Game Day Assistant

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Position Summary

Position Title

Game Day Assistant

Posting Number

Division

Athletic Director's Office

Department

Athletics

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Position Details

Position Summary

Position Title

Game Day Assistant

Posting Number

Division

Athletic Director's Office

Department

Athletics

Location

Erie, Pa

Position Summary

Career Readiness and Learning Objectives:

Communication:

Clearly and effectively exchange information, ideas, facts, and perspectives with persons inside and outside of the organization. Student Employee will need to have general awareness of University Athletic Happenings and game operations awareness. This will then be communicated to guests attending the event.

Teamwork:

Build and maintain collaborative relationships to work effectively toward common goals, while appreciating diverse viewpoints and shared responsibilities. Belonging to a ticketing team of approximately 10 individuals who will work together to ensure seamless welcome into venue.

Professionalism:

Knowing work environments differ greatly, understand and demonstrate effective work habits, and act in interest of the larger community and workplace. Athletics is a public facing entity of the university with many guests entering our facility. We expect student employees to be good stewards of the university and embrace the visitors as guests of the Gannon family.

The Game Day Assistant is a part-time, 8 hours/week position (Game Dependent) and is responsible for assisting the Assistant Director of Athletics for Internal Operations and/or Associate Director of Athletics for Budget & Planning in all aspects of game day operations. Hours are dependent on home football, basketball, and championship events.

Essential Functions of Game Day Assistant:

1. Assist in greeting and accounting for season and complimentary ticketholders.

2. Manage general admission ticket sales. Must be comfortable managing cash exchanges, checkout software, and working with customers with professionalism and clear communication as stated above.

3. Monitor seat assignments during the basketball season, to ensure season ticketholders are accommodated.

4. Must be able to follow instruction and work independently to achieve outlined goals within ticketing team.

5. Other duties as assigned.

Required Qualifications

Enrolled as an undergraduate or graduate student at Gannon University preferably with a minimum of a 2.5

GPA

Flexible hours according to game scheduled , nights and weekends are a must

Preferred Qualifications

General business knowledge and comfort with cash exchange

Understanding of modern technology and use of Software

Genuine interest and excitement in sharing athletics department success with community

Physical Demands

Be able to stand for greater than 60 minutes

Be able to transport ticketing needs and other moderately sized materials to various campus locations

Required Qualifications

Must be a current student at Gannon University.

Preferred Qualifications

An interest in sport management, business, or other related field.

Physical Demands

Must be able to meet the physical demands.

Work is performed indoors and outdoors in a busy University setting. The work schedule will vary depending on the number of home events. Predominately evening and weekend responsibilities.

Posting Detail Information

| Number of Vacancies | 10 | | Job Posting Open Date | 08/01/2024 | | Job Posting Close Date | 02/12/2025 | | Special Instructions to Applicants |
Please contact Kevin Huber at huber012@gannon.edu with any questions regarding the position or application process. |

Supplemental Questions

Required fields are indicated with an asterisk (*).

1. * Are you available to work at least 8 hours a week and have weekend availability? Hours will include 6:00am – 12:00am during the week and various weekend hours. Are you willing to work over campus breaks, including Fall Break, Thanksgiving Break, Winter Break, Spring Break, Easter Break?

(Open Ended Question)

1. * In order to determine availability, we need to know your class schedule.  Please list your classes and class times here. 

(Open Ended Question)

1. * Please list any other time commitments you have outside of your regular class schedule (teams, clubs, other job, etc.).

(Open Ended Question)

1. * Please tell us of a time that you displayed excellent communication skills? What skills, techniques or steps did you use?

(Open Ended Question)

1. * What job do you envision you will have after Gannon graduation? How might this job help prepare you for that?

(Open Ended Question)

1. * What is your current class standing?
   • Freshman
   • Sophmore
   • Junior
   • Senior
   • Graduate Level

Applicant Documents

Required Documents 1. Resume

Optional Documents 1. Cover Letter

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