• Hours of Work: Hours of Work: The typical schedule is Monday – Friday – 8:00am - 5:00 pm but early mornings, evenings and weekends are required based on departmental needs and scheduling.

• Screening will begin ASAP and continue until the position(s) is filled.

• Start date to be determined, but as soon as practicable after the hiring/interview process

Salary and Benefits: This is a full-time, benefited Managerial 4 level position. Starting salary range: $76,686.00 - $86,688.00/annually, depending upon experience.

• Educational Benefits for the employees and dependents

• Tuition Reimbursement

• 17 Paid Holiday/Closure Days

• Three Paid Personal Days

• Healthcare/Dental/Vision/Life Insurance

• Generous Retirement Benefits - 14.62% Employer Paid/4% Employee Paid

• Paid Vacation and Sick Leave

• Onsite Childcare Center

• Professional Development Opportunities

Job Summary: 

The Director of Athletics is responsible for the planning, operation and administration of the LCCC Athletics programs.  

The Director of Athletics is responsible for managing and developing an NJCAA, NJCAA-E and NIRA collegiate athletic program that includes men’s/women’s soccer, volleyball, men’s/women’s basketball, rodeo, and Esports. This role involves overseeing administrative, marketing, and fundraising efforts to support these programs. Additionally, the Director is responsible for ensuring the four Pillars of Excellence are upheld: student athletes academic success, competitive success, campus relations, and community relationships; as well as the identified strategic priorities established in the LCCC Athletics Strategic Plan.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS: – this position is exempt and is not eligible for compensatory or overtime pay provisions of the FLSA.  This listing of essential duties is not all-inclusive, but representative, other duties may be assigned).
Collegiate Athletics- Drives athletic excellence and compliance by leading staff development through targeted training, supportive supervision, and resource alignment - ensuring coaches are equipped to prepare athletes for competition.

• Oversee athletic scheduling, staffing, and game day operations
• Develop and monitor budgets and scholarships in collaboration with Financial Aid and LCCC Foundation
• Ensure NJCAA, Title IX, and NIRA compliance
• Maintain athletic documentation and communication tools

• Work and collaborate closely with the LCCC Foundation and Booster Club to engage in appropriate fundraising efforts and enhance program support.
• Cultivate community engagement initiatives that strengthen brand reputation and stakeholder trust. 
• Support Coaches in their leadership of successful camps and clinics for community youth, boosting engagement and recruitment, while generating additional revenue.
• Foster measurable sponsor and community partner engagement by initiating and maintaining meaningful interactions on game days, resulting in strengthened relationships and increased partnership value.

• Develop and implement a comprehensive coaching development framework that results in measurable improvements in coach performance evaluations.
• Support coaches in applying evidence-based methodologies that lead to quantifiable gains in athlete performance metrics and competitive results.
• Foster a coaching environment that promotes holistic athlete development, contributing to improvements in athlete academic performance, retention, and mental well-being indicators.

Other duties may be assigned based on contemporary institutional needs.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES:

Knowledge

• Knowledge of NJCAA, NJCAAE and NIRA rules and regulations.
• Administration and Management – Knowledge of business and management principles involved in strategic planning, resource allocation, human resources modeling, leadership technique, production methods, and coordination of people and resources.
• Administrative – Knowledge of administrative and office procedures and systems such as word processing, managing files and records, designing forms, and workplace terminology.

Skills

• Active Learning - Understanding the implications of new information for both current and future problem-solving and decision-making.
• Active Listening - giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times.
• Conflict Management – Use of tools, skills and processes to find respectful and creative ways to resolve disputes and disagreements.
• Complex Problem Solving - Identifying complex problems and reviewing related information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions.
• Coordination – Adjusting actions in relation to others’ actions.
• Critical Thinking - Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions, or approaches to problems.
• Electronic mail software - Microsoft Outlook.
• Judgment and Decision Making - Considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one.
• Management of Financial Resources – Determining how money will be spent to get the work done, and accounting for these expenditures.
• Monitoring - Monitoring/Assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action.
• Negotiation – Bringing others together and trying to reconcile differences.
• Office suite software - Microsoft Office software
• Operation and Control — Controlling operations of equipment or systems.
• Persuasion – Persuading others to change their minds or behavior.
• Service Orientation – Actively looking for ways to help people.
• Social Perceptiveness – Being aware of others’ reactions and understanding why they react as they do.
• Speaking – Talking to others to convey information effectively.
• Systems Evaluation - Identifying measures or indicators of system performance and the actions needed to improve or correct performance, relative to the goals of the system.
• Time Management - Managing one's own time and the time of others.
• Troubleshooting - Determining causes of operating errors and deciding what to do about it.
• Writing - Communicating effectively in writing as appropriate for the needs of the audience.

Abilities

• Ability to travel and drive a motor vehicle.
• Ability to occasionally travel overnight or for extended periods.
• Communication – The ability to effectively express your thoughts, ideas, and messages to diverse people in oral and written form. Public speaking skills and ability to write/edit emails, letters, and technical reports.
• Deductive Reasoning — The ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense.
• Emotional Intelligence – Ability to manage both your own emotions and understand the emotions of people around you.
• Fluency of ideas - The ability to come up with a number of ideas about a topic.
• Inductive Reasoning — The ability to combine pieces of information to form general rules or conclusions (includes finding a relationship among seemingly unrelated events).
• Problem Sensitivity — The ability to tell when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong. It does not involve solving the problem, only recognizing that there is a problem.
• Time Sharing - The ability to shift back and forth between two or more activities or sources of information.
• Visualization – The ability to imagine how something will look after it Is moved around or when its parts are moved or rearranged.

• There may be occurrences of interacting with employees and/or students, past employees and/or students, members of the general public, and others who express opinions, may exhibit strong emotions, which will require the employee to interact professionally, diplomatically, and appropriately in such situations
• While performing the essential duties of this position, an employee would frequently be required to move around the assigned work areas as well as within hallways, meeting rooms, and other parts of the campus facilities
• There may be multiple/daily instances of prolonged sitting, standing, and personal computer use, which would include keyboard and/or mouse usage as well as viewing a computer monitor
• An employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.
• Specific vision abilities required by this position include close vision, distance vision, and ability to adjust focus
• The overall work environment requires the mental ability to shift focal point quickly due to interruptions; an employee must be able to mentally track multiple projects and tasking as well

NOTE: This position description is a general description; it is not intended as an employment contract, nor is it intended to describe all duties someone in this position may perform.  All employees of the College are expected to perform other tasks as assigned by their respective supervisor/manager regardless of job title or routine job duties.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university in education, physical education, sports management, or related field.    
• Three or more years of athletic administrative/management experience.
• Three or more years of supervisory experience.
• Valid Driver’s License and the ability to be insured by the College’s insurance provider
• One-year of program fund raising experience.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Master’s degree from an accredited college or university in education, physical education, sports management, or related field.    
• Three or more years of collegiate level coaching experience, preferably at the community college level.
• One-year knowledge and experience working with institutional student conduct and Title IX processes.

If you are selected for the position, your appointment is contingent upon successful completion of a background check. LCCC reserves the right to end this employment agreement should the results of your background investigation not be successful.

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