Advisor, Athletics Program

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Job Description

About the College of Southern Nevada

Founded in 1971 and situated in the greater Las Vegas metropolitan area, the College of Southern Nevada is the most ethnically diverse college in Nevada and the first to receive the HSI designation. We’ve prioritized providing an affordable, collaborative, and welcoming environment that allows all students to shine. CSN is a fully accredited institution offering hundreds of de grees and certificates in 70 academic programs. CSN proudly hosts students from all 50 states and over 60 countries with a student population that mirrors Clark County Nevada, one of the most diverse counties in the US. More than one-third of our students are first-generation, half are Pell Grant eligible, and nearly three-fourths are part-time.

The College of Southern Nevada, a Minority Serving Institution designated as a Hispanic Serving Institution (HSI) and Asian American and Native American Pacific Islander Serving Institution (AANAPISI) provides associates and select bachelor’s degrees. Consistent with CSN’s mission, vision, and values we are passionate about fostering an environment where our highly diverse students achieve, succeed, and prosper.

Institutional Commitment to Diversity

The College of Southern Nevada recognizes that embracing diversity maximizes faculty and staff contribution to our goals and provides the best opportunity for student achievement. We seek faculty who demonstrate their commitment to our communities and value diverse perspectives. Faculty are intentional about providing culturally responsive instruction to promote creativity, innovation, growth, and academic excellence.

We strive to uphold our mission, to create, and preserve an environment that is dedicated to achieving educational access, equitable resources, inviolable dignity, and opportunity for all to participate, prosper, and reach their full potential.

We ensure that all our work and efforts are transformative and build a truly Students First institutional culture. We commit to the journey ahead, embrace difficult conversations, examine implicit biases, and remain steadfast in our continuous process of improvement. We do this by creating, uplifting, and centering all the voices and experiential knowledge of our students, employees, and campus communities.

CSN is committed to providing a place of work and learning free of discrimination based on race, color, national origin, disability, religion, age, sex/gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, genetic information, and veteran status in the programs or activities which it operates.

Why Live and Work in Southern Nevada?

The region has an environment where professional satisfaction and career achievement are paired with optimal quality of life in a locale with abundant opportunities for work and leisure. Southern Nevada is an excellent base camp for outdoor recreation. Popular nearby hiking and rock-climbing spots include Lake Mead National Recreation Area, Red Rock Canyon, the National Conservation Area, Spring Mountain Ranch State Park, and Valley of Fire State Park.

Residents enjoy vibrant urban and suburban communities, within the cities of Las Vegas, North Las Vegas, and Henderson, world-class restaurants, and beautiful parks. The region features a reasonable cost of living, with affordable prices on everything from housing to utilities to groceries compared to most major cities across the nation. Thanks to its mild winters and ample sunshine, the area appeals to a variety of age groups, from retirees to early career professionals. There are plenty of family-friendly activities available to keep families busy. Las Vegas is also a haven for professional sports fans with the NHL Golden Knights (2023 Stanley Cup Winner), WNBA Las Vegas Aces (2022, 2023 and 2025 National Champions), NFL Raiders Football Team, Las Vegas Lights FC and the Las Vegas Grand Prix.

Benefits of Working at CSN

• •Grant-in-Aid: Tuition & fee assistance for employees and their families at NSHE institutions.
• •Time Off: CSN provides a variety of time off options to help employees manage their work-life balance.
• •Holidays: All CSN employees receive 12 paid holidays per year.
• •Benefits: CSN offers attractive and customizable health insurance plans for employee and dependents.
• •Retirement Plan: Participants contribute 19.25% with 100% employer match.
• •On-site Early Childhood Education Center services available.
• •Learning & professional development opportunities.
• •Active CSN Affinity Groups that focus on campus-wide diversity initiatives to create a welcoming campus climate.

For more information about the benefits offered at CSN, please click the link https://www.csn.edu/benefits .

Position Description

Advise, develop, and coordinate academic plans and support for over 200 CSN student athletes and ensure compliance with NJCAA, Arizona Community College Athletic Conference (Region 1) and CSN rules and regulations governing student athletes. Support CSN’s ten (10) athletic programs: Men’s Soccer, Women’s Soccer, Men’s Cross Country, Women’s Cross Country, Women’s Volleyball, Men’s Basketball, Women’s Basketball, Men’s Baseball, Women’s Softball and Coed Cheer, with the possibility of adding additional teams in the future.

Grow and support existing advising infrastructure to keep up with student-athlete demands for increased academic monitoring and skill-building needs. Meet and maintain all aspects of regulatory measures with the NJCAA. Current graduation and transfer opportunities for student athletes will be enhanced and increased with this position. Monitor academic success rates, data reports, unit reports, and NSHE requests.

Support the mission of the College of Southern Nevada mission by providing student- athletes the opportunity to compete at their highest level of ability on an array of competitive intercollegiate athletic teams that emphasize academic success and graduation, “winning championships”, personal development, growth in character, ethical conduct, and sportsmanship.

Responsible for working with the Director of Advising & Coaching Services, the Athletic Director, the VP for Academic Affairs, the Athletic Coordinator of Internal Operations, the Sports Information Director and Recreation Coordinator, as well as with all athletic coaches and instructional faculty to ensure that the athletic program remains in compliance with ball institutional, accrediting, federal financial aid, and athletic regulations. By NSHE regulation the Compliance aspect of this position reports to the President and/or their designee.

Required Qualifications

• •Bachelors degree from an accredited college or university; OR equivalent combination of education and experience.
• •3 years in athletic academic advising and compliance at NJCAA and/or NCAA level.

Preferred Qualifications

5 years in athletic academic advising and compliance at NJCAA and/or NCAA level.

The ideal candidate