Staffing Director

Varsity Spirit, A Varsity Brands Company

For over 50 years, Varsity Spirit has been the leading global source for all things spirit, including cheerleading, dance team, performing arts and yearbook. Focused on safety, entertainment and traditional school leadership, Varsity Spirit's 5,000+ employees are dedicated to celebrating school spirit. A leader in apparel innovation, educational camps, clinics, competitions, and yearbook, Varsity Spirit impacts more than a million athletes each year.

At Varsity Spirit, the safety and wellbeing of the young people we serve is of the utmost importance. Since our inception 50 years ago, we have been and remain steadfastly committed to doing our part to create a safe and positive environment for our participants' physical, emotional, and social development, and promoting an environment free from abuse and misconduct. Varsity has a zero tolerance for abuse in its programs, events, and associated business activities. Varsity is committed to reporting all suspicions, allegations, and incidents of abuse in full accordance with local laws and reporting requirements.

Work Type :

Full time hybrid or remote

3x in office 2x working from home or fully-remote

Location Details :

Memphis, TN or Northeast region

Travel Requirement :

Event travel and attendance at staff meetings & trainings is required. Event travel will include overnight stays for events.

How You Will Make An Impact :

The UCA Staffing Director role is key to Varsity's camp and competition success and is responsible for overall camp and competition instructional staffing effectiveness of a designated region. A Staffing Director will represent Varsity Brands by demonstration of company core values in driving the highest ethical standards of conduct in all business activities.

What You Will Do :

Staffing Directors are responsible for recruitment, hiring, training, scheduling, logistics, & overall performance management of UCA instructional staff & competition staff members in the region.

• Develop Staff Enhancement Program to effectively recruit new staff.
• Forecast summer camp staffing needs based on projected enrollments.
• Ongoing recruiting for staff from high school, colleges, & universities.
• Supervise and manage assigned instructional staff.
• Organize contracts, locations, facilitate, and budget for instructional staff tryouts, staff training, events, and meetings.
• Candidate screening, interviewing & hiring of instructional staff each spring.
• Staff communication and expectations with staff on upcoming events including camps, clinics, events, and competitions within the Varsity Spirit Brand.
• Send staff materials necessary to organize and carry out assigned events.
• Oversee proper ordering of staff uniforms and supplies for region.
• Scheduling & daily monitoring of camp enrollments followed by fluctuation in staffing.
• Log and monitor travel costs per region.
• Daily organization of staff travel to and from camps, clinics, events, and competitions.
• Approval of Home Camp dates based on instructor availability and appropriate system set up for camp type, dates, and locations.
• Monitor proper set up and cost control for Home Camp hotels with travel agent.
• Communication with customers on camp questions and Home Camp set up.
• Work with State Directors and / or customers on camp experience.
• Release of payroll and expense reimbursements for each camp and event.
• Staff performance management, evaluation, and effectiveness.
• Conduct end of summer research to determine areas of strength and weakness and to determine needed new staff in region.
• On-site Staffing Director at select events and competitions.
• Planning of Summer Camp Operations training for the Sales State Director(s) associated region and ongoing communication for optimal growth.

Qualifications :

Knowledge / Skills / Abilities :

Education, Certification, & Experience :

Physical Requirements :

This job operates in a hybrid setting between a professional office and a home office environment. In addition, this position will require travel to locations for camps, events, training, and competition. This role is 60% sedentary and 40% active. It is necessary for this role to participate in Training & Education activities.

Other Duties :

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties, or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

Join The Best Team In Sport & Spirit :

At Varsity Brands, we believe every student deserves the opportunity to succeed and every educator wants to make a difference. It takes a team to make a real impact, and through our two divisions BSN SPORTS and Varsity Spirit and our network of 6,000+ employees and independent representatives, we are proud to partner with a wide range of educational institutions and club and professional sports to transform the student journey in SPORT and SPIRIT.

Our Values :

Service - We lead with heart. We champion community.

Passion - We love what we do. It fuels our purpose.

Integrity - We do what we promise. We own our actions and decisions.

Respect - We earn it by giving it. Because everyone deserves it.

Innovation - We never stop striving to be better. For ourselves and our community.

Transparency - We are committed to openness and honesty in everything we do.

Our Benefits :

We are committed to putting you and your families first. For benefits eligible roles, we offer a variety of choices and costs as well as program enhancements that align with our responsibility to elevate the employee experience. Some of our offerings include :

Varsity Brands companies are equal opportunity employers. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, citizenship, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, veteran's status, age or disability.