Athletic Equipment Manager & Game Day Ops

The Charlotte Observer Publishing Company; Danbury (CT); On-site; USD 44,418 - 60,430; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive benefits package

Job summary

Western Connecticut State University is seeking an Athletic Equipment Manager for its Department of Intercollegiate Athletics. This full-time, 10-month role includes managing the equipment room and assisting in game day operations, with supervision of student employees.

The position requires a Bachelor’s degree and two years’ equipment experience, plus strong interpersonal, communication, and organizational skills. Weekend/holiday hours may be required; Microsoft 365 experience is a plus.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree is required.
• Two (2) years’ experience in maintaining equipment is required.
• Strong interpersonal, communication & organizational skills; Must be willing to work weekends and early and/or late hours and holidays.
• Experience with Microsoft 365; Multi-lingual or bi-lingual candidates are encouraged to apply.

Responsibilities

• Assists in purchasing equipment and supplies for all individual athletic teams, while keeping a digital inventory system for athletic equipment.
• Maintains and repairs athletic equipment.
• Assists in arranging for reconditioning of equipment.
• Assists in ensuring that all equipment purchases and donations meet commonly accepted standards within the Connecticut State Colleges & Universities (CSCU) guidelines and for the quality, health, and safety of athletes.
• Assists in monitoring and assigning locker rooms for home and visiting student-athletes and athletic staff.
• Greets and escorts visiting teams and officials for all sports to their assigned rooms while showing them training facilities and fields/court.
• Assists in fittings of all protective equipment worn by athletes.
• May instruct student staff members on all aspects of the equipment room.
• Assists in all in-house laundry operations for athletic needs as well as University needs.
• Assists in bid specifications for athletic equipment purchases and works cooperatively with the Administrative Services department to coordinate equipment purchases.
• Assists the Director of Intercollegiate Athletics in preparing the annual equipment budget for all Intercollegiate Athletics.
• Assists with game management, which includes set up, running of, and break down of scheduled events.
• Schedule all equipment room personnel.

Skills

Interpersonal skills

Communication

Organizational skills

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Microsoft 365

Job description

Western Connecticut State University is seeking an Athletic Equipment Manager for its Department of Intercollegiate Athletics. This full-time, 10-month role includes managing the equipment room and assisting in game day operations, with supervision of student employees.

The position requires a Bachelor’s degree and two years’ equipment experience, plus strong interpersonal, communication, and organizational skills. Weekend/holiday hours may be required; Microsoft 365 experience is a plus.