Director, Athletic Facility (Prospect Park Tennis Center)

Job Summary

Required Qualifications

• •Bachelor's degree in business management, sports management, or other relevant discipline
• •A minimum of seven (7) years of progressively responsible management experience, including at least three (3) years in a leadership role overseeing recreation, sports, hospitality, membership, parks, nonprofit, or customer-facing operations
• •Experience in public recreational facilities or community-based sports programs
• •Intimate knowledge of the sport of tennis including rules and regulations
• •USPTA/RSPA, PTR, or equivalent racquet sports certification
• •Passion for the Alliance Mission & Core Values: A passion for public parks and environmental conservation combined with a commitment to treating others with respect, appreciating individual differences and embracing the values of diversity, equity and inclusion
• •Ethics & Integrity: Earns the trust and respect of others through a consistent commitment to integrity, honesty and professionalism in all interactions
• •Tennis & Sports Center Management: Intimate knowledge of the sport of tennis including rules and regulations in addition to operating and leading a sports center including all relevant programming, facility management, customer and P/L management
• •Relationship Building: A natural relationship builder with excellent interpersonal skills. Ability to think strategically and build constructive and positive working relationships with internal stakeholders characterized by a high level of acceptance, cooperation and mutual respect
• •Communication Skills: Superior written and oral communication skills, including the ability to convey technical information in a clear, culturally competent and understandable manner. Demonstrates effective listening skills and openness to other people's ideas and suggestions
• •Leadership: Promotes organizational mission and goals and demonstrates ways to achieve them. A natural leader with the ability to inspire and meaningfully engage colleagues in support of the work of the Tennis Center. Ability to gain other's support for ideas, proposals and solutions. Ensures policies, procedures and measures are in place to support achievement of department goals
• •Staff Management & Coaching: Inspires confidence and motivates team members. Enables staff to grow and be successful in achieving goals through meaningful feedback, instruction, encouragement, support and professional development
• •Decision-Making & Judgment: Integrates broad knowledge of information sources, garners insight from abstract data that can be used to assess problems and exercises sound judgement to make decisions. Thoroughly analyzes impact of possible solutions and decisions and shares probable impacts based on experience. Is proactive in deciding best course of action, anticipating likely outcomes or implications
• •Organization & Accountability: Meticulously well-organized with diligent attention to detail, ability to set priorities, meet deadlines and takes pride in consistently producing accurate, timely and quality work products with minimal supervision
• •Collaboration & Teamwork: Committed to working in collaboration with others, promoting cooperation and commitment to others and being a positive team contributor
• •Results and Impact Focus: Ability to set priorities, meet deadlines and highly motivated to consistently produce high quality work and achieve desired outcomes and results
• •Project & Budget Management: Makes effective decisions about department priorities. Proposes defensible budgets and works to control expenditures. Ensures appropriate resources are available to meet capability and capacity required by objectives. Ensures policies, procedures and measures are in place to support achievement of objectives
• •Customer Service: Exhibits a strong commitment to delivering excellent and responsive service to internal and external customers
• •Technology: Proficient with automated technologies that support area of responsibility including G-Suite and Microsoft Office Suite
• •Work is performed in both an interior office setting which does not subject the employee to any hazardous or unusual elements and in the field, which subjects the employee to various external elements including potentially adverse weather conditions. Additionally, involves frequent exposure to challenging elements such as extreme dirt, dust, fumes, smoke, loud noises, chemicals, etc.
• •Requires use of a desktop, laptop, or video display terminal
• •Requires minor physical exertion - lifting, pushing, and carrying, etc. up to 25 lbs. regularly
• •Requires communicating information with co-workers, stakeholders and/or the public; reading correspondence, instructions and/or technical documents; writing correspondence and/or reports and filling in forms
• •Travel to different locations in the park as needed to carry out duties
• •Work evenings, nights, and weekends as needed

Desired Qualifications

• •Intimate knowledge of the sport of tennis including rules and regulations; USPTA/RSPA, PTR, or equivalent racquet sports certification, a plus