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Director – University Accommodations
| Company | LA28 |
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| Location | Los Angeles, CA, USA |
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| Salary | $150000 – $170000 |
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| Type | Full-Time |
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| Degrees | Bachelor’s |
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| Experience Level | Senior, Expert or higher |
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Requirements
- Minimum 10-years within large-scale event, hotel, or university logistics
- Prior experience conducting contract negotiations
- Prior experience organizing housing and hotel operations
- Experience managing a team
- Extremely detail-oriented with excellent analytical and organizational skills
- Strong communication, team building, and interpersonal skills
- Well-developed problem-solving skills and ability to work independently to resolve issues
- Fluent working with Office suite products including Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint
- Ability to implement and manage change effectively
- Demonstrated commitment to co-creation and collaborative decision-making
- Bachelor’s Degree Required
Responsibilities
- Build relationships with university partners and other key stakeholders and vendors.
- Negotiate Goods and Services contracts with universities for all of LA2028’s accommodations and related operational needs.
- Research and develop insights to inform business decisions.
- Support the overall Accommodations plan including but not limited to workforce housing strategy, pricing, and sourcing.
- Liaise with universities to build operational plan for LA28 Housing (i.e. vendor procurement, service level implementation, campus layout and limitations, etc.)
- Help drive operational and logistics integration to ensure feasibility of delivery plans.
- Continue to analyze housing environment, including possibility of non-traditional housing sites.
- Support integration with internal and external stakeholders.
- Manage housing operations for 10k+ rooms and 20k+ people.
- Travel to meet with university operational teams within greater Los Angeles region.
- Develop strong, respectful relationships and build credibility with key internal and external stakeholders.
- Prepare presentations for executive staff and key stakeholders.
- Manage the project plan, collaborating with relevant teammates and external partners where relevant.
- Coordinate key meetings to meet project plan timelines and summarize / track critical action items moving forward.
- Participate, where necessary, in other accommodation based workstreams.
Preferred Qualifications
- Knowledge of Los Angeles market is a plus
