Assistant Athletic Director, Event Operations & Facilities

The staff and faculty of Northampton Community College share a single goal: to help students transform their lives through education. It's a goal that reaps rewards thousands of times over the course of a career. Employees at Northampton receive competitive compensation and an array of benefits while working on campuses located in a region with a very high quality of life.

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Benefits Snapshot

The College offers a generous benefits package to full-time employees. Just a few highlights of the benefits package include comprehensive medical plan options for you and your family (plus dental and vision), a College retirement contribution of 8% of your salary upon hire, NCC tuition waiver and an abundance of time off - up to 25 days' vacation/floating, 10 sick days, four (4) day workweeks during Summer (if applicable), paid holidays - among other things! Please visit https://www.northampton.edu/about/working-at-ncc/employee-benefits/index.html for more details on the full array of benefits.

Summary: The Northampton Community College Department of Intercollegiate Athletics has an immediate full-time opening for an Assistant Athletic Director - Event Operations & Facilities. This position will serve as the primary event administrator at all home athletic events and will be responsible for the maintenance, operation and management of the athletic facilities. The candidate will have experience in maintaining athletic fields and an understanding of the rules and strategies of athletic events played at the various venues. Ability to work a flexible schedule including nights, weekends. Other duties include serving as the primary contact with officials and opponents and overseeing part-time employee scheduling. This is a "hands-on" position that will require the candidate to perform various tasks such as; lining fields, grooming baseball and softball, lawn maintenance, painting and equipment upkeep.

Primary Function: Serves as the primary event administrator at all home athletic events and will be responsible for the maintenance, operation and management of the athletic facilities.

Responsibilities:

• Serve as the primary on-site event administrator for all home athletic events
• Ensure that all home contests follow NJCAA, Region 19 and Northampton standards
• Daily oversight and maintenance of all athletic fields and facilities
• Prep facilities for home events, including scheduling of event staff
• Liaison with officials and opponents
• Serve as a liaison for athletic facility rentals/set-ups
• Work with College facilities department regarding work-orders and facility set-ups for College events
• Serve as the primary contact with officials and opponents
• Oversee part-time employee scheduling
• Other duties as assigned

Organizational Relationships: (1) Responsible to the Director, Athletics for assigned responsibilities. (2) Works cooperatively with members of other departments and the College community at large. (3) Relates individual and organization's role to College mission and goals.

Performance Standards: Performance in this position is considered satisfactory when: (1) Mutually agreed upon objectives have been attained within specified time frame. (2) Responsibilities of the position have been carried out at a level consistent with performance objectives. (3) Effective cooperation exists with other members of the administrative team.

Qualifications:

• Education: Bachelor's degree from a Councilfor HigherEducation Accreditation (CHEA) approved Institutional Accreditor institution required.
• Skills, Knowledge, Abilities: (a) must have an understanding of NCAA rules and regulations related to event management, field and facility setup to ensure compliance; (b) ability to function effectively as a member of the administrative team; (c) excellent communication skills; (d) strong computer skills (Word, Excel); (e) ability to work nights and weekends. (f) Ability to pick up and carry 50 lbs.
• Experience: (a) Previous experience required in overseeing athletic events, maintaining athletic fields and facilities, ability to operate machinery required to perform these tasks.