Manager of Operations, University Recreation
Listed on 2026-09-12
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Management
General Management -
Sports/Fitness/Wellness
Months Per Year: 4-month temp contract Work Model:
Onsite
Seattle University will be one of the most innovative and progressive Jesuit and Catholic universities in the world, educating with excellence at the undergraduate, graduate, and professional levels. We embrace an intersectional framework for defining diversity in its broadest sense, including differences in gender, gender identity, race, ethnicity, generational history, culture, socioeconomic class, religion, sexual orientation, national origin, citizenship status, political perspectives, geographic origin and physical ability.
Seattle University strives to be a welcome, open and safe campus climate for all who learn, live and work at Seattle University.
Seattle University’s Core Competencies Effective Team
Collaboration:
Works harmoniously with others towards a common goal, leveraging individual strengths to achieve shared objectives.
Emotionally Intelligent Communication:
Engages in a skillful exchange of information, thoughts, and feelings, verbally and non-verbally.
Ethics and Integrity:
Demonstrates an unwavering commitment to honesty, professionalism, and alignment with our Jesuit mission in all actions and decisions.
Flexibility and Innovation:
Embraces change, approaching problems with curiosity adaptability, and is committed to making a positive impact.
Mindful Inclusion:
Fosters mindful inclusion by consciously creating a workplace that celebrates differences, embraces cultural humility, and empowers uniqueness.
Outcomes-Driven Orientation:
Sets clear objectives, pursues excellence, and delivers measurable outcomes while upholding Jesuit Catholic values.
UREC Values Student Focused:
Students are essential to the success of the department and enable UREC to provide facilities and programs designed to fit the students’ needs.
Community:
Building positive relationships through working and participating in recreation.
Proactive:
Assessing programs, risk, policies, and procedures to provide high quality services and programming aligned with the needs of Seattle University.
Learning Focused:
Working in UREC provides the opportunity to put skills and education into practice in a mentoring environment allowing for growth and development.
Fun:
Working in a recreational setting should be enjoyable and rewarding.
The Manager of Operations (Manager) provides daily operation oversight of the Eisminger Fitness Center, Redhawks Complex, and other UREC fitness Facilities. The Manager is supervised by the Associate Director, and interfaces with the Assistant Directors and partners in Facilities and Athletics. This is a temporary position.
Postion Responsibilites- Facility Management, Operations & Capital Projects Schedules, manages, maintains, and supervises the William
F. Eisiminger Fitness Center, Redhawk Complex (150,000 square-foot indoor recreation and athletic facility), SU Park (multi-purpose field, softball field, and jogging track), and four tennis courts. - Collaborates with the Department of Facilities Operations and non-university contractors/vendors to ensure the proper maintenance of all recreation and intercollegiate athletic facilities.
- Approves all policies and procedures for the proper operation of recreation facilities.
- Manages the maintenance and daily operation of all recreation facilities including ensuring field lighting schedules are maintained, work orders are submitted in a timely manner, and equipment is appropriately stored.
- Collaborates with the Department of Facilities Services and non-university contractors/vendors to ensure the proper maintenance within the facilities.
- Enforces rules and regulations specific to the recreational programs and facility.
- Ensures immediate incident reporting in all areas of responsibility.
- Manages access control and communication for outside user groups.
- Recommends, selects, and inventories capital equipment purchases for recreation facilities.
- Manages daily deposits of cash and other financial resources for membership sales.
- Supervision and Program Operation Promotes, hires, trains, and supervises 20-40 UREC operations staff for all building and program supervision.
- Assists with the management and implementation of departmental assessments.
- Performs other duties as assigned.
- Demonstrated experience supervising and developing professional staff and graduate students
- Strong oral and written communication skills, including presentations and group facilitation
- Availability to work…
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