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Athletic Events (Division I)

The Athletic Events Manager is responsible for administering all aspects of events for Division I athletic programs; establishes safety protocols; develops master event schedules; administers budgets including payroll; ensures consistency in operating procedures across programs; supervises, trains, and evaluates staff; ensures compliance with conference guidelines.

• Oversee and administer events for Division I athletic programs such as home events, athletic competitions, conferences, championship events, post-season events, and special team events; manage the bidding process, contracts, logistics, compliance, and scheduling
• Develop and manage athletic event budgets; monitor expenditures; review and approve budget changes
• Lead and direct event teams including hiring, training, and evaluating staff; provide development opportunities
• Collaborate with central University areas including those related to recreation, facilities, and safety to facilitate events; represent the unit and develop partnerships with local community groups
• Serve as a key point of contact for coaches, teams, and athletic department staff to coordinate event schedules and logistics
• Ensure event compliance with university policies, safety protocols, and NCAA regulations

Level:

– Senior Manager

Base Description:

– Manages direct reports where primary duty is the management of a working unit.

Level Summary:

– Demonstrates advanced skills in critical functions related to unit's success. Demonstrates advanced knowledge of emerging technologies and processes. Monitors completed work of others to ensure effectiveness and adherence to requirements. Sets clear expectations and holds team accountable. Establishes a shared team/unit vision. Demonstrates ability to evaluate and enhance team/unit practices that promote a strong commitment to inclusionary practices. Coaches others using appropriate strategies. Demonstrates diplomacy. Demonstrates ability to serve as liaison between senior-level management and staff. Resolves complex, controversial, or unprecedented issues and problems.

Supervisory Responsibilities:

– Oversees large team or teams of individual contributors and/or supervisors/managers
– Leads a department or functional area

Fiscal Responsibilities:

– Monitors and tracks large budgets
– Plans, forecasts, and/or develops budgets
– May approve budgets for specific area
– Typically has final signature authority for specific area

Problem Solving:

– Encounters highly varied and complex problems that impacts the team and possibly the unit
– Develops creative and/or novel approaches to resolve problems that are difficult in nature
– Independently resolves complex and/or unprecedented issues and problems

Independence of Action:

– Work results are not clearly defined
– Generally sets own goals and determines how to accomplish results with few or no guidelines to follow
– Monitors completed work of others to ensure soundness of approach, effectiveness of meeting requirements, the feasibility of recommendations and adherences to requirements
– Delegates more advanced tasks to others

Communication and Collaboration:

– Communicates with both internal and external audiences
– Collaborates closely with team members and various areas across the University
– Fosters collaboration between units and engages others' coordinated efforts to reach desired outcomes with broad scope

• Comp Grade – 13
• Minimum – $86,300.00
• MidPoint – $107,900.00
• Maximum – $129,500.00