Location and Job Title:

Director of Facilities
Omaha JCC
333 S 132nd St
Omaha, NE 68154

Principal Responsibilities:

Primary Purpose of Job

The Director of Facilities is responsible for the oversight, direction, and performance of the campus facilities and the Facilities team. He/she oversees the management team responsible for day-to-day operations of the facilities and works together with various stakeholders to engage in long term facilities planning for the organization.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree or Equivalent Work Experience
• Third Grade Stationary Engineer's License or Higher
• Swimming Pool Operators License
• Certification in Facility Management

Minimum Qualifications:

Duties and Responsibilities

• Provide oversight and direction to Facilities department
  • Hire, train, and coach Facility Manager and Guest Services Manager
  • Work with staff to develop departmental goals annually
  • Engage in strategic planning to ensure department is meeting various long term performance criteria
  • Develop leaders throughout department and work to establish succession planning in key roles
  • Develop and approve various departmental policies
• Oversee and direct capital improvements to campus
  • Develop 5-year capital budgets for campus
  • Bid projects to multiple vendors, develop RFPs as necessary for capital improvement projects
  • Coordinate vendors on large capital and construction projects
• Approve and direct the use of funding for the maintenance and improvement of the campus
  • Approve annual expense and capital budgets
  • Assist with the negotiation of contracts
  • Oversee departmental salary structure and approve all merit increases and starting hiring salaries
• Work with key stakeholder groups to ensure campus is maintained at a high level
  • Work with committee chair to lead Building and Grounds committee
  • Meet regularly with Agency Directors to ensure needs are met and to engage in capital planning within their areas
  • Work with other Central Services managers to ensure overall Central Services goals are aligned and executed
  • Sit on Campus Security Team and assist with policy development and staff training; oversee implementation of security infrastructure
  • Serve as Jewish Federation of Omaha's representative in all community-wide security meetings
• Guide the organization in long-term Facilities planning
  • Facilitate conversations related to the procurement of property, lease negotiations, and strategic planning related to the campus facilities
  • Develop plans for future ergonomic needs and facilitate space planning for building occupants
  • Work with architects, designers, and construction vendors to ensure thoughtful design and execution of large scale campus projects
  • Provide oversight to capital asset management processes and procedures

Core Competencies

• • Ability to relate to and work with members, guests, professional staff, and lay leaders.
  • Ability to handle multiple tasks.
  • Knowledge and experience interfacing with IT staff and infrastructure
  • Knowledge of housekeeping procedures
  • Excellent written communication
  • Budgeting and financial acumen
  • Problem Solving
    • Identifies and resolves problems in a timely manner
    • Involves and informs direct supervisor.
  • Oral Communication
    • Speaks clearly and persuasively in positive or negative situations
    • Listens and gets clarification
    • Responds well to questions
    • Demonstrates group presentation skills
    • Participates in meetings
  • Professional Judgment
    • Maintains confidentiality
    • Displays willingness to make decisions
    • Exhibits sound and accurate judgment
    • Supports and explains reasoning for decisions
    • Includes appropriate people in decision-making process
    • Makes timely decisions
  • Planning/Organizing
    • Prioritizes and plans work activities
    • Uses time efficiently
    • Plans for additional resources
    • Sets goals and objectives
    • Takes calculated risks to accomplish goals
    • Develops realistic action plans
  • Professionalism
    • Approaches others in a tactful manner
    • Reacts well under pressure
    • Treats other with respect and consideration regardless of their status or position
    • Accepts responsibility for own actions
    • Follows through on commitments
  • Quality
    • Demonstrates accuracy and thoroughness
    • Looks for ways to improve and promote quality
    • Applies feedback to improve performance
    • Meets productivity standards
    • Completes work in timely manner
    • Monitors own work to ensure quality.
  • Reasoning Ability
    • Able to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form.

Salary:

75,000 - 85,000

Agency Information:

The Jewish Federation of Omaha is a nonprofit organization serving the needs of the Jewish and wider Omaha communities through various social services including education, fitness, arts, direct aid, counseling, information, social welfare, and skilled nursing. The organization comprises the Jewish Community Center, Rose Blumkin Jewish Home, Jewish Senior Outreach, Jewish Family Service, Anti-Defamation League-Community Relations Committee, Jewish Press, and Institute for Holocaust Education, and the campus is also home to Friedel Jewish Academy and the Nebraska Jewish Historical Society.

The Staenberg, Kooper, Fellman Campus of the Jewish Federation of Omaha and Jewish Community Center are undergoing a $33M renovation to their campus, including new outdoor and indoor aquatic complexes, a completely reimagined theater, and brand new fitness spaces. The Director of Facilities will be a key figure in shaping the use of a premier fitness, arts, education, and senior care facility in Omaha, Nebraska.