Pharmacy & Health Science, and The Harriet Rothkopf Heilbrunn School of Nursing. LIU Brooklyn is home to Kumble Theater for the Performing Arts, a dynamic performance venue designed to nourish students’ artistic exploration, and Division I sports teams. LIU Post is a scenic, historic, and scholarly campus that offers a small-school environment with the access and resources of a major metropolitan university. The University's 330-acre campus is located on the... estate of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 27 miles east of New York City on Long Island's Gold Coast. The campus houses the College of Veterinary Medicine, the first professional School of Accountancy, an AACSB-accredited Business School, and an award-winning theater program. LIU is home to the world-renowned Tilles Center for the Performing Arts and the Bethpage Federal Credit Union Stadium, where supporters gather to cheer on the Sharks’ Division I athletic program.

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