Assistant Director of Campus Recreation, Sports Clubs, Intramurals, & Special Events

Summary of Position

The Assistant Director with the Campus Recreation Department is responsible for all aspects of the Sports Club, Intramural Sports and Special Events, and Outdoor Adventures programs.

Acceptable minimum level of education
Master's

Acceptable minimum years of experience
3-5 years

Additional Job Information

UNH is a federal contractor within the meaning of the Executive Order on Ensuring Adequate COVID Safety Protocols for Federal Contractors. This position may require that you be vaccinated against COVID-19 in the future, unless you apply for and receive a religious or medical exemption. You may not test out of this requirement.

Other minimum qualifications
Three to five years of experience in collegiate recreation programming and facilities. Demonstrated effective communication skills, both written and verbal.

Additional Preferred Qualifications

• Experience hiring, training, and supervising hourly and professional staff.
• Collaboration skills with various student, faculty, staff, alumni, and external groups.
• Experience developing, implementing and evaluating risk management practices.
• Financial management experience.

Salary Information
Salary is complemented by a comprehensive benefits package which includes medical, dental, retirement, tuition, and paid time off.

Quicklink for Posting

https://jobs.usnh.edu/postings/49615

EEO Statement

The University System of New Hampshire is an Equal Opportunity/Equal Access/Affirmative Action employer. The University System is committed to creating an environment that values and supports diversity and inclusiveness across our campus communities and encourages applications from qualified individuals who will help us achieve this mission. The University System prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, disability, genetic information, veteran status, or marital status.

Institution Information

The University of New Hampshire is an R1 Carnegie classification research institution providing comprehensive, high-quality undergraduate and graduate programs of distinction. UNH is located in Durham on a 188-acre campus, 60 miles north of Boston and 8 miles from the Atlantic coast and is convenient to New Hampshire’s lakes and mountains. There is a student enrollment of 13,000 students, with a full-time faculty of over 600, offering 90 undergraduate and more than 70 graduate programs. The University actively promotes a dynamic learning environment in which qualified individuals of differing perspectives, life experiences, and cultural backgrounds pursue academic goals with mutual respect and shared inquiry.

The UNH Diversity Resource Guide with information and programming available in the seacoast area, New Hampshire, and the region can be found here: https://www.unh.edu/hr/diversity-resource-guide

Duties / Responsibilities

Provide leadership and oversight for personnel:

• Recruit, recommend, train, schedule, supervise and evaluate professional staff (Coordinator of Sport Clubs, Coordinator of Intramural Sports and Special Events).
• Train and supervise Volunteer Sport Club Coaches and student leaders.
• Assist with supervision of sport club, sport officials, and Supervisors.
• Ensure risk management policies and protocols are current and followed.

Provide leadership for the Sport Club, Intramural Sports & Special Events programs to include:

• Advise club leaders and Volunteer Coaches for select sport clubs teaching student leadership, policy, and procedure.
• Advise sport club leaders with the budgeting and fund-raising process.
• Serve as liaison with stakeholders including national and regional sport governing bodies, officials’ associations, parents, and alumni of the program.
• Ensure sport clubs follow department and university protocol. Collaborate with university offices to investigate and hold clubs accountable when policies and laws are violated.
• Assist with the supervision of the intramural sport and sport club Supervisor staff.
• Schedule facility space and time for intramural sport and sport club activities and travel plans.
• Develop and implement proposals for continued program improvement to meet the needs of the community.
• Maintain and implement proactive risk management protocols that meet or exceed university, state, and federal expectations.

Additional administrative duties include:

• Maximize use of resources including funding, personnel, facilities, and time.
• Collaborate with Facility Manager to manage vehicle fleet, which includes vans, cars, boats, and trailers.
• Collaborate with marketing staff on outreach to participants and sport club alumni.
• Serve on Campus Recreation and university committees.
• Provide leadership and direction in the development of short and long range plans.
• Gather, interpret, and prepare data for studies, reports, and recommendations.
• Follow university protocol during the hiring, documentation, and purchasing process.
• Participate in professional development opportunities to remain on the forefront of the field.
• Other duties as assigned.