POSITION PURPOSE:
Reporting to the Head Equipment Manager, the Athletic Department Associate assists the athletic department with various tasks throughout the academic year with responsibilities in the areas of equipment room, game day operations, athletic awards processes, coaching (interscholastic/intramural), etc.
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:
- Assist with ongoing record keeping of items issued, returned, and charged (when damaged or lost).
- Perform laundry services to ensure the proper cleaning of all uniforms.
- Assist with the inspection, maintenance, and repair of athletic equipment and clothing.
- Fitting: Fit equipment for athletes for each specific sport in compliance with NOCSAE, NCAA, and NFHS standards
- Assist athletic department with game day operations
- Assist athletic department with clerical duties pertaining to the athletic seasons
- Some custodial duties in the equipment room such as: sweeping, mopping, wiping down counters, etc.
- Have the knowledge and ability to carry out all aspects of the WJAC emergency action plan.
- Ability to coach interscholastic (assistant) or intramural classes as deemed appropriate by the Athletic Director
- Other related duties as assigned.
Education: HS Diploma
Prior experience: Previous high school or collegiate experience preferred.
Licenses & Certifications: CPR/AED/First Aid; or the ability to complete once hired
Other Key Competencies:
- Strong customer service orientation with both internal and external contacts.
- Sound judgment, able to remain cool under pressure.
- Excellent organizational and time management skills.
- Team building skills; development and maintenance of positive interpersonal relationships
- Strong oral communications, presentation skills, writing ability
- Problem solving and critical thinking skills
- Interpersonal skills –displays a high level of tact, diplomacy, and professionalism
- Planning/organizing –plans work activities and uses time efficiently.
- Quality control –demonstrates accuracy and thoroughness and monitors own work to ensure quality.
- Adaptability –adapts to changes in the work environment, manages competing demands and frequent change, delays, or unexpected events.
- Resourcefulness – ability to seek out and use cutting edge resources (products, training, etc.) to ensure the job is being done as efficiently as possible.
- Proficient use in operating a computer.
The worker is required to have visual acuity to determine the accuracy, neatness, and thoroughness of the work assigned (i.e., custodial, food services, general labor, etc.) or to make general observations of facilities or structures (i.e., security guard, inspection, etc.).
The worker is subject to both environmental conditions: Activities occur inside and outside.
The worker is subject to hazards: Includes a variety of physical conditions, such as proximity to moving mechanical parts, moving vehicles, electrical current, working in high places, exposure to high heat or exposure to chemicals.
Academic year (August – June) 25 hours per week with rotating Saturdays
Working at Choate: Choate Rosemary Hall is a coeducational, independent secondary school located in central Connecticut with 850 boarding and day students and over 400 employees. Choate serves intellectually gifted and motivated students of diverse backgrounds from across the globe whose commitment to serious study is enhanced in an academically challenging and personally supportive setting.
Choate provides students with transformative and meaningful experiences that instill lifelong habits of learning, leadership, and service, shaped by innovative and passionate educators. Teaching faculty at Choate are innovative, collaborative, and committed to our students’ intellectual, social, emotional, and character development. Our faculty understands that each of our students has the potential for growth and works to encourage students to develop their own ideas and voices in learner-centered environments.
For its students and employees alike, Choate strives to be a diverse and inclusive community where all feel valued and embraced. On our campus, principled individuals from diverse backgrounds are united through common purpose, active engagement, and mutual respect. We celebrate differences and the richness of our varied backgrounds and experiences. Recognizing that working in an inclusive community can also present challenges, we embrace those challenges through ongoing dialogue and interaction, enhancing empathy and appreciation for those whose perspectives differ from our own.
Choate prohibits in all its programs, including hiring and employment practices, discrimination against or harassment of any member or group based upon age, gender, race, color, national origin, ancestry, religion, marital status, sexual orientation, disability, genetic information, gender identity or expression, veteran status, or any other category protected by Connecticut or federal law, except in the case of a bona fide occupational qualification.