Position Details Position Information Position Title: Football Operations and Recruiting Graduate Assistant Academic Year: 2025-2026 UIW Mission University of the Incarnate Word is a Catholic institution that welcomes to its community persons of diverse backgrounds in the belief that their respectful interaction advances the discovery of truth, mutual understanding, self-realization, and the common good.
Position Summary The Football Operations and Recruiting Graduate Assistant assists with managing the day-to-day operations of the UIW Football team, takes administrative responsibility for all events and activities of the football program, and oversees the support services of student-athletes. The position will serve as the liaison for all numerous campus partnerships. The position reports to the Director of Football Operations.
Essential Functions • Handles the day-to-day operations of the football program. • Works with athletics department communication team on social media activity. • Supports planning for travel arrangements made for the team and meals for games. • Works with development team to coordinate football supporter travel and other fundraising events. • Works directly with compliance office to ensure football program adheres to NCAA regulations. • Assists with planning and execution of all logistics of preseason training camp. • Assists with planning and execution of meals for official visits. • Acts as football program liaison for selected campus partners. • Acts as liaison for the football program to athletics administration for non-football related activity. • Manages and recruits student workers and/or volunteers for football program. • Represents the football program in a professional manner. • Complies with NCAA Conference and UIW regulations. • Performs other duties as assigned.
Qualifications Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities • Strong Organization skills and ability to multi-task. • Proficient in event management from inception to full execution. • Strong communication skills. • Excellent written, verbal, and interpersonal communication skills. • Personal computer applications, including proficiency in MS Office Suite. • Ability to provide leadership and direction. • Ability to effectively and creatively manage complex issues, develop, analyze, and monitor complicated budgets. • Self-motivated. • Ability to interact with individuals at all levels in the department, the University, and the University community. • Energetic self-starter who exercises sound judgment. • Ability to work effectively with individuals from diverse communities and cultures.
Employee Requirements • Current UIW graduate student. • Required Education: Current UIW graduate student. • Required Work Experience: Previous experience in intercollegiate athletics and/or customer service. • Preferred Qualifications: None.
Certifications, Licenses, or Registrations • Valid drivers license must be at least 21 years of age and have a driving record insurable by UIW insurance carrier.
Work Hours • Must be willing to work nights, weekends, and holidays.
Physical Demands • Ability to lift equipment, tools, and/or materials weighing up to 25 pounds waist high.
Posting Details Posting Number: STU1542PO Number of Vacancies: 4 Job Type: Full Time Job Category: Students Desired Start Date: 03092026 Multi-Hire Pool: Yes Position End Date (if temporary): N/A Reports to: Head Football Coach Salary: $2100 Stipend Tuition Waiver: Open Open Date: 02262026 Close Date: Open Until Filled Special Instructions to Applicant: None.
UIW is committed to a policy of equal opportunity in employment without regard to race, color, sex, sexual orientation, citizenship status, national origin, age, marital status, disability, genetic information, gender identity, or expression, veteran status, pregnancy, and religion, except in limited circumstances when religious preference is both permitted by law and deemed appropriate as a matter of University policy.
One of the leading comprehensive universities in Texas, the University of the Incarnate Word in San Antonio strives to educate men and women who will become concerned and enlightened citizens with values developed in a Judeo-Christian tradition. In 1881 the Sisters of Charity of the Incarnate Word founded Incarnate Word College as a center of higher education for young women. The college was admitted to membership in the Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools in 1919, and joined the Texas Association of Colleges as a senior college in 1920. The Graduate Studies division was established in 1950. Male students were first admitted into the college's undergraduate programs in 1970. Incarnate Word College became the University of the Incarnate Word in 1996. Today, UIW is a Hispanic-Serving Institution under federal guidelines.
UIW is the largest Catholic university in Texas and the fourth-largest private university in the state. The enrollment reflects the diversity of South Texas, as more than 60 percent of the students are from racial or ethnic minority groups. UIW is ranked No. 1 nationally among faith-based universities in the conferring of bachelor’s degrees to Hispanics by the Hispanic Outlook in Higher Education Magazine, and No. 6 nationally among all private, not-for-profit universities. International students comprise 14% of the student body, and they represent over 70 countries. Seventy-five percent of the students depend upon financial aid. A majority of the students are first-generation college attendees.
UIW offers 80 undergraduate and graduate fields of study, including the Ph.D. in Education and doctoral degrees in pharmacy (Pharm.D.), optometry (OD), nursing practice (DNP), physical therapy (DPT) and business administration (DBA). UIW is one of twenty universities in the U.S. with an optometry program, while the pharmacy school is the only one in Texas at a private university. In fall, 2017, the School of Osteopathic Medicine will welcome its first class of students to a new facility at Brooks City Base.
In athletics, UIW is a member of the Division 1 Southland Conference. UIW fielded its first football team in 2009, which plays in Benson Stadium, named after New Orleans Saints owner Tom Benson.
With a student-to-faculty classroom ratio of 14:1, UIW is a wireless campus that provides students with an environment that encourages excellence in academics. As part of its international efforts, UIW has agreements for reciprocal education with 123 universities in 40 countries. It also operates academic sites in Mexico City and Irapuato, Mexico, and Heidelberg, Germany.
In 2017, UIW was chosen as one of the “Great Colleges to Work For” in a national survey by The Chronicle of Higher Education, the ninth year in a row it has received this prestigious distinction. UIW also made the national Top 10 Honor Roll for eight consecutive years, in the medium-sized classification for universities with enrollments between 3,000 and 9,999 students. The graduate nursing program has been recognized as one of the top 65 graduate programs nationally by U.S. News Media Group.
The University of the Incarnate Word is accredited to award baccalaureate and graduate degrees by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools. It also is accredited by the Texas Education Agency, the Association of Collegiate Business Schools and Programs, the Council of Baccalaureate and Higher Degree Programs of the National League for Nursing, the Board of Nurse Examiners for the State of Texas, the Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs, the Joint Review Committee on Educational Programs in Nuclear Medicine Technology, the American Music Therapy Association, the Council of Education of the Deaf, the American Dietetic Association, and the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education.