Lead Coordinator, Sports and Recreation Programs

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Job Type:

Employee

Duration in Months (for fixed-term jobs):

N/A

Job Family:

Athletic Operations

# of Open Positions:

1

Faculty/Service - Department:

Campus Recreation

Campus:

Main Campus

Union Affiliation:

SSUO

Date Posted:

October 24, 2024

Applications must be received BEFORE:

November 04, 2024

Hours per week:

35

Salary Grade:

SSUO Grade 09

Salary Range:

$69,478.00 - $87,764.00

About Student Affairs :

Student Affairs is at the very heart of the student experience at the University of Ottawa. We recruit the very best future students, support them throughout their university years and leave them well-prepared for fulfilling careers and future studies. Our team of more than 600 dedicated staff provides the services that keep students happy, well and thriving as they pursue their ambitions. We help them apply and enrol for courses, we oversee 11 residences and an award-winning Dining Hall, we organize fun events and varsity sports activities, we run an innovative career development and experiential learning program and much more!

There’s nothing more rewarding than helping future generations reach their full potential at a world-class university. With our wide variety of career opportunities and professional development pathways, we’re sure that you’ll enjoy the experience as much as our students do.

Position purpose:

The incumbent is responsible for the creation, implementation, and supervision of all fitness related programming and services to various clienteles (internal and external) with a focus on revenue generation where appropriate.  This includes the operational management of fitness centres on campus, complementary related fitness programs and accompanying human resources management. Incumbent is responsible for research and development of innovative and creative methods to deliver programming in traditional and non-traditional methods at multiple locations on campus

In this role, your responsibilities will include:

• Respond, support and resolve issues and challenges that surface in the fitness community as to support and engage a client centered approach to customer service that includes both internal and external clients.  Address and manage behavior, resolving conflicts, managing risk and incident response while ensuring processes are consistent with University and Campus Recreation (CR) policies and procedures.
• Supervise and evaluate the operations of the fitness centres and ensure that employees follow the guidelines, procedures and policies on a daily basis to encourage engagement, safety and retention of our members.
• Provide the CR manager with recommendations that help analyze the need of users and coordinate the ongoing short term and long-term maintenance, purchase and/or replacement of equipment for use in the fitness centers and the various fitness programs.  This would also include program budget coordination and any accompanying oversight of sales of fitness related items.
• Responsible for the recruitment, hiring, onboarding, on-going training, supervision, evaluation and remuneration of all student staff and volunteers.  Provide mentoring, experiential learning and guidance in the areas of issue resolution and incident and risk management. Address student staff issues that impact optimal functioning of the fitness centers and fitness programs.
• Collaborate with campus and community partners in the delivery of fitness programming; maintain relationships with campus stakeholder groups to identify opportunities to expand or enhance activities and to optimize the impact on physical health and overall wellness.
• Responsible for the development, implementation, and promotion of fitness programs with a goal to generate income where appropriate.
• Provide reports to track fitness participation by conducting program evaluation, surveys and collecting information in order to identify emerging trends and client needs to make recommendations for program content and event development. Advise as to the most suitable approaches to best meet client fitness needs.
• Participates in the development and implementation of the Campus recreation strategic planning process and