Career Center

Director of On-Campus Recruiting, Football

Mission
We are a community committed to preparing students to be educated and enlightened citizens who lead productive and meaningful lives.

Vision
To be the national model for the engaged university: engaged with ideas and the world.

Who We Are
Located in the heart of Virginia’s beautiful Shenandoah Valley, the city of Harrisonburg is approximately 120 miles from Washington, D.C. and Richmond, VA. With a population of just over 53,000, Harrisonburg is one of the most diverse communities in the Commonwealth of Virginia. JMU is a selective, public institution with a growing national reputation for offering experiences that lead to an outstanding education and inclusive environment for students, faculty and staff. The student body includes approximately 20,000 undergraduate and 1,900 graduate students, with over 1,000 full-time instructional faculty.

JMU offers thriving programs in the liberal arts, science and technology, and professional disciplines at the undergraduate, master’s and doctoral levels. The university is committed to expanding diversity, fostering equity and inclusion, and supporting superlative teaching and scholarship. JMU has achieved national recognition for the high quality of its academic programs, focus on maintaining strong student/faculty interaction, and innovative faculty research.

James Madison University, a Division I member of the NCAA is seeking a Director of On-Campus Recruiting, Football to work within a highly competitive program. This is a full-time position with a comprehensive benefits package.

Duties and responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Coordinate and manage all on-campus official and unofficial recruiting visits, including game day visits by prospective student-athletes
• Coordinates recruiting correspondence with prospective student-athletes, high school coaches, junior college coaches and other appropriate entities/parties.
• Assist with the admissions, onboarding process, move-in of signed prospective athletes and coordinate the collection and database management of transcripts for all possible prospective student athletes.
• Cultivate, lead, and manage student workers for the recruiting department
• Foster and maintain positive relationships and work collaboratively with University and Athletics staff, students, prospective student-athletes and their guests/families and all constituents and stakeholders.
• Maintain a thorough knowledge of and adhere to all applicable NCAA, Conference and University rules and regulations.
• Maintain compliance logs related to prospective student-athlete unofficial & official visits.
• Work with coaches to get admissions applications returned and NCAA Eligibility Center certification completed in a timely manner
• Assist with other duties/projects as assigned/directed by the Head Coach, Senior Director, Football Operations, Director of Player Personnel, and Recruiting Coordinator

Required:

• Bachelor’s degree
• Strong organizational skills
• Working knowledge of NCAA Division I FBS and/or FCS College Football Recruiting Rules & Regulations
• NCAA Division I Football recruiting, coaching or Playing experience

Preferred:

• One or two years of working in NCAA Division 1 FBS and/or FCS College Football Recruiting as a Graduate Assistant or Full-Time Role

To apply go to https://joblink.jmu.edu/postings/12096 or visit JobLink.jmu.edu and reference posting number F1896. Pay Rate: Commensurate with Experience.

James Madison University is an equal opportunity employer committed to creating and supporting a diverse and inclusive work and educational community that is free of all forms of discrimination. This institution does not tolerate discrimination or harassment on the basis of age, color, disability, gender identity or expression, genetic information, national origin, parental status, political affiliation, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation or veteran status.