Team Lead - Student Activities

The Role

• Supervision, Scheduling, & Mentorship/Coaching of Hourly Employees and Student Participants:
• Part-time employee recruitment, administration & coordination (hiring, training, mentoring, scheduling & performance management)
• Performance management, Intervention and Adaptation as deemed necessary when leading a team of team leads, employees and volunteers
• Enhance a culture that resolves concerns, issues and uncomfortable situations in a timely fashion in accordance with appropriate compliance, policies, and procedures
• Intentional Equity, Diversity & Inclusion (EDI) focused decision making, promotion and approachability
• Supervision of student participants, activities, events and projects as required
• Student intern and co-curricular coordination, mentorship and coaching as required
• Event, Activity & Team Management:
• Manage a menu of sport and activity programming including Intermural, Extramural and Varsity opportunities
• Ability to establish effective working relationships as a contributing team member of athletics & recreation with SAIT, ACAC/CCAA & other stakeholders
• Project management approach to hosting/welcoming other franchises/institutions to our campus community
• Fitness center leadership & management
• Celebrations, special event collaborations and proposal related opportunities
• Student engagement, co-curricular project management and mentorship as required
• Software interactions with sport governing bodies as required
• Support Trojans teams around logistics, scheduling, staffing, travel, accommodations, equipment and nutrition related provisions and planning as requested
• Governance, Administration & Compliance:
• Contribute on committees with Campus wide initiatives, priorities and scale
• Contribute on committees with Provincial, National and International scale
• Balance sport excellence with innovation, learning moments and interventions
• Business acumen, budgeting, auditing, expenditure coordination and financial reporting as required including capital equipment & operational inventory controls
• Responsible for financial planning, monitoring & management of assigned areas.
• Marketing, Communications, Innovation & Technology:
• Advancing community sport and stakeholder relations as impacted by post-secondary participation opportunities and relationships
• Public speaking, strategic storytelling compositions and engagement efforts
• Promotions, production and broadcasting coordination
• Support the development of collaborative partnerships which promote innovation
• Student activity content creation and outward facing communications as required
• Other administrative support including website, statistics and storytelling as required

Qualifications

• Education & Experience:
• Minimum Required
• Bachelor’s degree with an emphasis on Sport, Recreation, Business and/or Event Management or related field
• 3-5 years of direct experience working in a sport, recreation or event management capacity with supervisory responsibilities
• Respect in Sport training
• Preferred
• University degree in Sport Studies, Sport Management, Sports Marketing, Recreation Management or a sports related field.
• University sport participation, coaching experience at a high level, officiating and/or sport administration experiences
• Advanced certifications in coaching and/or a sport related field
• Standard First Aid & CPR
• Officiating Level(s)

Skills Required

• A successful candidate will have the following skills or traits:
• Time management, effective communication, proactive & innovative, a desire to improve current processes & challenge the status quo
• Ability to focus on multiple projects, initiatives or events simultaneously, while maintaining professional communication with all stakeholders, while driving the departments strategic initiatives.
• Demonstrated ability to complete flexible hours including evenings and weekends as work demands and requirements are deemed normative sporting behaviour
• Demonstrated willingness to program alongside fund development opportunities that can occur in association with Alberta Gaming and Liquor Commission (AGLC)
• Demonstrated considerable public speaking and social media facing interactions and skills
• Demonstrated bilingual or multilingual abilities to engage with SAIT students and stakeholders
• Demonstrated understanding of specific sport rules and administration through a continuum of sport experiences
• Demonstrated progressively responsible and relevant experience with a minimum of 3-5 years escalation which has included at least a year of supervisory demands
• Demonstrated lifelong learning behaviors with an openness to upgrading and training to include but limited to SafeSport, Respect in Sport, Standard First Aid & Basic Rescuer CPR
• Demonstrated experience in training and supervision of multiple part-time staff including sport officials, instructors, volunteers, and supervisors.