Lead. Innovate. Inspire Well-Being.
The associate director provides support to the execution of numerous executive, operational and administrative duties of considerable scope and complexity, in which the ideal candidate will possess excellent initiative, judgment, knowledge, critical thought, and executive level presence. This person is an integral part of the department’s leadership team and consequently plays a vital role in addressing long range and strategic planning, affecting department and divisional initiatives, ensuring operational excellence, cleanliness and safety, developing policy, building partnerships, providing leadership, and inspiring professional and student staff. We are seeking an energetic, action-oriented leader with a history of developing strong interpersonal relationships, leading innovation and growth, and whose passions, strengths, and skills are centered around development.
The ideal candidate for this position will provide leadership, facility management, project management, policy formation, and assessment. Through the provision of leadership and strategic direction, the associate director supports the management of functional areas of Campus Recreation including Facility Operations and Member Services Fitness, and Aquatics that serve a student population of 10,000+, requiring basic knowledge of all areas, which are unique to themselves. The successful candidate for this position will focus on holistic student health, expanding our contributions to the physical, mental, and social wellbeing created through physical activity, while providing access equity to all facility and program participants. The associate director is expected to display a commitment to understand and support the University of Dayton's distinctive Marianist tradition and educational vision, as well as a willingness to model institutional values of service to others, community, and inclusivity.
