What are the responsibilities and job description for the Manager, Equipment, KC Current II position at KC Current?
Join the Team.
Kansas City Current is home to the best-in-class training facility and the first stadium built for a women’s sport team. Our organization is committed to seeing the fullest potential of our athletes and of our city.
Kansas City Current is home to the best-in-class training facility and the first stadium built for a women’s sport team. Our organization is committed to seeing the fullest potential of our athletes and of our city.
To foster our vision, we prioritize hiring and retaining world-class talent. We’re looking for talented individuals with diverse perspectives, skill sets, and backgrounds to provide our guests with an unforgettable experience. As leaders in women’s sports, we are excited to offer a variety of positions within our front office, stadium, and event settings. We provide opportunities for professional growth and development and invest in our employees through competitive pay, robust health care and wellness benefits, and employee resources and networking.
Who are we hiring?
The Manager, Equipment, KC Current II, reporting to the Head of Equipment, plays a crucial role within the soccer operations staff at the Kansas City Current. This person is trusted to establish and maintain the highest standards of professionalism and efficiency in the day-to-day equipment operations of the Second Team. This role will directly oversee the Second Team and support the initiatives of the Academy. Furthermore, this position serves a fundamental role in maximizing the athletes’, coaches’, and technical staff’s ability to perform at the highest levels by preparing gear for training, helping to ensure training exercises run smoothly on the pitch, and helping to manage team equipment transportation, among other duties.
What will you do?
- Maintain Equipment: Clean, sort, store, fix and retrieve training equipment for training sessions and games.
- Manage interns: When applicable, this position will help manage interns hired to support the Second Team and Academy.
- Travel Preparation: Prepare, organize, pack and transport all necessary team gear and equipment for offsite training sessions, camps, and games.
- Travel Logistics: Ensure the travel experience for players and staff runs efficiently by establishing a system for transporting team equipment for all offsite matches, camps, and training sessions.
- Gear: Launder, sort, and distribute training and match gear for players and staff.
- Special Equipment: Become familiar and confident with soccer boots and goalkeeper glove models, preferences, and maintenance techniques.
- Training Logistics: Ensure that training sessions run with maximum efficiency and coordination to accomplish the Head Coach’s goals for each session.
- Problem Solving: Anticipate needs and proactively solve problems.
- Match Day: Transport match day gear/ equipment from the base camp to the stadium; set up locker room and field; breakdown/repack locker room and bench; and coordinate post-match training sessions.
- Equipment Room: Maintain the organization, cleanliness and operation of the equipment room.
- Inventory: Keep consistent inventory and help create size runs for annual kit purchasing proposals.
- Academy: Support Kansas City Academy initiatives including but not limited to training sessions and matches.
- First Team: Support First Team initiatives when applicable.
- All other duties as assigned.
What do you need to succeed?
Required
- Critical Thinking and Problem Solving: Ability to think critically and solve problems in high pace and high stress environments.
- Communication: Must be able to articulate thoughts and ideas clearly and concisely in the appropriate manner.
- Physical Requirements: Able to lift more than 50 pounds above your head and to run in short sprints and over distance in training.
- Time Management: Capable of managing multiple tasks simultaneously and meeting tight deadlines on fast paced timelines.
- Transportation: Driver’s License is required
- Experience either performing or working in team sports environment.
- Bachelor’s degree or higher education.
- High interpersonal skills- ability to build rapport and work effectively with diverse personalities in high pressure situations.
Preferred
- Experience working in club or college sports.
- Familiarity with soccer.
Special requirements of the Job:
- Must be able to work a flexible schedule, inclusive of weekends, nights (event evenings & overnight operation shifts) and holidays.
- Ability to monitor company communications and respond to time sensitive matters with senior executives.
- Travel may be required – 60%-70%
- Ability to work in various degrees of outdoor weather conditions, including but not limited to, extreme heat and cold or rain.
- Ability to lift 50 pounds of weight frequently throughout assigned workday.
- Ability to work in various positions, including but not limited to, stooping, standing, bending over, sitting, kneeling, and squatting for extended periods of time.
We value diversity and seek world-class employees of all backgrounds. The Kansas City Current values diversity and is looking for extraordinary employees of all backgrounds! We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and provide equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, sexual and reproductive health choices, national origin, citizenship, age, genetic information, disability, or veteran status. In addition to federal law mandates, we comply with all applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in all locations and will consider requests for reasonable accommodations as required.
