ATHLETICS (BA-ATHL-IUBLA)

This position will be directly supervised and trained by upper level staff while learning the field of student-athlete support services in athletics.

Department-Specific Responsibilities

• Participates in managing the student-athlete development, life skills programs and awards/recognition programs and assisting academic advisors and learning specialists within Academic Services.
• Learns how to develop and implement programs designed to address the needs of IU student-athletes focused on leadership, career, and personal development
• Assists staff with student-athlete academic performance and communicating this performance to supervisor.
• Provides direct support with developing, executing and evaluating comprehensive learning initiatives programs for student-athletes.

General Responsibilities

• Assists with administrative needs related to the daily operations, planning, and implementation of various or multiple student services initiatives. Performs duties such as attending a front desk, answering phones and email, and delivering messages and mail.
• Serves as a liaison to campus partners for cross-departmental student services initiatives, providing information, securing space reservations, scheduling planning meetings, and providing necessary documentation.
• Provides assistance to student participants, stakeholders, faculty, and/or staff; acts as a resource by analyzing information, providing documentation, and preparing reports. Accurately maintains student records and databases.
• Provides directions, support, and information to student organization representatives and other visitors to the department.
• Assists with daily scheduling, training, and gathering of student feedback. May prepare and disseminate handouts, presentations, or other materials.
• Assists with ordering or creation of promotional materials for student organizations or departmental needs.
• Takes on tasks of increasing complexity, such as performing benchmarking research of student services initiatives at other higher education institutions or designing routine surveys to gauge student satisfaction and program effectiveness.
• May provide guidance to other Student Services Coordinators.

EDUCATION

Required

• Bachelor's degree

SKILLS

Required 

• Proficient communication skills
• Maintains a high degree of professionalism
• Demonstrated time management and priority setting skills
• Demonstrates a high commitment to quality
• Possesses flexibility to work in a fast paced, dynamic environment
• Highly thorough and dependable
• Possesses a high degree of initiative
• Ability to build strong customer relationships
• Maintains a high degree of professionalism
• Demonstrated ability to maintain confidential information
• Effective interpersonal skills
• Demonstrated customer service skills
• Commitment to working with people of diverse backgrounds and demonstrated cultural competency

This role requires the ability to effectively communicate and to operate a computer and other standard office productivity equipment. The position involves sedentary work as well as periods of time moving around an office environment and the campus. The person in this role must be able to perform the essential functions with or without an accommodation.

Seeking applicants for the 2025-2026 Academic Year. This is a full-time, benefits eligible internship for 1 year.

For full-time staff employees, Indiana University offers a wide array of benefits including:

• Comprehensive medical and dental insurance
• Health savings account with generous IU contributions
• Healthcare and dependent care flexible spending accounts
• Basic group life insurance paid by IU
• Voluntary supplemental life, long-term disability, critical illness, and supplemental accidental death & dismemberment insurance
• Base retirement plan with generous IU contributions, subject to vesting
• Voluntary supplemental retirement plan options
• Tuition subsidy for employees and family members taking IU courses
• 10 paid holidays plus a paid winter break each year
• Generous paid time off plans
• Paid leave for new parents and IU-sponsored volunteer events
• Employee assistance program (EAP)

Learn more about our benefits by reviewing the IU Benefit Programs Brochure.

Career Level: Mastery

FLSA: Nonexempt

Job Function: Student Services

Job Family: Student Services Generalist

This posting is scheduled to close at 11:59 pm EST on the advertised Close Date. This posting may be closed at any time at the discretion of the University, but will remain open for a minimum of 5 business days. To guarantee full consideration, please submit your application within 5 business days of the Posted Date.

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