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Athletic Events

The Athletic Events Specialist coordinates, plans, and manages intercollegiate sport events; oversees logistics including staffing, budget, scheduling, marketing, media coverage, and external vendors; coordinates and manages workflow; and maintains communication between units to execute the event.

• Manage events for assigned sports including staffing, schedules, communication, budget, and operational logistics
• Schedule game day staff and ensure adequate coverage for the event; oversee the workflow of event staff
• Coordinate with marketing, ticketing, parking, and video teams to execute event logistics
• Create gameday materials such as event sheets and signage; oversee the distribution of event materials
• Coordinate with units including emergency, transportation, facilities, and police services to execute protocols and ensure event safety
• Maintain budgets for assigned sports; prepare and maintain contracts; review and approve invoices; prepare financial reports
• Coordinate with external vendors associated with events
• Prepare bid submissions for hosting opportunities
• Hire, train, and supervise students or wage employees
• Collaborate with coaches and directors to develop long range plans for future events, assess event effectiveness, identify improvement opportunities, develop new event management strategies
• May supervise staff members, including hiring, development, and performance management

Level:

– Senior Professional

Base Description:

– Completes activities, tasks, and/or projects of a functional nature.

Level Summary:

– Demonstrates advanced knowledge of principles, practices, and procedures of a particular field. Works independently on moderately complex work assignments under limited oversight, reviews progress, and evaluates results. Monitors work and projects ensuring timeliness, quality, and efficiency. Identifies and mobilizes resources to achieve outcomes. Trains others and reviews progress with management. Presents ideas, concepts, and instructions in a clear and persuasive manner. Develops new techniques, concepts, and approaches and applies them to moderately complex and strategic and/or operational issues.

Supervisory Responsibilities:

– Indirect supervisor for other full–time employees
– May serve as direct supervisor for part–time, student, and/or temporary workers, volunteers, or a full–time employee

Fiscal Responsibilities:

– May validate and pay invoices
– Monitors and tracks budgets and funding

Problem Solving:

– Encounters moderately complex problems
– Applies specialized knowledge and skills to resolve problems
– Understands benefits, limitations, and impact of potential solutions

Independence of Action:

– Works independently on moderately complex work assignments, reviews progress, and evaluates results
– May set priorities and organize work within general guidelines established by supervisor
– May review the work of others to verify accuracy and conformance to required procedures and special instructions

Communication and Collaboration:

– Communicates internally within working unit and the University
– Communicates with external audiences for scheduling/coordination
– May communicate with external audiences for business purposes
– Coaches others in using appropriate strategies for resolving conflict; negotiating reasonable compromises; and proposing and evaluating possible solutions
– Give candid and constructive feedback to others to influence and persuade managers and employees to accept and implement findings and recommendations

• Comp Grade – 10
• Minimum – $61,800.00
• MidPoint – $75,700.00
• Maximum – $89,600.00