Athletics Operations Assistant

Title:Athletics Operations Assistant

Position Purpose:

The Athletic Operations Assistant will be responsible for providing operational assistance to the athletic department and athletic and recreation events and programs. This will include athletic facility scheduling working with outside groups on rental processes assisting with game day event management supervising student workers and assisting the Associate Athletic Director with the operational needs of the athletic complex.

Job Duties:

• Assist with game day operations including running the scoreboard game clock game flow/sideline management announcing music working with visiting teams and officials and other duties as assigned.
• Assist with set-up/break down/changeover of athletic contests.
• Attend and manage home athletic events for supported teams as assigned.
• Assist with crowd management customer service enforcement of guidelines and procedures.
• Serve as point-of-contact for assigned rentals camps clinics and other events.
• Complete operational related projects and tasks to support departmental initiatives.
• Complete office work including research mailings data entry filing and other clerical tasks.
• Assist with preventive routine and deferred maintenance of athletic facilities and equipment.

Minimum Qualifications:

Education

• Bachelors degree required.
• At least one year experience in a professional capacity of an athletic and/or recreation-oriented program preferred.

Experience

• At least one year experience in a professional capacity of an athletic and/or recreation-oriented program.
• Event management experience in collegiate athletics or professional sports preferred.
• Demonstrated experience in athletic facility management preferred.
• Demonstrated experience in hiring and training student employees preferred.

Skills and Knowledge

• Commitment to equity and inclusion and serving the needs of a culturally and educationally diverse community.
• Ability to work independently and handle multiple priorities with minimal supervision.
• Demonstrated ability to teach and train others.
• Strong organizational skills and the ability to coordinate resources and staff within the college community.
• Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to develop and maintain collegial relationships. Must be flexible collaborative and have a positive attitude.

Benefits:

Bates College offers competitive salaries access to the library and athletic facilities and a supportive collegial environment in a drug- and smoke-free workplace. This position may accrue leave in accordance with the Maine Earned Paid Leave law.

Hiring Range: The hiring range for this position is $17.00 to $21.25. Placement within the range depends on experience and other factors.

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement:

Bates College is committed to the principle of equal opportunity and providing an educational and work environment free from discrimination. The college prohibits discrimination on the basis of race color national or ethnic origin religion sex sexual orientation gender identity or gender expression age disability genetic information or veteran status and other legally protected statuses in the recruitment and admission of its students in the administration of its education policies and programs or in the recruitment of its faculty and staff. Bates College adheres to all applicable state and federal equal opportunity laws and regulations. All college faculty staff students contractors visitors and volunteers are responsible for understanding and complying with the Non-Discrimination Policy.

Inquiries concerning the colleges policies compliance with applicable laws statutes and regulations (such as Title VII Title IX and ADA/Section 504) and complaints may be directed to Gwen Lexow Title IX Officer or via email at .

About Bates:

Bates is internationally recognized as a leading liberal arts college attracting 2000 students from across the U.S. and around the world.

Since 1855 Bates has been dedicated to educating the whole person through creative and rigorous scholarship in a collaborative residential community. Committed to opportunity and excellence Bates has always admitted students without regard to gender race religion or national origin.

Cultivating intellectual discovery and informed civic action Bates prepares leaders sustained by a love of learning and zeal for responsible stewardship of the wider world. Bates engages the forces intellectual trends demographic changes and technology that are transforming higher education and the world into which our students graduate.

Bates has highly competitive admissions graduates over 90 percent of its entering students and more than half of its alumni earn graduate degrees. Bates employs 200 faculty members and 550 staff.

The college is proud of deep roots in the Lewiston/Auburn community Maines second-largest urban area with a population of approximately 65000. Bates is located on a beautiful 133-acre traditional New England campus in Lewiston an emerging city with an entrepreneurial climate a lively arts scene and a dynamic business community. Bates is 35 miles north of Portland 140 miles north of Boston and 350 miles north of New York City.

Required Experience:

Junior IC