Director of Equipment (2 Vacancies)

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Department:

Athletics Administration - 07115

Locations:

Albany, NY

Posted:

Jan 16, 2025

Closes:

Feb 5, 2025 - 11:59 PM EST

Type:

Full-time

Ref. No.:

WF240206p

Position ID:

184695

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About University at Albany:

Established in 1844 and designated a University Center of the State University of New York in 1962, the University at Albany's broad mission of excellence in undergraduate and graduate education, research, and public service engages a diverse student body of more than 17,000 students in nine schools and colleges across three campuses.

Located in Albany, New York, New York State's capital, the University is convenient to Boston, New York City, and the Adirondacks.

Job Description:

To assist the Department of Intercollegiate Athletics with the day-to-day management and administration with apparel and equipment. This role ensures the efficient, safe and sanitary management of a Division I athletic equipment department, facilitating optimal performance and compliance.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Oversee the collaboration with coaches to plan and prepare apparel ordering, embroidery, and distribution to all student-athletes.
• Lead the administrative responsibilities that include but are not limited to: purchasing on-field equipment used for practice/competition and reconcile purchasing card. This position will oversee all equipment-related needs for multiple sports, including Fall and Spring sports. This will require consistent oversight of all equipment-related needs for in-season and out-of-season sports.
• Manage student assistants and part-time staff to assist with all the laundry needs for every sport, ensuring staff can operate laundry equipment.
• Oversee and manage the apparel/uniform inventories for each sport assigned to the position. Updating inventory spreadsheets, communicating orders to the Athletics Business Office, and meeting frequently with coaches.
• Other reasonable duties as assigned, including some travel to away competitions.

Functional and Supervisory Relationships:

• Reports to: Senior Associate AD for Internal Operations
• Supervises the following positions:  Full-time Equipment Manager, Student assistants, part-time staff, volunteers

Job Requirements:

• Knowledge of all student-athlete safety and welfare items, especially concussion management.
• Knowledge of NCAA and conference branding/logo policies and procedures. 
• Ability to work varying schedules (evenings, weekends, holidays, etc.).
• Ability to travel.
• Effective verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to work effectively in a team setting.
• Ability to prioritize tasks.

Requirements:

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree OR Associate's degree with 5 years of relevant experience from a college or University accredited by the US Department of Education or internationally recognized accrediting organization.
• A minimum of 3 years as an athletic equipment manager with collegiate experience or related professional experience.
• Experience at a Division I institution.
• Experience working with a collegiate or professional football team.
• Applicants must demonstrate an ability to support diversity, equity, access, inclusion, and belonging relative to their role.
• Applicants must demonstrate an ability to develop inclusive and equitable relationships within our diverse campus community.

Preferred Qualifications:

• AEMA Certification
• 5 years' experience as an athletic equipment manager with collegiate or related professional experience.

Working Environment:

• This job is physical in nature.  The physical demands include moderate lifting, ability to lift and move boxes/containers filled with apparel, ability to work from multiple locations within the department depending on the activity.
• Due to the travel requirements, equipment managers are sometimes required to perform their responsibilities at locales away from home (opposing teams' venue, hotel, bus, etc.).
• Night and weekend work will be frequent.

Additional Information:

This is a promotional opportunity for current UAlbany employees.

Eligibility for Consideration:

• You must be employed at the University at Albany campus.
• You must be in a State-funded UUP professional position (MC employees are not eligible).
•  You must have a permanent, term, or probationary appointment. Only temporary employees employed by UAlbany for three or more consecutive years can be considered eligible.

For details concerning the University's Promotion Policy for Professional Employees, please see HR Memorandum 88-4.

Professional Rank and Salary Grade: Senior Staff Assistant, SL-3, $55,000-$61,000

Special Note: Visa sponsorship is not available for this position. If you currently need sponsorship or will need it in the future to maintain employment authorization, you do not meet eligibility requirements.

The Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Campus Crime Statistics Act, or Clery Act, mandates that all Title IV institutions, without exception, prepare, publish and distribute an Annual Security Report. This report consists of two basic parts: disclosure of the University's crime statistics for the past three years; and disclosures regarding the University's current campus security policies. The University at Albany's Annual Security Report is available in portable document format [PDF] by clicking this link http://police.albany.edu/ASR.shtml

Pursuant to NYS Labor Law 194-A, no State entity, as defined by the Law, is permitted to rely on, orally or in writing seek, request, or require in any form, that an applicant for employment provide his or her current wage, or salary history as a condition to be interviewed, or as a condition of continuing to be considered for an offer of employment, until such time as the applicant is extended a conditional offer of employment with compensation, and for the purpose of verifying information, may such requests be made.  If such information has been requested from you before such time, please contact the Governor's Office of Employee Relations at (518) 474-6988 or via email at info@goer.ny.gov.

THE UNIVERSITY AT ALBANY IS AN EO/AA/IRCA/ADA EMPLOYER

Please apply online  via http://albany.interviewexchange.com/c...

Application Instructions:

Applicants MUST submit the following documents:

• Resume
• Cover letter stating all the required minimum qualifications and any of the applicable preferred qualifications
• List of 3 professional references with e-mail addresses and telephone numbers

Note : After submitting your resume, the subsequent pages give you instructions for uploading additional documents (i.e. cover letter etc.).

See the FAQ for using our online system. Please contact us if you need assistance applying through this website.

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Closing date for receipt of applications: February 5, 2025

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