The George Washington University and the Division for Student Affairs actively engages our students, our campus community through the spirit of healthy living and competition. Located in the heart of our nation's capital, this world-class university aspires to have a world-class recreation program. We are committed to building and sustaining a program that mirrors the overall excellence of the university, by providing students an unparalleled opportunity for achievement and engaging the larger community as we grow and cultivate the next generation of leaders.
Reporting to the Associate Director for Lerner Health and Wellness Center, the Lerner Operations and Events Manager will be responsible for the following duties:
- Serve as the manager for aquatics at Lerner
- Maintain certifications and ensure active license stature with the District of Columbia
- Liaison with pool vendors
- Coordinate Pool usage for club and intramural at Smith Center
- Manage, hire, and train 10-15 lifeguards
- Manage, hire, and train 10 event staff and 2 maintenance techs
- Manage the event scheduling for spaces at Lerner
- Coordinate all ancillary and third-party services required for events and programs being scheduled in Lerner
- Meet with clients to do site visits and coordinate logistics support
- Provide weekly reports on building usage by clients for weekly programs and events
- Reconcile conflicts on calendars and escalate as needed
- Coordinate the hours of operation with the event scheduling hours
- Serve as the main evening and weekend point of contact for student facility managers and desk staff regarding evening and weekend programs and operations at the Lerner Health and Wellness Center
- Day to day responsibility for scheduling all areas of the facility for programming, practices, competitions and other events hosted in the facility
- Conduct facility and equipment inspections and perform routine daily maintenance tasks such as cleaning equipment, minor repairs, and functional testing of equipment throughout the facility
- Work closely with the GW Facilities Director to maintain all fitness spaces, fitness equipment, meeting spaces, intramural spaces, and informal sports activity spaces
- Serve as the primary point of contact and/or assists, as appropriate, with all emergency situations in the facility during evening hours and ensures all injury and incident report documentation is completed and filed
- Aid with enforcement of policies and procedures related to facilities, operations, and recreation, fitness and wellness programs (including, but not limited to, user status, user attire, behavior, and equipment usage)
- Work closely with the Director to plan and host events, practices and competitions
- Assist with the training for event and varsity practice set ups and tear downs
- The position requires the incumbent to live on campus.
The position is based at GW's Foggy Bottom Campus in Washington, DC. The incumbent may perform other related duties as assigned. The omission of specific duties does not preclude the supervisor from assigning duties that are logically related to the position.