Graduate Assistant Athletic Operations

Position Title: Athletic Operations Graduate Assistant

Term: 2026-2027 Academic Year

Department: Intercollegiate Athletics

Reports To: Associate Athletic Director of Operations and Event Management

Position Overview:

Work closely with the Athletic Facilities, Operations, and Event Management staff to ensure seamless execution of athletic events. This position provides hands-on experience in collegiate athletic administration.

Key Responsibilities:

Event Management: Prepare, coordinate, direct, and supervise all aspects of home athletic games and events.

Facility Preparation: Ensure all facility and game equipment are operational and appropriately set for game day (e.g., fields, goals, locker rooms, tables, chairs, bleachers, housekeeping).

Facility Maintenance: Assist with general field and facility maintenance, including operating small machinery to prepare fields and facilities.

Guest Relations: Greet visiting teams and officials upon arrival and escort them to designated locker rooms.

Staffing: Assist with the training, and scheduling of operations student workers and event staff.

Event Operations: Assist with facility rentals on the day of the event and aid in the planning and execution of special departmental events.

Replay Management: Assist with/manage game replay systems for Football, Volleyball, Basketball, Baseball, and Softball.

Communication: Maintain clear, effective communication with coaches, student-athletes, and departmental staff.

Other Duties: Perform additional duties as assigned by the Associate Athletic Director. Bachelor’s Degree (4-year)

Enrolled in graduate program at Emporia State University

Completed 1 semester working/volunteering in a collegiate athletic department assisting with game operations and/or field and facility preparation and maintenance. 

Expected work hours included evenings and weekends and some travel.

Must follow Emporia State University Graduated Student Guidelines. The stipend amount for graduate assistantship positions for fiscal year 2027 will be $12,000 for the fall and spring semester combined. Assistantship positions for one semester (FA or SP) will have a stipend amount of $6000.