Director of Equipment (2 Vacancies)

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.

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.

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

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