Assistant Director of Sports

Position Summary

Provide strong leadership in the organization and administration of 50 competitive sports clubs with over 1500 participants.

Effective leadership of the sports club program will include strong management skills in the following areas :

1) Risk Management to include implementing policies and procedures that will reduce and minimize risk for our students, faculty, and staff participating in the sports club program.

Examples include hiring both paid and volunteer coaches, overseeing club travel, safety officer training, facility safety checks, and practice and event visits.

Supervises two athletic trainers with our partnership with VCU health. An additional level of risk management includes being the first Campus Recreation contact for emergencies with any of the sports clubs.

2) Sports Club Officer Development to include leadership workshops, officer training workshops, individual meetings with officers, development of learning outcomes, and assessment of sports club officer development.

3) Logistics to include scheduling club practice and competition space, securing transportation, daily correspondence with officers, regular website updates, maintaining multiple databases, and working closely with Athletics, city and county officials, and other departments to avoid space / time conflicts.

4) Sports Club budgeting wok with Assistant Director for Sports and Accounting to include process reimbursements, track donations and expenditures, pay invoices, and purchase equipment.

Assessment of the Sports Club Program. With the changes in procurement i.e. BuyWM onboarding many of the vendors. The way gas receipts are processed, Chrome River changes this has added responsibility.

5) The branding guidelines have also increased the responsibility to ensure that all 45 clubs follow that branding. That is much more extensive than it sounds.

Clubs change officers every year and many times that means that we are starting from nothing with the clubs each year.

• Supervision of a Graduate Assistant or Intern.
• Assist with Intramurals when needed.
• Responsible for making sure the assessment plan for Sports Clubs is completed in a timely fashion.
• Assisting with the planning and implementation of Campus Recreation Department special events.
• Participation in university-wide programs and special events.
• Working collaboratively with professional colleagues within the Division of Student Affairs, including serving on Student Affairs committees.
• Other duties as assigned by the Director of Campus Recreation.
30+ days ago