Summary 
The Director of Athletics and Student Engagement will provide leadership and coordination for all student-related activities for Johnston Community College (JCC). This includes intercollegiate athletics, intramurals, and recreational programs. Additionally, this position supervises and oversees the Assistant Director of Student Engagement to deliver all student activities including clubs and organizations. The Director will ensure athletic and student life programs are compliant with all applicable JCC, local, state, and national governing regulations and guidance.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities include the following. Other duties may be assigned.

• Provides administrative functions of the Athletics Department including internal and external reports, NJCAA requirements, Region X requirements, programs, rosters, hiring and scheduling officials, arranging for facilities, and supporting staff, coaches, and student-athletes.
• Oversees hiring process of all coaches, student workers, athletic trainer, and related personnel. Maintains the files for coaches and student-athletes and prepares reports for evaluation and planning purposes.
• Monitors student-athletes academic performance and ensures compliance with NJCAA requirements by ensuring student eligibility reports are submitted in a timely and accurate manner.
• Administers athletic budgets and works with coaches on managing team budgets to ensure fiscal management.
• Collaborates with the College Foundation office on fundraising objectives and activities.
• Serves as college representative to all home athletic contests or arranges coverage for those events.
• Collaborates with departments across the college to ensure the successful enrollment and retention of new and continuing student-athletes.
• Coordinates transportation, travel and lodging arrangements as necessary for all away games and tournaments.
• Works with the Assistant Director of Student Engagement to facilitate student activities, clubs, organizations, recreational programs, and Student Government Association.
• Develops, with input from student engagement personnel, an annual student activities budget and monitors monthly expenditures to ensure fiscal responsibility.
• Collaborates with campus stakeholders to develop holistic student engagement and leadership initiatives.
• Maintains the calendar of events between Athletics and Student Engagement and Communications and Marketing.
• Assists collaborative efforts with orientations for incoming freshmen, transfer, and other students.
• Participates in Johnston Community College Committee assignments.
• Other duties as assigned. 

Supervisory Responsibilities
This position will supervise head coaches, assistant coaches, contracted athletic trainers, student workers, student senators, and student engagement personnel including the Assistant Director of Student Engagement and the Student Outreach and Engagement Specialist.

 Skills and Abilities

• Executive management skills including strong organizational skills, human relations skills, and customer service skills; ability to motivate employees and work in a team-centered environment
• Competence in strategic planning
• Ability to manage complex tasks simultaneously; strong analytical, problem-solving and counseling skills
• Good oral and written communication skills
• Commitment to student development theory and practice
• Proven effective grant-writing skills
• Good presentation skills 

Language Skills 

• Ability to read and comprehend simple instructions, short correspondence, and memos. 
• Ability to write simple correspondence. 
• Ability to communicate and present to groups of customers or employees of organization. 
• Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals 

 Mathematical Skills 

• Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals.
• Ability to compute rate, ratio, and percent and to draw and interpret bar graphs.

Reasoning Ability 

• Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out detailed but uninvolved written or oral instructions.
• Ability to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations.

 Computer Skills                                            
To perform this job successfully, an individual should be proficient in Microsoft Word and Excel, be able to maintain athletic website, and other software as deemed necessary. 
 
Physical Demands
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. 
 
While performing the duties of this Job, the employee must be able to communicate effectively. The employee must be able to meet mobility requirements and be able to occasionally move materials of up to 10 pounds. Must be able to access print material and utilize the information effectively.

Work Environment
The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
 
The noise level in the work environment is usually quiet.