Athletic Center Program Manager/Coach


Campus: Cañada College

FLSA Status: Exempt

Salary Schedule: 35

Bargaining Unit: Non-Represented

Months Per Year: 12

Hours Per Week: 37.5

Mandated Reporter: Yes

Campus Security Authority: No

Reporting to an Athletic Center Operations Manager, the Athletic Center Program Manager/Coach (ACPMC) provides supportive leadership, implementation, and coordination of athletic center programming, class schedules, and teaching standards of excellence at the SMCCCD Athletic Centers. Public contact is extensive and includes staff, students, the general public, and campus visitors. A high degree of independent judgment and creativity is required to resolve minor and major problems that arise. Short and long-term logistical planning related to membership is required and includes students, faculty, and the community.

The ACPMC:

• Supports Fitness and/or Aquatics programming as directed by the appropriate Athletic Center Operations Manager
• Performs duties consistent with District and College mission statements and values
• Schedules Community Fitness programming in the facility to preserve the primacy of academic programs and other college users while accommodating community needs during unassigned periods
• Implements safety protocols as required by statute and District regulations, as well as manages the performance of assistant coaches, instructors, trainers, and staff as it relates to those protocols
• Manages teams strategically and cohesively, and develops and coordinates interdepartmental relationships efforts daily

Community Fitness programming includes collaboration with Kinesiology, Athletics, and Dance (KAD) division deans, faculty, student-athlete coaches, and Athletic Center instructors, potentially including but not limited to assistant coaches, Pilates, group exercise, and personal trainers.

The ACPMC is responsible for the upkeep of pre-assigned facility areas, including Athletic Center equipment, maintenance, and capital improvement recommendations. In addition, the APMC assists with developing and implementing operational procedures for staff, coaching new classes or practice structures in accordance with member needs, and auditing existing classes or practices to give ongoing feedback to coaching instructors, trainers, and assistant coaches.

The ACPMC assists the appropriate Athletic Center Operations Manager with running a 7-day-per-week Community Fitness programming schedule and staff that scales to grow with the surrounding community.

Duties and Responsibilities:

The duties below are representative of the duties of the classification and are not intended to cover all of the duties performed by the incumbent(s) of any particular position. The omission of specific statements of duties does not exclude them from the position if the scope of work is similar, related, or a logical assignment to this classification.

1. Safety compliance
2. Participate in the hiring of assistant coaches, instructors, trainers, and other support staff, as well as the secondary recruiter for community fitness programming needs
3. Assist with developing facility and program scheduling that assures the primacy of KAD division needs. The scheduling of facilities for the general college, community fitness, and aquatic members, and rental requests from the community are made in that order
4. Assist with managing and maintaining safety records, certifications, and District training participation for staff working under the ACPMC's programs
5. Support department fiscal responsibility through scheduling, timesheet review, and labor reports
6. Help maintain strong revenue streams and increase program and rental opportunities
7. Identify and propose new sources of revenue
8. Oversee and establish internal communications with assigned teams
9. Coordinate and assist with supervising maintenance with Campus Facilities or company partners, including scheduling necessary maintenance, repairs, and upgrades
10. Train staff to align with the culture, students, faculty, and community service
11. Train staff on hourly reporting software and create backup substitute options
12. Provide general customer service; assist with signage, schedules, and website updating
13. Support on-site logistics for requested special student member events
14. Coordinate with supervisors to ensure all team members have American Red Cross certification on file
15. Coordinate with supervisors to provide on-site CPR training
16. Maintain and assure professional customer service standards in all departments
17. Development and design surveys to review, summarize, and make department recommendations
18. Order equipment and supplies to budget in support of programming
19. Implement and actively structure daily safety, security, and risk management policies
20. Review and support security and access related to the overall facility
21. Identify outside certification opportunities for staff professional development
22. Work with supervisors to guide and improve existing programs in other areas of the Athletic Center
23. Review social media and online marketing, with response and update recommendations
24. Actively participate in student and faculty wellness improvement by personally instructing or coaching programming in the assigned area
25. Assist in the wellness of student, faculty, and community participants
26. Attend and actively participate in staff meetings and professional training
27. Assist and perform other duties as needed

Employment Standards (acquired through education, training, and/or experience)

Knowledge of:

1. Industry best practices
2. SMCCCD culture and policies, and procedures
3. Payroll software, budgeting outlines, and reporting review

Skills and Abilities:

1. Lead fitness programs, especially a Group Exercise department
2. Implement and communicate the Illness and Injury Prevention Plan
3. Work independently under pressure and meet deadlines
4. Apply safety policies, practices, procedures, and requirements of the Fitness and Wellness Department and SMCCCD
5. Success in coaching athletes, establishing a fitness training program or aquatics training program, and coaching swim or fitness at a highly competitive level
6. Proficiency in Microsoft Office and Excel
7. Integrity driven
8. Demonstration of efficient, ease of interpersonal skills towards teams, inter-departmental stakeholders, students, faculty, and the community
9. Organized
10. Written and verbal follow-through and highly focused with attention to detail
11. Critical thinking, flexible problem-solving, resourcefulness
12. Experience working with adults and youth and a wide variety of socio-economic backgrounds
13. Strong leader and integrity-driven
14. Service-oriented and program management experience
15. Sound judgment aimed toward employee sustainability
16. Establish and maintain productive working relationships within a diverse, collaborative, multicultural, interdepartmental environment
17. Provide clear communication to team members towards steps promoting safety and enforcing safe work practices

Job Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree OR an equivalent combination of education and experience
• Minimum of two years of related experience and/or training in fitness facility management and operations
• Current First Aid Certification for Public Safety Personnel, AED-CPR
• Available for assistant coach support during 'call-outs,' special events, and after-hours responses/notifications, which may include evenings, weekends, and holidays
• Demonstrated cultural competence, sensitivity to and understanding of the diverse academic, socioeconomic, ethnic, neurodivergent, and LGBTQIA+ backgrounds of community college students, faculty and staff

Preferred

Fitness/Group Exercise (GEX)

• GEX Instruction Certification from an Accredited National Source
• NASM or other Nationally Accredited Personal Training Fitness Certification

Aquatics:

• Certified Pool Operator/Aquatic Facility Operator
• Current Lifeguard Instructor certification
• Water Safety and Lifeguard, Red Cross Lifeguard Certification or Master Level Instructor (Title 22)
• Related Swim Coach Certification

Additional Information:
Safety: to promote a safe working and learning environment employees must report any unsafe working conditions or practices, as well as any near-miss incident to their supervisor.

• Position is designated as a Mandated Reporter under the Child Abuse and Neglect Reporting Act
• Position is a Responsible Employee under the Equity in Education Act and Title IX

Work Demands

The environmental, physical, and mental demands described here are representative of those that an employee must meet to successfully perform the essential functions of this class. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform these functions.

Environmental: typical on-site office environment; in-person work expected with potential to participate in the District's telework program, as available.

• Frequent hearing and speaking to exchange information in person and online
• Comprehend speech at normal levels
• Upper limb dexterity to operate computers and peripheral equipment
• Vision sufficient for daily and frequent use of computers, databases, and written materials
• Sitting for extended periods of time
• Frequent bending at the waist
• Physical presence at on-site locations
• Communicate and interact with others
• Observe and interpret people and situations
• Learn and apply new information or skills
• Perform highly detailed work on multiple concurrent tasks
• Perform highly detailed work under changing priorities and deadlines on multiple concurrent tasks
• Work with frequent interruptions
• Self-regulate emotion and behavior

Benefits: Benefits include paid holidays, vacation and sick leave. The District pays all or a portion of monthly medical plan premiums (depending on the coverage) and pays all of the monthly dental and vision plan premiums for employees and eligible dependents. Additional paid benefits include life insurance, salary continuance insurance, and an Employee Assistance Program. Classified employees participate in the Public Employees' Retirement System, a defined-benefit retirement plan through the State of California. Optional tax-deferred 403(b) and 457 retirement plans are also available.

EEO Statement: San Mateo County Community College District is an Equal Opportunity, Title IX, and Section 504 employer. We prohibit discrimination and harassment based on race, color, ancestry, national origin, religion, age, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, genetic information, marital status, veteran status, medical condition, physical or mental disability, or any other protected status under federal, state, or local law. We seek to employ individuals who reflect our community's diversity of cultures, languages, and abilities.

Our EEO Plan, grounded in Title 5 regulations, is developed and monitored by an EEO Advisory Committee, reviewed at least every three years, and supported by regular training for all members of selection and screening committees. We collect and analyze recruitment and retention data to measure progress and identify barriers.

Annual Security Report

San Mateo County Community College District's (SMCCCD) 2024 Annual Security Report (ASR), required by the Clery Act, includes statistics for the previous three years (2021-2023) concerning reported crimes that occurred on campus; in certain off-campus buildings owned or controlled by SMCCCD; and on public property within, or immediately adjacent to and accessible from SMCCCD. The 2024 Annual Security Report also outlines various campus safety and security policies concerning crime reporting, prevention and response to sexual and gender violence, alcohol and drug use, crime prevention, emergency response and evacuation procedures, and other matters. The Annual Security Report also includes important tips to help every community member remain safe and avoid becoming a victim of crime. The 2024 Annual Security Report is now available on the Public Safety website. You can also obtain a copy of this report by contacting the Department of Public Safety at the District Office or any of the three Campuses (650) 738-7000. The report includes information about criminal activity on our campuses, emergency procedures, and resources.


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