Title: NSUFP064 Eligibility Specialist

State Role Title: Professional - Lecturer

Hiring Range: Commensurate with Credentials and Experience

Pay Band: UG

Agency: Norfolk State University

Location: Norfolk State University

Agency Website: https://www.nsu.edu/

Recruitment Type: General Public - G

Job Duties

The successful candidate’s duties will include but are not limited to:

• Evaluating degree audits and transcripts to begin the initial and continuing eligibility certification processes for incoming freshmen/transfer and continuing student-athletes.
• Maintaining and entering student-athlete data in the NCAA Compliance Assistance software system.
• Assisting with data input for the NCAA Academic Performance Program and Graduation Success Rate program.
• Assisting compliance staff with rules education presentations related to eligibility issues and other duties as assigned by the Athletic Department.

Specific job responsibilities:

•  Evaluates degree audit forms, transcripts and other academic records for incoming, transfer and continuing student-athletes.
• Creates eligibility certification forms used Eligibility Certification Team.
• Monitors certification status of incoming student-athletes within NCAA Eligibility Center.
• Maintains academic data in Compliance Assistant for all student-athletes on a term-by-term basis (hours earned/grade point averages) demographic information, majors, transfer status.
• Assists Compliance Coordinator with roster maintenance for each team.
• Processes eligibility certification reports to be submitted to MEAC office.
• Assists with data collection for APP, GSR and other NCAA academic reports.
• Communicates with compliance staff regarding the certification status of incoming student-athletes; including academic initial eligibility, amateur status and admission status.
• Communicates with the NCAA Eligibility Center on any questions or problems – relative to academic initial eligibility and amateur status.
•  Assists with updating institutional processes as appropriate to ensure adherence to NCAA regulations.
  
• Registrar office functions to include but not limited to processing mail, assisting students with transcript and other requests, assisting with front counter duties, entering change of address requests.
•  Assist with Name, Image, and Likeness (NIL) initiatives.
• Other duties as assigned by the Athletic Department.
  

Minimum Qualifications

• Candidate must have a bachelor’s degree.
• Minimum experience of Five years working in Division I compliance or athletics administration at an institution, conference or on the NCAA staff.
• Consideration will be given to individuals who have at least 5 years of demonstrated experience working in Registrar’s office, office of admissions or other area where primary responsibilities involved evaluating academic records.
• Candidates should possess strong organization, written, and oral communication skills, have strong attention to detail and be able work with confidential information.
• A successful criminal background check is required.

Additional Considerations

• Master’s degree.
• Strong knowledge of NCAA Bylaw 14.
• Experience working with Colleague systems, Teamwork’s Compliance and Recruiting, and NCAA Compliant Assistant Software.

Special Instructions

You will be provided a confirmation of receipt when your application and/or résumé is submitted successfully. Please refer to “Your Application” in your account to check the status of your application for this position.

Contact Information

Name: Norfolk State University

Phone: 7578238160

Email: No email address is needed.

EEO STATEMENT:
NSU is committed to providing equal employment opportunities for all persons and applicants, without regard to age, color, disability, gender, national origin, political affiliation, genetic information, race, religion, sexual orientation, sex (including pregnancy) or veteran status. NSU encourages and invites minorities, women, individuals with disabilities, and veterans to apply.

Norfolk State University:
Norfolk State University is a comprehensive urban public, doctoral granting institution committed to transforming students’ lives through exemplary teaching, research, and service. The University is a top ranked Historically Black College and University (HBCU) with nationally recognized STEM programs and enrolls 6,000 students in over thirty undergraduate and nineteen on-line & in-person graduate programs. Norfolk State University garners over $20M in annual grant expenditures, has as an NCAA Division I athletic program with fifteen sports, boasts eleven MEAC conference championships in last three years, and a coveted marching band invitation for participation in the 2023 Rose Parade.

City of Norfolk
The home of the largest Naval Base in the world, Norfolk is 1 of 7 cities that make up what is referred to as the Hampton Roads Region, an area that includes Virginia Beach and Colonial Williamsburg. Norfolk has big-city amenities, attractions of arts and culture, and cuisines of the Eastern Seaboard. There are numerous accessible parks, riverfronts, lakes, festivals, and beaches: all favorable for weekend getaways and an easy commute to NSU.

In support of the Commonwealth’s commitment to inclusion, we are encouraging individuals with disabilities to apply through the Commonwealth Alternative Hiring Process. To be considered for this opportunity, applicants will need to provide their AHP Letter (formerly COD) provided by the Department for Aging & Rehabilitative Services (DARS), or the Department for the Blind & Vision Impaired (DBVI). Service-Connected Veterans are encouraged to answer Veteran status questions and submit their disability documentation, if applicable, to DARS/DBVI to get their AHP Letter. Requesting an AHP Letter can be found at AHP Letter or by calling DARS at 800-552-5019.

Note: Applicants who received a Certificate of Disability from DARS or DBVI dated between April 1, 2022- February 29, 2024, can still use that COD as applicable documentation for the Alternative Hiring Process.