Community Relations Professional (Athletics)

This role builds and maintains relationships with community and donors to promote the University and the Athletic Department, responding to various requests, and develops, conducts, and promotes community and donor programs and services.

This position requires the ability work a flexible schedule, including nights and weekends, and travel as needed.

Outstanding UA benefits include health, dental, and vision insurance plans; life insurance and disability programs; paid vacation, sick leave, and holidays; UA/ASU/NAU tuition reduction for the employee and qualified family members; retirement plans; access to UA recreation and cultural activities; and more!

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• Plan and execute several strategic community and donor engagement events throughout the year for the Athletic Department.
• Plan and facilitate special events ranging from 20-1000+ guests sponsored by ICA (Wildcat Club, A-Club, and all other Departmental events). Includes formulating budgets, decorations, menus, volunteers, clean up, set-up, reservations, and communications.
• Formulate bids, and work with outside vendors, such as hotels, printers, caterers, bands/entertainment.
• Connect community and donors with strategic engagement opportunities across the Athletic Department.
• Assist in general community relations and heritage efforts for ICA (non-profit tables, etc.).
• Oversee intern program.
• Oversee the Jim Click Hall of Champions Museum, displays and overall building maintenance and security.
• Assist in the development of departmental policies and procedures for heritage and artifact collection.
• Assist with department communication and outreach initiatives such as museum media, sportsmanship initiative and departmental goals and principles signage.
• Pay department invoices, track budgets, and prepare reports of statistical nature. Order and track supplies as needed for various community and donor engagement events yearly. Maintain inventory control of purchased items.
• Additional duties as assigned.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Ability to function independently and be self-motivated, but work well with a team.
• Strong organizational skills and ability to prioritize.
• Strategic and creative problem solver.
• Excellent oral, written, and interpersonal communication skills.
• Ability to make good decisions and exercise judgement and discretion.
• Ability to interface professionally with internal and external audiences.
• Ability to build and grow relationships over time.
• Ability to lead and manage volunteers.
• Ability to maintain strict confidentiality and handle sensitive information and material in a discretionary manner.
• Ability to learn new software.
• Knowledge of NCAA, Conference and University policies and procedures.

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent advanced learning attained through professional level experience required.
• Three years of relevant work experience, or equivalent combination of education and work experience.

• Experience developing alumni engagement programs.
• Experience with Constituent Relationship Management Software.
• Experience in a higher education setting.
• Experience with event management production.

1. Describe your knowledge and understanding of NCAA and Big-12 rules and regulations, as they pertain to recruitment and regulations?

2. Please list below any experience you have had since 2015 with high school or college student-athletes. This includes working or volunteering in any capacity with a high school, AAU, sports club, junior college or 4-year institution student-athlete, athletics team or department.

3. Applicants for this position are subject to the following NCAA Bylaws 11.4.2, 11.4.2.1, 11.4.2.2, 11.4.3, 11.4.3.1, 11.4.3.2, 11.4.4, 11.4.4.1, and 11.4.4.2. You may be asked about these Bylaws in an interview, and you may be asked to sign a future affirmation confirming the same prior to or upon your employment by The University of Arizona, if you are selected for employment. Do you understand that by submitting your application for employment you are affirming that you have read these Bylaws, and that such Bylaws would not preclude your employment by The University of Arizona?

4. Are you the parent, coach, relative or guardian of a prospective student-athlete (i.e., student in 9-12 grade or 7-12 grade for men's basketball or junior college student) in the sport of men's basketball, women's basketball or football or have any other type of association with any prospective student-athlete in the sports of men's basketball, women's basketball or football? If yes, please explain.

5. Is your potential employment within the athletic department conditioned upon the enrollment of any prospective student-athlete (i.e., student in 9-12 grade, 7-12 grade for men's basketball or junior college) in the sport of men's basketball, women's basketball or football? If Yes, please explain.

6. Do you understand that failure to disclose any information related to your affiliation with a prospective student-athlete (student in 9-12 grade, 7-12 grade for men's basketball or junior college) in the sports of football, men's basketball or women's basketball might render your application ineligible for consideration?