Assistant Director, Master of Arts in Coaching and Athletic Administration

| | | Position: Assistant Director, Master of Arts in Coaching and Athletic Administration | |

Location:

Irvine, CA

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| | | Position: Assistant Director, Master of Arts in Coaching and Athletic Administration | |

Location:

Irvine, CA

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| | Job Id: 331 | | # of Openings: 1 | |

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SUMMARY

The Masters in Coaching and Athletics Administration (MCAA) program prepares coaches, athletic administrators, and educators for service in public, parochial, and private schools, colleges, universities and in other athletic positions. Currently the program serves over four hundred graduate students throughout the world. The MCAA program offers classes via onsite, online, and blended delivery method.

ROLE

The Assistant Director’s role is to providing leadership for the Concordia University Masters in Coaching and Athletics Administration program while working with faculty, administration, and the community to take this highly recognized program to even broader and greater levels of service around the nation. All activities in the MCAA program strive to make a significant contribution to the fulfillment of the mission of the university.

STAFF AND SUPERVISORY RELATIONSHIPS

· Reports to the Dean of Health and Human Sciences and the Director of the MCAA Program

· Interacts and functions cooperatively with CUI staff, faculty, and the athletic community

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

In conjunction with MCAA’s strategic plan, the Assistant Director’s primary duties include the following:

Quality Maintenance

• Create and implement, with the faculty and staff, programs that foster growth of the MCAA program’s enrollment and resources
• Plan and implement program and organizational structures that foster quality, effectiveness and efficiency
• Continue to build a national brand for this distinctive program.
• Create and implement, with the faculty and staff, programs that foster growth of the MCAA program’s enrollment and resources.

Organization

• Serve as the liaison between MCAA and key on campus departments: Admissions, Advancement, Alumni, Marketing and Media, Information Technology.
• In conjunction with the Director, responsible for the development of new Initiatives and Goals.
• Organize personnel to provide efficiency and effectiveness in all areas of program and program development.
• Assess program operations for efficiency and effectiveness
• Organize and provide leadership for the MCAA administrative team
• Design and implement, through the administrative team, new programs and delivery systems
• Recruiting, strategizing and executing recruiting efforts around the Nation
• Serve as the liaison for all Local, Regional, State, and National Partnerships
• Serve as Conference Director for annual California Coaches Conference (CCC)

Supervision

• Identify and recruit instructors, alumni or liaison personnel to serve as ambassadors in regions and states, and for conferences and special events
• Supervise and assess all Faculty and Staff for the California Coaches Conference
• Recommend potential Adjunct Faculty to the program Director
• Empower the faculty and staff to foster growth and quality of all aspects of the program
• With the assistance of the administrative team, organize the program for effective and efficient use of staff and faculty
• With the assistance of the administrative team, help evaluate all program personnel according to existing policies
• Seek the advice of school and university personnel

Planning

• Develop and implement, through the Director and administrative team, an annual strategic plan
• Research, investigate, create, and present a strategic plan for annual conference attendance
• Assist the Director with planning and managing the program’s Budgets and ChromeRiver
• Monitor marketing trends and plan for appropriate changes within the school’s programs that meet the market demand within the context of the university’s mission and strategic plan.
• Provide the university with projected needs based on the school’s vision and the university’s mission and strategic plan
• Serve as main coordinator for the Admissions and Program Virtual Information Meetings
• Attend conferences, clinics, and meetings to promote MCAA
• May teach classes as assigned

SAFETY

Employees are responsible for complete cooperation with all aspects of the safety and health program, including compliance with all rules and regulations, and for continuously practicing safety while performing their duties.

Supervisors are responsible for developing proper attitudes toward safety and health in themselves, and in those they supervise, and for ensuring that all operations are performed with the utmost regard for the safety and health of all personnel involved, including themselves.

APPOINTMENT

· Recommended by the Dean of Health and Human Sciences and Director of the MCAA Program

· Approved by the Executive Vice President/Provost of Concordia University

QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS

• Creative aptitude
• Ability to be flexible to changing conditions and needs
• Ability to work effectively with and through other people
• Ability to work independently
• Possess excellent communication skills (interpersonal, public address, and written communication) and the ability to attract and retain quality students/faculty
• Possess excellent organizational skills, be detail oriented, and be able to work unsupervised
• Have the training skills and ability to motivate others
• Exemplify Christian philosophy of the Concordia University mission statement in all aspects of day-to-day duties and responsibilities assigned to this position
• Maintain confidentiality on matters pertaining to the Education Office and the campus as a whole
• Constantly strive to improve performance

EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE

The successful candidate will have a Master’s degree, with experience in teaching, coaching, athletics, and athletics administration, including 3 years of experience in athletic administration at the collegiate or secondary level and 3 years of successful participation in coaching at the collegiate or secondary level.

LANGUAGE SKILLS

Ability to read, analyze and interpret university procedures, general information, financial or educational publications, synodical procedures or governmental regulations. Ability to write reports, business correspondence and procedure manuals. Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of staff, faculty, administration, students, families and the general public.

MATHEMATICAL SKILLS

Ability to add, subtract, multiply and divide in all units of measure using whole numbers, common fractions and decimals. Ability to compute rate, ratio, percent and to draw and interpret bar graphs.

REASONING ABILITY

Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists. Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram or schedule form.

PHYSICAL DEMAND

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Repetitive motions sitting at a computer keyboard
• May require rising and sitting repeatedly
• Ability to lift, pull, grasp, stoop and reach to utilize 5-drawer file cabinets
• May require climbing stairs and walking indoors or outdoors to various offices on campus.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear. The employee frequently is required to sit. The employee is occasionally required to stand, walk, use hands to finger, handle or feel objects, tools or controls; reach with hands and arms and stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and the ability to adjust focus. The employee may be required to lift and/or move up to 25 lbs.

WORK ENVIRONMENT

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate with the distractions of a busy office. Travel is required on a regular basis.

| | Pay Range: $68,000 - $74,000 per year | |
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