Assistant Director Equipment Services Department of Athletics

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Job Description Summary

Job Description

Essential Functions:

• Serves as primary team manager for assigned athletic teams as it relates to equipment services.
• Prepares annual budget and adhere to Nike contract reviews
  • Approve invoices for payment submit purchase requisitions and obtains purchase orders and monitors expenditures to adhere to annual budget for designated teams and department staff.
• Maintains external vendor relations provides direction and information and resolves concerns.
• Ensures security of athletics equipment and equipment rooms.
• Conducts inspections of athletic apparel and machinery and reports irregularities to appropriate staff.
• Creates designs and concepts for team and coaching apparel.
• Adheres to policies and procedures regarding the distribution of equipment for all intercollegiate sports including fitting and issuance of equipment.
• Responsible for daytoday laundry operations and schedules student managers when available.
• Manages laundry schedule to ensure apparel is available for practices games and events.
• Manages purchases receipts and storage of laundry chemicals and supplies to include inventory; verify and document receipt of equipment and supplies and grade equipment for usability.
• Ensures annual repair and conditioning of laundry machinery with regular communication with vendors.
• Assists Directors of Equipment Services with designated sports.
• Assists with equipment support for visiting teams and officials; communicate with Athletic Events & Facilities for any gameday needs.
• Assists with student manager payroll.
• Works with staff interviewing selection and assignment of student workers.

Required Education Knowledge Skills Abilities:

• Promotes the philosophy and objectives of the intercollegiate athletics program to include adhering to all departmental policies and procedures as well as the rules and regulations of the University the NCAA and the ACC.
• Bachelors degree required with one year of related experience.
• Experience in an intercollegiate environment.
• Knowledge of intercollegiate athletic programs specifically equipment room operations.
• Knowledge of OSHA requirements regarding equipment safety.
• Knowledge of laundry operation and care of athletic clothing and equipment.
• Knowledge of ACC and NCAA regulations regarding equipment safety.
• Budgetary development and oversight skills.
• Ability to develop plan and implement short and longrange goals.
• Ability to analyze and solve problems.
• Ability to gather data compile information and prepare reports.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills with the ability to work effectively with a wide range of constituencies in a diverse community.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite the Internet and other relevant software.
• Ability to understand follow and enforce safety procedures.
• Ability to work in extremely high stress pressured deadline driven situations.
• Ability to demonstrate effective communication skills both verbal and written.
• Ability to work a flexible schedule to include evening weekends and some holidays as required.
• Meet requirements of the Universitys automobile insurance.

Preferred Education Knowledge Skills Abilities:

• Athletic Equipment Manager (AEMA) Certification preferred.

Accountabilities:

Responsible for student workers and parttime employees.

Additional Job Description

Note:

This position profile identifies the key responsibilities and expectations for performance. It cannot encompass all specific job tasks that an employee may be required to perform. Employees are required to follow any other jobrelated instructions and perform jobrelated duties as may be reasonably assigned by the employees supervisor.

To help provide a safe learning and living community Wake Forest University conducts background investigations and drug screens for all final candidates being considered for employment.

Wake Forest seeks to recruit and retain a diverse workforce and encourages qualified candidates across all group demographics to apply. Wake Forest University is committed to providing access and reasonable accommodation in employment for individuals with disabilities.

Time Type Requirement

Note to Applicant:

This position profile identifies the key responsibilities and expectations for performance. It cannot encompass all specific job tasks that an employee may be required to perform. Employees are required to follow any other jobrelated instructions and perform jobrelated duties as may be reasonably assigned by his/her supervisor.

In order to provide a safe and productive learning and living community Wake Forest University conducts background investigations and drug screens for all final staff candidates being considered for employment.

Equal Opportunity Statement

The University is an equal opportunity employer and welcomes all qualified candidates to apply without regard to race color religion national origin sex age sexual orientation gender identity and expression genetic information disability and military or veteran status.

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