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Student Athlete Development Intern, Department of Athletics

Employer
Wake Forest University
Location
Winston Salem, NC

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Job Details

Job location: Winston Salem, NC


Employment Type: Full-time
Posted data: 2019-07-17
Req: R0001874
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Job Description Summary

Our one-year program seeks to provide an outstanding opportunity to learn the fundamental operations of a Student-Athlete Development department. The focus is threefold: Personal Development, Professional Development and Partnerships/Outreach. S-A Development is committed to ensuring that our intern receives valuable experience through a variety of special projects and day-to-day interaction with our student-athletes. Interns will leave the program with a thorough understanding of how a S-A Development office operates in a Power 5 conference school and receive exposure to a nationally ranked career office.

Job Description

  • Assist in the day-to-day administration of all Student-Athlete Development programming, including weekly emails, website updates, social media outlets and other forms of communication
  • Works dually with S-A Development and the Office of Personal and Career Development (OPCD) for career coaching appointments, resume reviews, and professional development events
  • Become familiar with the Handshake and CMR platforms
  • Coordinator of all community impact programming, including (5) campus events, Santa’s Helper (largest Athletics service project), and individual team charity of choice
  • Learn Helper-Helper application to provide guidance to student-athletes and coaches re: community service hours
  • Serves as a resume reviewer in the Office of Personal and Career Development 4-days each week
    (M-Th, half day)
  • Assist internally and operationally with the planning, logistics and execution of all SA-Dev events, such as Back to School Bash, Industry Insight Events, Etiquette Dinners, the annual Career; Development and Networking Night and the Black and Golden Globes annual awards show
  • Handles the coordination of Student-Athlete Advisory Committee meetings, including, room set up, meal arrangements, agendas and meeting reminders
  • Responsible for helping to develop the internal relationships with coaches and student-athletes
  • Performs tours of Student-Athlete Development for recruits, parents and other visitors to campus
  • Performs other related duties as assigned

Required Education:

  • Bachelor’s degree required. 
  • Previous work in Student-Athlete Development, Life Skills, S.A.A.C., or career coaching preferred.

Required Knowledge, Skills, Abilities

  • Knowledge and understanding of collegiate academic and athletic structure and process
  • Demonstrate organizational and time management skills
  • Proficiency in Microsoft Word, excel, Powerpoint, Mailchimp, and social media platforms
  • Ability to work with culturally diverse students
  • Excellent communication skills both orally and in writing
  • Self-starter, Ability to work with supervisors and Coaches
  • Ability to follow directions and thoroughly complete tasks as assigned; ability to meet deadlines
  • Ability and willingness to work evenings and weekends

Accountabilities:

  • Assists in providing work direction for student workers or volunteer interns
  • Monitors student-athletes and their progress towards personal success both academically and professionally
** Cover letter required for all positions and optional for facilities, campus services, and hospitality positions unless otherwise specified.

Additional Job Description

This is a split role between the Student-Athlete Development department and the Office of Personal and Career Development. Student-Athlete career readiness and placement is top priority at WFU; therefore, this position was created to ensure our student-athletes are prepared to pursue a professional career of choice.


 

Time Type Requirement

Full timeNote to Applicant:This position profile identifies the key responsibilities and expectations for performance. It cannot encompass all specific job tasks that an employee may be required to perform. Employees are required to follow any other job-related instructions and perform job-related duties as may be reasonably assigned by his/her supervisor.

In order to provide a safe and productive learning and living community, Wake Forest University conducts background investigations and drug screens for all final staff candidates being considered for employment.

Wake Forest seeks to recruit and retain a diverse workforce, and encourages qualified candidates across all group demographics to apply.

Organization

Wake Forest University, formed in 1834, has experienced decades of growth and innovation.  WFU is a distinctive university that combines a liberal arts core with graduate and professional schools and innovative research programs.  The University embraces the teacher-scholar ideal, which prizes the personal interaction between students and faculty.  It is a place where exceptional teaching, fundamental research and discovery, and the engagement of faculty and students in the classroom and the laboratory are paramount.

Wake Forest University is a community that seeks the enlightenment and freedom which come through diligent study and learning. Its higher goal, however, is to give life to the University motto "Pro Humanitate," as members translate a passion for knowledge into compassionate service. The community shares a tradition that embraces freedom and integrity and acknowledges the worth of the individual. The heritage, established by the school's founders and nurtured by succeeding generations, promotes a democratic spirit arising from open-mindedness and discourse. Wake Forest fosters compassion and caring for others. Its collective strength and character are derived from the values and distinctive experiences of each individual; therefore, it affirms the richness of human intellect and culture and its contribution to knowledge, faith, reason, and dialogue. Furthermore, it strives toward a society in which good will, respect, and equality prevail. To that end, Wake Forest University rejects hatred and bigotry in any form and promotes justice, honor, and mutual trust.​

The University is comprised of:  the undergraduate college, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, School of Business, School of Divinity, School of Law, and School of Medicine (located on the Bowman Gray campus with Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center) and today enrolls about 4,846 undergraduates and 2,823 students in graduate programs at its principal location, the Reynolda campus.  Students at Wake Forest University enjoy a great deal of access to and interaction with world-class faculty both in and out of the classroom setting with a student-faculty ratio of 11:1.  Wake Forest employs approximately 2,772 full and part-time faculty and staff.

Wake Forest is a collegiate university offering a vibrant, intellectual community with a rich cultural life, an impressive array of facilities, and a strong athletics program competing in the fifteen-team Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC).  Since its founding, the university has adopted the motto “pro humanitate,” which is exemplified by a deep institutional commitment to public service and engagement with the world. Wake Forest has a strong commitment to holistic, eight-dimensional well-being for students, faculty and staff as evidenced in the Thrive initiative.

Winston-Salem, NC

Wake Forest is located in Winston-Salem, NC, a beautiful, mid-sized city centrally located in the Piedmont-Triad region of North Carolina.  Winston-Salem is a family-friendly city with high quality schools, numerous outdoor recreational activities and events, and is known for its vibrant and thriving arts scene.

Winston-Salem residents enjoy close proximity to the beautiful Blue Ridge Mountains (1.5 hours) and Atlantic beaches (4 hours), a moderate climate with four distinct seasons, a very reasonable cost of living, and an eclectic variety of restaurants, wine bars, and breweries for dining with friends and family.  Winston-Salem offers many of the amenities of a large city but with the sense of community and quality of life of a smaller town (www.visitwinstonsalem.com).

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