Associate Supervisor, Varsity Sports (Compliance and Eligibility)

Job title: Associate Supervisor, Varsity Sports (Compliance and Eligibility)

Company: University of Ottawa


Job description: Follow us onJob Type: EmployeeDuration in Months (for fixed-term jobs): N/AJob Family: Varsity Programs and Coaching# of Open Positions: 1Faculty/Service – Department: Varsity Operations and Student-Athlete SupportCampus: Main CampusUnion Affiliation: SSUODate Posted: April 24, 2025Applications must be received BEFORE: May 06, 2025Hours per week: 35Salary Grade: SSUO Grade 10Salary Range: $77,637.00 – $98,070.00About Student Affairs :Student Affairs is at the very heart of the student experience at the University of Ottawa. We recruit the very best future students, support them throughout their university years and leave them well-prepared for fulfilling careers and future studies. Our team of more than 600 dedicated staff provides the services that keep students happy, well and thriving as they pursue their ambitions. We help them apply and enroll for courses, we oversee 11 residences and an award-winning Dining Hall, we organize fun events and varsity sports activities, we run an innovative career development and experiential learning program and much more!There’s nothing more rewarding than helping future generations reach their full potential at a world-class university. With our wide variety of career opportunities and professional development pathways, we’re sure that you’ll enjoy the experience as much as our students do.Position purpose:Lead and subject matter expert in all conference sport regulations in U SPORTS, OUA and the RSEQ including but not limited to Athletic Financial Awards, scheduling, training camps, start dates, recruitment, etc.The incumbent is responsible for constructing a robust eligibility and compliance structure that ensures coaches, volunteers and student-athletes are acting within regulatory requirements, in order to ensure the institution is operating in good standing with national conference regulatory bodies, and to avoid reputational damage.In this role, your responsibilities will include:

• Leads the Varsity Athletics student-athlete compliance processes that are aligned with conference and national governing bodies as well as uOttawa policies related, but not limited to, academic results, recruiting, transfer regulations, athletic financial aid, gender equity, compassionate appeals, repatriation from NCAA and doping control education and violations.
• Design and executes all Athletic Financial Aid (AFA) processes and directs the development TORs to strategically enhance student-athlete support while ensuring alignment to regulatory requirements of governing bodies.
• Represents uOttawa on conference and national governing body committees and leads the sport technical aspects when hosting conference or U SPORTS national championships in order to develop the Canadian university sport landscape and ensure a positive image for uOttawa within this landscape.
• Ensures that the University of Ottawa is compliant with all sport technical aspects of hosting regular season games, exhibition and playoffs games.
• Plan, leads and implements the annual pre-season student-athlete orientations which include the orientation seminars and registration process for Varsity student-athletes.
• Leads all video review process within the regulations of OUA and the RSEQ.
• Establish and implement minimum coaching certification requirements and ensure conformity to the Varsity Risk Management Plan and measures.

What you will bring:

• University degree, preferably a graduate degree, in Sport Science or Sports Management or another combination of training and experience deemed equivalent.
• A minimum of 5 years of relevant experience for the job.
• A minimum of 3 years’ experience in the application of regulations of the Canadian University Sport System and related organizations and regulatory bodies (e.g. Canadian Centre for Ethics in Sport).
• Bilingual – French and English (spoken and written).
• Recognized experience of issues related to that of high-performance sport.
• Ability to plan for the short, medium, and long term, to develop performance indicators and to take appropriate actions to achieve objectives.
• Demonstrated experience in leadership, human resources management and change management as well as strong interpersonal skills that leverage consultation, analysis, and feedback.
• Demonstrated experience in strategic planning, development, management and implementation of complex projects and programs related to the field.
• A professional level of judgment and experience in building relationships within a professional, academic, and community-based settings.
• It requires availability to frequently work evenings and weekends and to travel on occasion.

Key Competencies at uOttawa:
Here are the required competencies for all or our employees at uOttawa:Planning: Organize in time a series of actions or events in order to realize an objective or a project. Plan and organize own work and priorities in regular daily activities.
Initiative: Demonstrate creativity and initiative to suggest improvements and encourage positive results. Is proactive and self-starting. Show availability and willingness to go above and beyond whenever it is possible.
Client Service Orientation: Help or serve others to meet their needs. This implies anticipating and identifying the needs of internal and external clients and finding solutions on how to meet them.
Teamwork and Cooperation: Cooperate and work well with other members of the team to reach common goal(s). Accept and give constructive feedback. Able to adjust own behaviour to reach the goals of the team.The University of Ottawa embraces diversity and inclusion in the workplace. We are passionate about our people and committed to employment equity. We foster a culture of respect, teamwork and inclusion, where collaboration, innovation, and creativity fuel our quest for research and teaching excellence. While all qualified persons are invited to apply, we welcome applications from qualified Indigenous persons, racialized persons, persons with disabilities, women and LGBTQIA2S+ persons. The University is committed to creating and maintaining an accessible, barrier-free work environment. The University is also committed to working with applicants with disabilities requesting accommodation during the recruitment, assessment and selection processes. Applicants with disabilities may contact hrtalentmanagement@uottawa.ca to communicate the accommodation need. All qualified candidates are encouraged to apply; however, Canadians and permanent residents will be given priority.Note: if this is a union position: The hiring process will be governed by the current collective agreement related to the union affiliation noted above; you can click to find out more.If this is a front-line position with responsibilities to interact with students, selected candidates must be rated at the Low Advanced proficiency level or higher for both oral comprehension and reading comprehension in their second official language. The rating is determined by a proficiency test designed by the Official Languages and Bilingualism Institute.Prior to May 1, 2022, the University required all students, faculty, staff, and visitors (including contractors) to be fully vaccinated against Covid-19 as defined in Policy 129 – Covid-19 Vaccination. This policy was suspended effective May 1, 2022 but may be reinstated at any point in the future depending on public health guidelines and the recommendations of experts.

Expected salary: $77637 – 98070 per year

Location: Canada

Job date: Fri, 25 Apr 2025 07:43:25 GMT

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