Assistant Director of Campus Recreation, Facilities

Location: Durham

Assistant Director of Campus Recreation, Facilities

Assistant Director of Campus Recreation, Facilities role at University of New Hampshire

The Assistant Director of Facilities with the Campus Recreation Department is responsible for all aspects of eleven facilities and supports the programs that take place in those facilities.

Duties / Responsibilities Providing leadership and oversight for specific facilities (40%)

• Hamel Student Recreation Center (HRC) and multiple outdoor fields.
• Support colleagues who oversee Mendums Pond, Outdoor Pool, Swasey Indoor Pool, Memorial Union Building, Tennis Courts, and Boathouse at Jacksons Landing. Facilitate regular meetings with these colleagues.
• Assist staff with the review, updating, and enforcement of facility policies and procedures.
• Ensure facility schedules are maintained in a timely manner.
• Coordinate facility scheduling process for HRC and outdoor fields, from receiving requests, accommodating requests, deciding when to confirm requests, and making changes to reservations as requested. Track agreement process including renter’s insurance and signatures. Create, track and maintain accurate invoices to each group in a timely manner.
• Ensure cooperative relationships between various user groups, departments and agencies. Facilitate regular meetings with stakeholders.
• Coordinate short and long term maintenance plan with UNH Facilities Department.
• Serve as key manager for the department.

Provide leadership and oversight of personnel (40%)

• Recruit, recommend, train, schedule, supervise, and evaluate professional staff.
• Recruit, hire, train, schedule, supervise and evaluate special event supervisors.
• Ensure risk management training and protocols are in place for each position based on their responsibilities.
• Serve as liaison with Housekeeping to ensure daily cleaning and maintenance of the Hamel Recreation Center.
• Serve as liaison with Facilities Operations team for ongoing maintenance and to address issues as they emerge.
• Serve as department lead for capital projects for all facilities.
• Serve as department representative with contractors for responsibilities including fitness equipment maintenance and vehicle maintenance.

Additional administrative duties (20%)

• Maximize use of resources including funding, personnel, facilities, and time.
• 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.
• Participate in professional development opportunities to remain on the forefront of the field.
• Other duties as assigned as necessitated by the Division of Student Life.

Minimum Acceptable Education & Experience

• Bachelor’s degree and 3-5 years of experience in collegiate recreation programming and facilities or commensurate experience.

Required Licenses & Certifications

• Must have a valid driver's license and/or qualify to drive university vehicles.

Preferred Qualifications

• Master’s degree and 3-5 years of experience in collegiate recreation programming and facilities.
• Experience hiring, training, and supervising hourly and professional staff.
• Collaboration skills with various student, faculty, staff, alumni, and external groups.
• Demonstrated effective communication skills, both written and verbal.
• Certified Pool Operator.
• Experience developing, implementing and evaluating risk management practices.
• Financial management experience.

Applicant Instructions

• Resume/CV
• Cover Letter

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.

EEO Statement

The University System of New Hampshire is an Equal Opportunity/Equal Access 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.

Compensation

Pay Range

$47,920.00 - $85,410.00

Location

Durham

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