Employees also enjoy a generous benefits package which includes medical, vision, dental, basic and supplemental life, retirement plan with an employer contribution, winter break closure, paid holidays, educational benefits for you and eligible dependents, sick leave, parental leave program, vacation, and more.
Additional information is available at https://www.ohio.edu/hr/benefits
Required Education:
4 Year Degree
The Director of Athletics Administration supports the oversight and executive level management of the department’s strategic priorities and initiatives as outlined by the Director of Athletics. Responsibilities include management of the daily operations of the athletics director’s organizational unit and business activities, ensures collaborative and constructive relationships are maintained with university partners and senior leadership, proactively identifies and resolves issues, and develops, coordinates and supports initiatives to maintain a high level of integrity. This position serves an integral executive role to the Athletics Director’s Cabinet and Athletics Leadership Team, reporting directly to the Director of Athletics.
Primary accountabilities:
Oversee the athletics director’s day-to-day operations. Responsible for communications and coordination between units and providing information. Execute the director’s vision for creating and implementing a departmental organizational structure that meets the demands of the current intercollegiate athletics landscape. Advise and educate senior directors and relevant stakeholders on strategic planning, departmental initiatives, policies and procedures. Serve as a subject matter expert, handling high level and confidential inquiries, developing action plans to address them, and the preparation and dissemination of communications. Plan and develop a strategy to ensure information flows efficiently and effectively to internal and external constituents.
Provide research on key focus areas and develop presentations for the Director of Athletics as needed. Collaborate with the Athletics Director’s Cabinet and Athletics Leadership Team on executive communications and agendas as related to the Director of Athletics. Assist with development and messaging of the Ohio Athletics brand.
Manage all stages of planning and implementation on departmental-wide projects. Conduct research, analyze data and make recommendations. Provide project management support; track, monitor and follow the progress of projects, action items and strategies that stem from meetings. Monitors and evaluates impact and goal outcomes to achieve athletics department objectives.
Collaborate on Ohio Athletics development cultivation and donor outreach initiatives, to include acknowledgements and personal correspondence, departmental communication to alumni and donors, coordinating high level logistical functions related to activities, special events and projects that require multiple constituents.
Manage and control the Director of Athletics’ budget, review and coordinate the approval of contracts, and collaborate with the Senior Associate Athletics Director/CFAO to provide recommendations on expenditures as it relates to strategic initiatives.
Bachelor’s degree required. A minimum of three (3) years of related work experience.
Ohio University is a state-supported institution of 20,000 students located in the southeastern Ohio city of Athens. The school is a charter member of the Mid-American Conference and is a NCAA Division I-A member. Ohio University is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity employer. Women and minorities are encouraged to apply.
Ohio Athletics recognizes that diversity is vital to the strength and success of the department and is committed to the recruitment and retention of a talented and diverse staff and student-athlete population.
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