Graduate Assistant - Women's Volleyball Coach - Diverse Candidates Encouraged

Company: University of Wisconsin - Parkside
Location: Kenosha
Posted on: July 31, 2022

Job Description:

Code: 18156 Posted: 03/31/2022

The University of Wisconsin-Parkside is a dynamic learning community grounded in academic excellence and focused on student success, diversity, inclusion and community engagement. One of 13 four-year institutions within the University of Wisconsin System, Parkside provides an educational value to our students that's unparalleled. An affordable, high-quality education is an investment in one's future, and we believe the cost of an education should not prevent any student from achieving his or her educational and professional goals.

UW-Parkside is a great place to start or enhance your career. The campus is nestled in 700 acres of woodland and prairie and two miles west of Lake Michigan in Kenosha, WI. At Parkside we offer competitive pay and benefits, as well an engaging and supportive work environment. Parkside is a community that's easy to call home. Find out why.

Position Title: Graduate Assistant - Women's Volleyball Coach

Employment Type: Part-time, Academic Staff, Exempt

Reports To: The Graduate Assistant - Women's Volleyball Coach will report to the Head Women's Volleyball Coach.

The successful candidates will work a 10-month appointment for the 2022-23 academic year with the opportunity for renewal of a second year. Each graduate assistant will receive a full tuition waiver and an annual stipend of $7,500, paid monthly. These positions will remain open until filled. Anticipated start date for the positions will be August 1, with the potential for a mutually-agreed upon earlier start date and summer employment.

The coaching graduate assistants will also serve as an instructor for one activity class for the Health, Kinesiology, and Sport Management department (HKSM). To be eligible, students must be admitted to the in-person Master of Sport Management Program (MSSM) at the University of Wisconsin-Parkside. Appointments are contingent upon maintenance of minimum credit requirements and good standing in the MSSM program.

Parkside Athletics and HKSM have collaborated on the graduate assistant program for four years, fostering success for the athletics department, sport management program, and, most importantly, the graduate students. Alumni of the program have gone onto successful careers in college athletics and in club/youth and professional sports, including North Dakota State, Indiana State, Colorado College, Stephen F. Austin, UW-Parkside, University of Illinois-Chicago, and Quincy.

Essential Job Functions

The University of Wisconsin-Parkside invites applications for the position of Graduate Assistant -Women's Volleyball Coach. To be eligible, prospective candidates must be accepted into one of the Master's Degree programs at the University of Wisconsin-Parkside. The Women's Volleyball Graduate Assistant Coach will report directly to the Head Women's Volleyball Coach, and will gain experience assisting with all aspects of a NCAA Division II women's Volleyball program.

Key Job Responsibilities

Coaching Duties

Assist with all aspects of the women's volleyball program, including:

1. Planning and execution of practice.

2. Player development

3. Opponent scouting

4. Film breakdown

5. Recruitment of student-athletes

6. Travel and operational logistics

7. Organizing camps and clinics

8. Monitoring the academic progress of student-athletes

9. Consistently demonstrate a positive team player attitude, building and maintaining professional working relationships with all departmental staff, including but not limited to the athletics administration, the sports medicine department, support staff, and other department coaches.

10. Represent the athletics department through collaboration with a variety of campus groups.

11. Represent the athletics department appropriately and intentionally through community involvement, speaking engagements, media responsibilities, etc.

12. Represent UW-Parkside as appropriate with the Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (GLIAC) and the NCAA.

13. Consistent with NCAA Bylaw 11 and institutional procedures, Coach understands and agrees that if Coach is found in violation of any NCAA or Conference Legislation or fails to report a violation, he/she shall be subject o disciplinary or corrective action as set forth in the provisions of the NCAA enforcement procedures, including suspension without pay or termination of employment for significant or repetitive violations.

14. Perform other duties as assigned

Qualifications

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree
• Candidates must possess excellent written and verbal skills
• The ability to exhibit professionalism and maintain confidentiality
• The ideal candidate will have experience as a student-athlete, manager, and/or coach in a college women's volleyball program University of Wisconsin - Parkside Associated topics: accountant i, accountant iii, admin support specialist, administrative assistant iv, aide, budget, intern, information technology systems analyst, public relations specialist, support

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