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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:

– Principal Manager

Base Description:

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

Level Summary:

– Demonstrates awareness of broad issues and management trends. Applies exemplary management principles. Evaluates impact of policy and adjusts accordingly. Ensures appropriate skills are developed and maintained within team/unit. Realigns staff responsibilities to meet desired changes. Provides administrative and policy direction. Develops and articulates broad goals. Fosters collaboration between units. Engages in written and verbal communications that reach a university-wide and/or broad external audience. Develops and implements solutions to highly complex and often controversial problems.

Supervisory Responsibilities:

– Oversees teams of other supervisors/managers
– Leads a business unit

Fiscal Responsibilities:

– Plans, forecasts, develops, and/or approves budgets
– Typically has final signature authority for business unit

Problem Solving:

– Encounters highly varied and complex problems that may have a significant impact on multiple units and/or the University
– Regularly develops creative and/or novel approaches to resolve the most difficult problems
– Creates an environment that encourages imaginative solutions to problems

Independence of Action:

– Work results are not clearly defined and may be frequently changing
– Sets own goals and determines how to accomplish results with few or no guidelines to follow
– Oversees completed work of others and is accountable for unit results
– Delegates advanced tasks to others and provides guidance to team members

Communication and Collaboration:

– Communicates with both internal and external audiences
– May represent the University externally
– Collaborates closely with team members and other leaders across the University
– Communicates a compelling vision that inspires and motivates others

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