The Campus Rec Director is responsible for all operations, administration, facility management, and programming for their respective Campus Recreation Department. This position is responsible for leading full-time, part-time and student employees. They will provide direction to all workers by supervising tasks, monitoring performance, and ensuring adherence to policies and procedures.

The Director of Administrative Operations is responsible for overseeing all scheduling and facility reservations, marketing efforts and promotion, departmental finance and assessment, and student staff development programs for Campus Recreation. This includes the following facilities and the associated programs: LaHaye Recreation and Fitness Center, Liberty Mountain Snowflex Centre, Liberty Mountain Equestrian Center, Liberty Mountain Gun Club, Liberty Mountain Hydaway Outdoor Recreation Center, Montview Game Room, Montview Bowling Alley, David’s Place, and the Liberty Mountain Intramural Complex. This position is responsible for leading professional, part-time, and student employees.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Provide direction and vision for Campus Recreation communications, marketing, finance and assessment that support the university mission, vision, and strategic plan.
• Provide direct oversight of the Associate Director of Marketing, Associate Director of Communications & Personnel, and Associate Director of Finance and Assessment including hiring, training, developing, and evaluating.
• Provide leadership for all communications, indirectly assisting in the oversight of professional, part-time and student employees through monitoring, hiring, training, development, disciplinary actions, evaluations and terminations.
• Create and maintain up to date policies and procedures regarding communications, marketing, scheduling, finance, assessment, and student development that comply with university policy.
• Oversee and manage departmental communications and marketing projects, including the creation and implementation of an annual marketing plan, scheduling for all necessary Campus Recreation facilities, budgetary assistance and direction, direct coordination of departmental student development programs, and all master, programming, and marketing calendars.
• Create and submit monthly and biannual communications and marketing reports and evaluations through facility reservation data, web analytics, social media data, and outreach impact numbers.
• Act as a point of contact for all internal and external communications that support marketing, facility reservations, general inboxes, and any budgetary concerns.
• Act as a point of contact for all Directors for communications, marketing, finance and assessment.
• Make purchases and recommendations for departmental assets or expenses.
• Frequently oversee and assist with events or operations during evening, nights, or weekend hours.
• Remain up to date on industry standards and performance benchmarks and ensure that Campus Recreation communications, marketing, finance, assessment, and student development programs remain effective and current.
• Perform all other tasks assigned by the Senior Director of Campus Recreation.
• Works effectively as a team member, embracing and fostering LU’s mission.

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES

• This position is responsible for approximately 10 full time employees, approximately 2 part-time employees, and up to 15 student employees.

QUALIFICATIONS AND CREDENTIALS

Minimum Qualifications

• Four-year degree from an accredited university
• 5 years’ professional experience
• Experience leading a team
• Marketing Experience
• Finance Experience
• Communications Experience
• Project management experience
• Proficient in Microsoft Office suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Excellent organizational skills, problem solving ability and attention to detail

Preferred Qualifications

• Earned or progress towards a graduate level degree
• Degree in Communications, Marketing or related field
• Experience utilizing a scheduling application, such as 25Live
• Experience in web design and editing
• Experience in graphic design, specifically working knowledge of Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, and InDesign)

ABILITIES AND COMPETENCIES ESSENTIAL TO THE FUNCTION OF THE JOB

Communication and Comprehension

• Ability to effectively communicate both verbally and in writing to convey clear, well-articulated information.
• Ability to understand, speak, and write English in order to convey messages and correspond in an articulate and professional manner.
• Possess public communication skills that allow professional representation of Liberty University to a variety of businesses, community members, customers and associates.
• Strong organizational skills.
• Excellent computer skills.

Problem Solving

• Intuitively able to reason, analyze information and events, and apply judgment in order to solve problems of both a routine and complex nature.

Physical and Sensory Abilities

• Regularly required to travel to local and campus locations.
• Frequently required to sit for extended periods to perform deskwork or type on a keyboard. Regularly required to hear and speak in order to effectively communicate orally.
• Occasionally required to stand, walk, and climb stairs to move about the building.
• Handle materials, reach overhead, kneel or stoop in order to conduct business.
• Regularly lift 20 or fewer pounds.

WORKING CONDITIONS

Work Environment

• The working environment in which one will typically perform the essential functions of this position is a climate-controlled office setting. It is well lit and the noise level is moderate.

Driving Requirements

• Use of one’s personal vehicle (or LU vehicles) is required for travel in the performance of the essential functions of this position. Proof of a valid Virginia driver’s license, an acceptable DMV record, and liability insurance is required.

Target Hire Date

2025-03-10

Time Type

Full time

Location

Lynchburg - In Office

The University is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We believe it is our moral and legal obligation to meet the responsibility of ensuring that all management practices regarding employees are conducted in a nondiscriminatory manner. In compliance with Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act, and other applicable federal and state statutes, all recruiting, hiring, training, and promoting for all job classifications will be administered without regard to race, color, ancestry, age, sex, national origin, pregnancy or childbirth, disability, military veteran status or other applicable status protected by law, including state of employment protected classes. It is, therefore, our policy and intention to evaluate all employees and prospective employees strictly according to the requirements of the job. All personnel related activities such as compensation, benefits, transfers, job classification, assignments, working conditions, educational assistance, terminations, layoffs, and return from layoffs, and all other terms, conditions and privileges of employment will be administered without regard to race, color, ancestry, age, sex, national origin, pregnancy or childbirth, disability, military veteran status or other applicable status protected by law, including all applicable state of employment protected classes. The University is a Christian religious-affiliated organization; and as such, is not subject to religious discrimination requirements. The University’s hiring practices and EEO discrimination practices are in full compliance with both federal and state law. Federal law creates an exception to the “religion” component of the employment discrimination laws for religious organizations (including educational institutions), and permits them to give employment practice preference to members of their own religious beliefs.