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Commonwealth Campus Athletics

The Athletic Director - Commonwealth Campus provides leadership, direction, and oversight for the athletic program operations at a Commonwealth Campus, including intercollegiate sports, camps, and athletic events; manages program budgets, personnel, compliance, and operating procedures; establishes long-range plans to promote and grow the athletic program; develops policies and procedures; directs student athlete recruiting strategies.

• Oversee operations for athletic programs including intercollegiate sports, recreational athletic programs, camps, and events
• Provide leadership for team of athletic staff, including hiring, scheduling, delivering training and development opportunities, directing workflow, and evaluating performance
• Establish goals and strategic plans; integrate vision into program operations
• Develop policies and procedures related to travel, game day operations, student athlete eligibility, risk management, contract management, fundraising, budget, and staffing
• Oversee the planning, promotion, logistics, and evaluation of athletic events; oversee home events, athletic competitions, conferences, championship events, post-season events, and special team events; manage the bidding process, contracts, logistics, compliance, and scheduling; direct game day management activities
• Direct student athlete recruiting and retention activities
• Monitor conference and association rules; interpret and apply rules to campus athletic program operations and procedures; submit reports and documentation; collaborate with internal and external athletic associations to ensure safety, eligibility, and recruiting guidelines are followed
• Plan, manage, and evaluate all aspects of athletic camps including budgets, logistics, staffing, procedures, and compliance
• Administer the budget of assigned programs; plan and forecast financial plans; prepare and submit reports; allocate resources; develop strategies to increase revenue
• 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
• Represent the athletics department on various Campus and University committees

Level:

– Manager

Base Description:

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

Level Summary:

– Demonstrates proficient ability in work design, project management, financial planning and development of goals for accomplishing unit assignments. Reviews and guides work to ensure conformity to policy and effective approaches. Evaluates employee performance and recommend development opportunities. Demonstrates ability to coach employees. Presents and communicates key university indicatives and connects it to unit contributions. Provides broad guidelines. Develops, evaluates, enhances, and/or implements quality improvement practices. Recommends innovative solutions.

Supervisory Responsibilities:

– Oversees a team (typically 4 or more; no fewer than 2) full
– time direct reports of individual contributors and/or first level supervisors.

Fiscal Responsibilities:

– Monitors and tracks department/area budget
– May plan, forecast, and/or assist in developing budgets
– May have final signature authority for specific area

Problem Solving:

– Encounters varied and complex problems
– Helps to develop creative and/or novel approaches to resolve problems that are difficult in nature but within limited scope
– Modifies, adapts, or refines guidelines if necessary to resolve issues or problems

Independence of Action:

– Works independently on complex or strategic assignments
– Uses existing practices and advanced working knowledge to determine appropriate work methods for the team
– Reviews completed work of others for conformity to policy, and effectiveness of approach
– Delegates 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
– Prepares written and/or verbal presentations or proposals on complex issues and delivers to a broad variety of audiences
– Communicates key university initiatives and how unit’s work contributes to their achievement
– Presents ideas, concepts and instructions in a clear manner, and uses persuasion and negotiation to build consensus and cooperation
– Establishes and maintains networks to facilitate successful communication among units

• Comp Grade – 11
• Minimum – $68,200.00
• MidPoint – $85,200.00
• Maximum – $102,300.00