Assistant Equipment Manager (Contractual)

Assistant Equipment Manager (Contractual) - (250000CB)

Job Summary 

Towson University (TU) is one of the nation’s top 100 public universities. Located north of Baltimore, TU currently enrolls over 19,000 students and is the second-largest university in the prestigious University System of Maryland. Towson University fosters a climate that is grounded in respect to cultivate the intellectual and personal growth of the entire university community.

 

Towson University is currently accepting applications for an Assistant Equipment Manager. Reporting to the Head Equipment Manager, the Assistant Equipment Manager will oversee all activities pertaining to the receipt, storage, issuance, and maintenance of athletic clothing and equipment in the Towson Center. This position will manage the Towson Center equipment room.

 

Responsibilities and Duties

 

Responsibilities for the Assistant Equipment Manager include, but are not limited to the following:

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Assistant Equipment Manager (Contractual) - (250000CB)

Job Summary 

Towson University (TU) is one of the nation’s top 100 public universities. Located north of Baltimore, TU currently enrolls over 19,000 students and is the second-largest university in the prestigious University System of Maryland. Towson University fosters a climate that is grounded in respect to cultivate the intellectual and personal growth of the entire university community.

 

Towson University is currently accepting applications for an Assistant Equipment Manager. Reporting to the Head Equipment Manager, the Assistant Equipment Manager will oversee all activities pertaining to the receipt, storage, issuance, and maintenance of athletic clothing and equipment in the Towson Center. This position will manage the Towson Center equipment room.

 

Responsibilities and Duties

 

Responsibilities for the Assistant Equipment Manager include, but are not limited to the following:

• 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

The work hours for this position may include some nights and weekends for athletic games/events.

 

Qualifications and Skills

 

Required Qualifications:

• 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

 

Salary and Benefits 

$44,948 annually and a contract offers annual leave, holidays, sick days. Contractual employees scheduled to work 30 or more hours per week may be eligible for subsidized health benefits coverage. The position is contingent on funds being available at time of hire. To learn more about our benefits, click here. TU also offers a variety of great perks and discounts, which can be found here.

For consideration, please submit a cover letter and resume with your online application. This position will be open for a minimum of 14 days. 

The safety of our students, faculty, staff, and neighbors has been our top priority and the focus of every one of our decisions since the earliest days of the COVID-19 pandemic. Therefore, the University System of Maryland (USM) has strongly encouraged full COVID vaccination and up-to-date booster shots (when eligible) for all faculty, staff, and students at all schools in the USM as both a reasonable and necessary means of protecting our health and safety. 

 

Organization

: Athletics Division

Primary Location

: Main Campus

Job Posting

: Jun 26, 2025

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