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Director, Student Recreation Center

Employer
Associated Students Inc. CSUF
Location
Fullerton, California
Salary
85,386.00 - 115,776.00
Date posted
Jun 9, 2023

Job Details

Position Title:                  Director, Student Recreation Center

Reports To:                      Associate Executive Director

Payroll Classification:    Salaried, Exempt

Starting Salary Range    $85,386.00 - 115,776.00

Priority Filing Date:         Open Until Filled

 

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

The Student Recreation Center Director is responsible for the operation of the Student Recreation Center and the management of a comprehensive campus recreation program including: informal recreation; personal training; aquatics; learn to swim lessons ; group exercise; instructional recreation; intramural sports; outdoor adventures; climbing wall; an six-week summer day-camp experience (Titan Youth Sports Camp), and American Red Cross Certification Programs (including water safety instruction, First Aid, CPR/AED, and lifeguard training).

 

The Student Recreation Center Director serves as an out-of-classroom educator, working closely with other members of the ASI professional staff and members of the university community in delivering educational experiences and learning outcomes to student participants, student employees, and student leaders associated with the Student Recreation programs.

 

Programs and Facilities

 

  • Ensures the delivery of a comprehensive campus recreation program by:
    • Leading the planning, organization, coordination, implementation, and evaluation of all campus recreation programs and services by:
      • Analyzing and establishing proper staffing levels to meet program expectations.
      • Hiring, training, supervising, and evaluating a highly qualified and professional staff
      • Creating an expectation that staff stay current with campus recreation and fitness industry standards and trends.
      • Developing and maintaining positive working relationships with and between campus recreation staff, ASI staff, and University/Department staff.
      • Assessing and responding to the campus community’s needs and wants in recreational programs and services
      • Developing programming alternatives for revenue growth.
      • Evaluating and making changes to programming and facilities that stay up to date with trends and improve the program for the future using member feedback and assessment of impact.
  • Provide leadership and direction for the following programs run by their respective coordinator:
    • Intramurals and Titan Youth Sports Camp
    • Aquatics and Learn-to-Swim Lessons
    • Memberships and Outreach
    • Outdoor Adventures and Climbing Wall
    • Fitness and Wellness
  • Ensures proper facility scheduling and operation of Student Recreation Center, intramural fields, and pool by:
    • Adhering to established SRC reservation policies and procedures.
    • Maintaining a master facility schedule for all internal recreation programs, campus reservations, and external reservations
    • Providing access to master facility schedule
    • Developing positive working relationship between internal users (recreation), campus users (ASI and campus departments), and potential external users
    • Recommending and implementing program, policy, and procedure changes, needs, and ideas to enhance the utilization of the SRC.

Administration

  • Develops and implements policies and procedures for all operations in the recreation programs and facilities.
  • Oversees all purchasing and inventory control, including but not limited to sports specific equipment, vehicles, computers, supplies, etc.
  • Attend and actively participate in staff meetings, assigned committees, in-service education session and other organizational or corporate meetings.
  • Ensures all corporate and department deadlines are met and procedures are followed by Coordinators and staff.
  • Hires, onboards, and supervises the following staff positions:
    • Outdoor Adventure and Climbing Wall Coordinator
    • Aquatics Coordinator
    • Membership and Outreach Coordinator
    • Intramurals and Camp Coordinator
    • Operations Coordinator
    • Fitness and Wellness Coordinator
  • Provides employees with an orientation and introduction to each area.
  • Conducts regular staff performance evaluations.
  • Submits all paperwork within assigned time frames.
  • Meets with and appropriately responds to students, faculty, staff regarding questions, concerns, suggestions, and complaints about facilities, programs, and services.

 

Promotions and Marketing

  • Ensures development, coordination, and implementation of a comprehensive marketing plan by:
    • Analyzing demographic profile of current participants and program usage
    • Defining target markets in collaboration with the department Coordinator and the Associate Executive Director.
    • Developing professional quality marketing and promotional material through coordination with the Marketing, Communications and Design department
    • Ensuring dissemination of facility and program information accordingly including proper promotions of memberships, programming dates, special events, and deadlines
    • Overseeing the ongoing assessment of programs using techniques such as participant evaluations, written surveys, focus groups and informal discussions.

Budget and Finance

  • Responsible for the effective management of the annual budget by:
    • Providing strategic analysis of all Titan Rec budget areas and ensures revenues are enhanced and operations are managed in an efficient manner.
    • Ensuring timely preparation and approvals of annual budget
    • Ensuring all expenditures are consistent with the intent of the budget.
    • Overseeing the maintenance, tracking, and reconciliation of the operating budget to ensure adherence to budget guidelines and deadlines, and ensure year-end results meet approved
    • Developing and recommending appropriate mid-year budget revisions
    • Developing and recommending an annual operating budget
    • Developing and recommending annual capital expenditure requests
    • In collaboration with the Director of Building Engineering and Facilities develops, reviews, and revises long range replacement schedules and obtains cost estimates to ensure accuracy in budget forecasting.

Customer Service and Collaboration

  • Establishes and maintains working relationships with various Associated Students Inc., CSUF and University departments.
  • Ensures that all employees are meeting Associated Students Inc., CSUF customer service guidelines.
  • Ensures that each department establishes guidelines and all staff in department follow guidelines.

 

Operations and Safety

  • Ensures satisfactory maintenance and appearance of the Student Recreation Center, pool, and equipment is maintained at all times by:
    • Planned and preventative maintenance programs
    • Regularly scheduled facility walk-throughs
    • Tracking all work orders for unanticipated repair and maintenance
    • Managing contracted service providers to meet standards.
    • Developing long range equipment and facility repair and replacement schedules
    • Developing cleaning, maintenance, and repair schedules for emergency, daily, weekly, quarterly, and yearly needs
    • Coordinating building systems operations/repair/maintenance with ASI Building Engineering department
    • Developing standards for use of HVAC and lighting to optimize energy efficiency.
    • Coordinating landscape maintenance with ASI Building Engineering
    • Coordinating all repair/maintenance with ASI Building Engineering
  • Responsible for effective Safety/Risk Management plans for the emergency care of staff and participants of the SRC and Campus Recreation programs.
  • Ensures all recreation operations and programs are conducted with safety of staff and participants as first priority, and in accordance with the ASI Injury and Illness Prevention Plan by:
    • Serving as a member of the ASI Safety Committee and participating in the development and implementation of a comprehensive organizational safety program
    • Conducting comprehensive on-site safety inspections of all facilities and programs on a regular basis. Ensure all areas are clean, in good repair, and in compliance with respective safety codes.
    • Providing employees with regular, appropriate, and pertinent safety training
    • Developing and maintaining safety audit programs for each facility/program
    • Conducting regular “mock” injury/accident drills
    • Requiring all staff to meet minimum qualifications and certifications within the job description.
    • Providing First Aid/CPR/AED training
    • Ensuring electronic or written liability and release/waiver information outlining pertinent safety standards to customers prior to participation is provided.
    • Ensuring appropriate safety, liability, and warning signage is appropriately posted.
    • Reviewing and staying current on recommended safety levels and standards arising from recent court decisions; reviewing pertinent litigation via publications such as the Law Reporter, Sports, and the Courts, etc.
  • Ensures the completion of a comprehensive list of all accidents and emergencies that are likely to occur in the Recreation facilities; establishes emergency action plans for actual occurrence of each respective event.
  • Reports accidents to Associate Executive Director and reviews changes required to avoid reoccurrence.
  • Reports maintenance problems and/or broken and unsafe equipment to the appropriate party immediately

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

  • Support ASI’s DEI plan in all services and interactions.

Education and/or Work Experience Requirements:

Education:

Baccalaureate degree required from an accredited college or university. 

Master’s degree in recreation management, college student personnel administration, or related field of study preferred.

Experience:

Must have a minimum of five years progressively responsible administrative experience in the recreation or closely related field, preferably in college or university recreation programs. Experience shall include managerial and programming responsibilities.

 

Knowledge and Abilities:

  • Knowledge of the history and role of campus recreation programs.
  • Demonstrated knowledge of theories, principles, and techniques of recreational facilities management, fiscal and personnel management and recreational programming for a diverse campus population.
  • Ability to stay current on fitness/recreation trends.
  • Works effectively with co-workers, customers and others by sharing ideas in a constructive and positive manner; listening to and objectively considering ideas and suggestions from others; keeping commitments; keeping others informed of work progress, timetables and issues; addressing problems and issues constructively to find mutually acceptable and practical business solutions; addressing others by name, title or other respectful identifier, and respecting the diversity of our work force in actions words and deeds.
  • Ability to work independently, creatively, and effectively in development programs and services.

Special Requirements: 

  • Employment will be contingent on a satisfactory employment history and criminal background investigation.
  • Required to be First Aid, CPR, and AED certified within 30 days of hire.
  • Subject to DMV Pull program requiring valid driver’s license, current auto insurance be on file at all times and must meet CSURMA driving standards. May be required to drive occasionally as needed.
  • May be required to use personal phone for business related activities.
  • Required to be a Mandatory Reporter and sign ASI Mandatory Reporter Form.

Company

The Associated Students provides for student governance, shared governance of the university, programming of student activities, funding of campus organizations and athletics, and the operation of a nationally accredited child development center. As an auxiliary organization, the Associated Students does not receive any funding from state sources and does not fund campus operations customarily funded from state sources.

The Associated Students provides student development opportunities through leadership, volunteer, and employment experiences. In addition, the Associated Students provides campus community members with important social, cultural, and recreational opportunities, as well as, a wide range of programs and services. The Associated Students encourages and supports the activities of all CSU Fullerton recognized student organizations whose activities stimulate individual and group participation within the university community.

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