Director of Scouting

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Job Category:

Academic Staff

Employment Type:

Regular

Job Profile:

Athletics Recruitment Manager

Job Summary:

The Director of Scouting will lead and manage the identification and evaluation of football prospects, and provide strategic insights to support recruiting and roster planning. The position will lead the football personnel staff in the evaluation of current student-athletes. The position will also assist the Director of Recruiting in identifying, evaluating, and recruiting high school student-athletes. The role will assist the Football General Manager with player representation relations and support the coaching staff with overall roster construction for the football program.

Current Employees: If you are currently employed at any of the Universities of Wisconsin, log in to Workday to apply through the internal application process.

Job Category:

Academic Staff

Employment Type:

Regular

Job Profile:

Athletics Recruitment Manager

Job Summary:

The Director of Scouting will lead and manage the identification and evaluation of football prospects, and provide strategic insights to support recruiting and roster planning. The position will lead the football personnel staff in the evaluation of current student-athletes. The position will also assist the Director of Recruiting in identifying, evaluating, and recruiting high school student-athletes. The role will assist the Football General Manager with player representation relations and support the coaching staff with overall roster construction for the football program.

Key Job Responsibilities:

• Exercises supervisory authority, including hiring, transferring, suspending, promoting, managing conduct and performance, discharging, assigning, rewarding, disciplining, and/or approving hours worked of at least 2.0 full-time equivalent (FTE) employees

• Schedules logistics and secures resources for off-campus and on-campus recruiting and official and unofficial visits and ensures compliance with established rules and regulations

• Manages the unit or program budget

• Directs, implements, and monitors recruitment records and information systems to adhere to established rules, regulations, policies, and procedures

• Plans and directs staff implementation of prospective student-athlete identification and evaluation processes in collaboration with coaching staff

Department:

Wisconsin Athletics, Football

Compensation:

The minimum starting salary is $87,112, depending on qualifications and experience.

Employees in this position can expect to receive benefits such as:

• Generous vacation, holidays, and paid time off;

• Competitive insurances and savings accounts; retirement benefits;

• Badger gear & season tickets for Badger football, men's basketball and men's hockey, and/or the varsity sports pass.

More Benefits information can be found here.

Required Qualifications:

• Minimum of 5 years of experience in college or professional football scouting, personnel, or coaching preferred
• Experience with modern recruiting software and analytical tools preferred
• Experience with navigating transfer portal for player personnel decisions
• Experience managing player representation relationships

Preferred Qualifications:

• Strong interpersonal and communication skills (written and verbal).
• Excellent organizational and management abilities.
• Ability to build relationships and interact effectively with prospects, student-athletes, coaches, and staff

Education:

Bachelor’s degree required; Master’s degree preferred

How to Apply:

To ensure full consideration, please submit your completed application no later than 11:55 p.m. CST on the Apply By date. Your application should include:

• A cover letter detailing how your qualifications and experiences align with the responsibilities of the position.
• A comprehensive resume.

Please note that reference checks will be conducted for finalists. Applicants selected to proceed in the selection process will be notified directly. All applicants will receive notification once a final selection has been made and the search is complete.

Conditions of Appointment: This is a 100% Limited appointment. Salary will be assigned within the appropriate range, commensurate with the candidate's qualifications and experience. An excellent benefits package is also included. Successful applicants are responsible for ensuring their eligibility to work in the United States (i.e. a citizen or national of the United States, a lawful permanent resident, a foreign national authorized to work in the United States without need of employer sponsorship) on or before the effective date of appointment.

Unless confidentiality is requested in your online application, information regarding the names of applicants must be released upon request. Finalists cannot be guaranteed confidentiality.

UW-Madison conducts criminal background checks for final candidate(s).

Contact Information:

Kayla Weisensel, kw4@athletics.wisc.edu

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Diversity is a source of strength, creativity, and innovation for UW-Madison. We value the contributions of each person and respect the profound ways their identity, culture, background, experience, status, abilities, and opinion enrich the university community. We commit ourselves to the pursuit of excellence in teaching, research, outreach, and diversity as inextricably linked goals.

The University of Wisconsin-Madison fulfills its public mission by creating a welcoming and inclusive community for people from every background - people who as students, faculty, and staff serve Wisconsin and the world.

The University of Wisconsin-Madison is an Equal Opportunity Employer. 

Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to, including but not limited to, race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, pregnancy, disability, or status as a protected veteran and other bases as defined by federal regulations and UW System policies. We promote excellence by acknowledging skills and expertise from all backgrounds and encourage all qualified individuals to apply. For more information regarding applicant and employee rights and to view federal and state required postings, visit the Human Resources Workplace Poster website.

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Employment may require a criminal background check. It may also require your references to answer questions regarding misconduct, including sexual violence and sexual harassment. 
 
The University of Wisconsin System will not reveal the identities of applicants who request confidentiality in writing, except that the identity of the successful candidate will be released. See Wis. Stat. sec. 19.36(7). 
 
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