Assistant Director of Compliance

Oklahoma Baptist University transforms lives by equipping students to pursue academic excellence, integrate faith with all areas of knowledge, engage a diverse world, and live worthy of the high calling of God in Christ.

Expectations for all Employees

• Demonstrate commitment to the essentials of the Christian faith.
• Commit to the mission and vision of Oklahoma Baptist University.
• Treat people with dignity and respect.
• Build relationships on honesty, integrity, and trust.
• Strive for excellence through teamwork, leadership, and a strong work ethic.
• Manage human and financial resources wisely and efficiently.

Responsibilities

To oversee the day-to-day operations of athletic compliance to ensure the university is meeting all NCAA, conference, and institutional policies and procedures.

• Check to make sure all student-athletes meet all NCAA, conference, and institutional eligibility requirements.
• Monitor all CARA activities to ensure student-athletes are meeting all NCAA requirements.
• Monitor all official and unofficial visits by recruits.
• Track and monitor all athletic scholarship budgets.
• Track and monitor all recruiting activities of coaches.
• Educate coaches, student-athletes, staff, faculty, and boosters on all NCAA policies to ensure institutional control.
• Distribute, check, and monitor all beginning-of-the-year forms for all student-athletes.
• Review and determine, in conjunction with the registrar’s office, eligibility for all incoming, transfers, and continuing student-athletes.
• Assist with game day operations.
• Perform any other duties assigned by the Sr Associate Athletic Director for Internal Operations or the Director of Athletics.

Requirements

• Computer skills including Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
• Able to lift 25 lb.
• Knowledge of Compliance Assistant and ARMS.
• Bachelor’s degree (required).
• Master’s degree and/or Juris Doctorate (preferred).
• One year of experience working in an NCAA compliance office (preferred).
• Previous experience as a graduate assistant or part-time work in an NCAA compliance office (required).
• Must be a member of a local evangelical Christian church. Evangelical is a broad term referring to a segment within Christianity which maintains the authority of the Bible and the belief in salvation by faith in Jesus alone.

Benefits

Full-time employees receive:

• Generous employer premium contributions for nationwide family-friendly health and dental coverages.
• Free life insurance that includes accidental death and dismemberment equal to an employee’s base salary.
• Access to optional employee-paid ancillary benefits (vision, hospitalization, critical illness, accident, additional life insurance).
• Education benefits at OBU and other institutions of higher education.
• Generous paid time off: annual vacation time, accrued sick leave, six holidays, and week-long breaks for Thanksgiving and Christmas (including energy conservation days).
• Employer matching for retirement investments in a 403(b)(9) plan administered by GuideStone (for employees working at least half-time).
• Free family membership to the OBU Recreation and Wellness Center (RAWC).
• Global outreach university mission trips.
• Cafeteria discounts and parking privileges.