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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:

– 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 – 12
• Minimum – $76,700.00
• MidPoint – $95,900.00
• Maximum – $115,100.00