Academic Counselor (Student-Athletes)

Department:

Special Instructions to Applicants:

When applying you will be required to attach the following electronic documents: 

1) A resume

2) A cover letter indicating how your qualifications and experience have prepared you for this position. 

Starting salary will be commensurate with skills, education, and experience. 

For additional information please contact:  

Bruce Douglas

bruce.douglas@oregonstate.edu

Job Summary:

Academics for Student Athletes is seeking two Academic Counselors. These are full-time (1.00 FTE), 12-month, professional faculty positions. 

The Academic Counselor within Academics for Student Athletes provides academic support services and counsel to student-athletes as assigned. This position acts as the liaison among coaches, teaching faculty, staff, and student-athletes; works collaboratively with other units across campus in efforts to assist student-athletes effectively; and monitors and tracks the academic performance and eligibility of assigned student-athletes to ensure compliance with institutional standards and NCAA requirements.
 

This position reports directly to the Head Academic Counselor/Assistant Director.

Key Responsibilities:

• Meet regularly with assigned students to provide counsel regarding academic performance and academic requirements.
• Develop individualized academic support plans for assigned students.
• Monitor assigned student athletes’ academic performance and continuing eligibility to ensure compliance with institutional standards and NCAA requirements.
• Provide recommendations and intervention strategies to student-athletes based on ongoing collection of academic performance data from faculty, student-athletes, and ASA staff.
• Establish and maintain cooperative working relationships and regular communication with coaches, sport supervisors, athletic department staff, faculty, and other campus partners.
• Meet regularly with coaches to report and discuss detailed current and future student-athlete academic progress and requirement as well as potential program implications.
• Meet with prospected student-athletes (and their family members) on their official recruiting visits to OSU, as requested by coaching staff and where appropriate.

Qualifications:

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in education, counseling, student services, sport management, business, psychology or related academic discipline.
• One year of experience providing support services to university or college aged students.
• A demonstrable commitment to promoting and enhancing inclusive excellence.
• Strong organizational, communication, and administrative skills, including attention to detail, timely follow-up, and meeting deadlines.

This position is designated as a critical or security-sensitive position; therefore, the incumbent must successfully complete a criminal history check and be determined to be position qualified as per University Standard: 05-010 et seq. Incumbents are required to self-report convictions and those in youth programs may have additional criminal history checks every 24 months.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Master’s degree in education, counseling, student services, sport management, or related academic discipline.
• Experience in academic advising/counseling college student-athletes.
• Knowledge of NCAA eligibility requirements governing continuing eligibility, specifically Bylaw 14.
• Demonstrated ability to work effectively with individuals from diverse educational, cultural, and economic backgrounds.
• Experience supporting and monitoring APR and GSR.

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We are an Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability, protected veteran, and other protected status.

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OSU is a fair chance employer committed to inclusive hiring. We encourage applications from candidates who bring a wide range of lived experience including involvement with the justice system. If this position has “critical or security-sensitive” responsibilities and/or driving duties and you are selected as a finalist, your initial job offer will be contingent upon the results of a job-related pre-employment check (such as a background check, motor vehicle history check, sexual misconduct reference check, etc.). Background check results do not automatically disqualify a candidate. Take a look at our Background Checks website including the for candidates section for more details. If you have questions or concerns about the pre-employment check, please contact OSU’s Employee and Labor Relations team at employee.relations@oregonstate.edu.