Assistant Equipment Manager (Contractual)

Towson University • Towson, MD

5d • Onsite

About The Position

This is a contractual role responsible for managing the equipment room for various sports teams at the Towson Center. The position involves overseeing equipment distribution, maintenance, and repair, as well as ensuring compliance with safety and brand standards. The role requires working during practices and games, potentially traveling with teams, and supervising staff.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree
• One year of experience receiving, storing, issuing, laundering, cleaning, and repairing sports equipment and clothing
• Attain Athletic Equipment Manager’s Association (AEMA) certification within two years of being hired
• Knowledge of the methods of warehousing athletic equipment and clothing
• Ability to repair sports equipment and clothing
• Ability to operate laundry and dry cleaning equipment and to use hand tools
• Ability to lift, move, assemble and install large sports equipment items
• Ability to supervise laundry staff and student workers

Responsibilities

• Independently manage the Towson Center equipment room for men's and women's basketball, men's and women's golf, gymnastics, women's soccer, softball, baseball, men's and women's swimming & diving, women's tennis, field hockey, and women's volleyball
• Work during practices and home games for assigned teams; travel with the team to away contests as necessary; and provide backup coverage when Field House Equipment Manager is traveling with teams to away contests
• Distribute, collect, inventory, maintain, and repair equipment
• Continue education to gain all knowledge of new safety aspects related to the sports assigned; know the university brand standards, as well as NCAA and league requirements for legal attire during competitions
• Communicate effectively with coaches, staff members, administrators and student athletes; communicate with procurement representative and vendors
• Supervise team managers, student staff, and laundry staff
• Prepare and update logs and reports reflecting distribution, inventory, and maintenance activities; use P card for team purchases and monthly reconciliation

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level