Assistant Director, Recreation and Intramural Sports

LSU New Orleans; New Orleans (LA); On-site; USD 48,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

LSU New Orleans seeks a qualified professional to lead Recreation and Intramural Sports programs, including intramurals, club sports, and outdoor recreation, with a focus on revenue-generating initiatives.

You will recruit, hire, train, supervise, and evaluate student staff; plan and market programs; manage budgets; track performance; and ensure compliance and safe operations across facilities.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Recreation Management, Sports Management, Kinesiology, Business Administration, Education, Higher Education, or a related field.
• Minimum of three years of progressive experience in campus recreation, recreational sports, youth programming, summer camp administration, adult leagues, intramural sports, athletics, or a related program management setting.
• Experience supervising, training, scheduling, and evaluating student employees, part-time staff, officials, coaches, camp counselors, or program staff.
• Experience planning, coordinating, marketing, and evaluating structured programs, leagues, tournaments, camps, clinics, or youth/adult recreational programs.
• Experience with budget tracking, revenue monitoring, registration systems, spreadsheets, participation data, or basic profit-and-loss reporting for fee-based programs.

Responsibilities

• Develop, publicize, schedule, promote, administer, and evaluate Intramural Sports, Club Sports, Outdoor Recreation, Adult Leagues, Youth Programs, and Summer Camp programs.
• Oversee the planning, coordination, staffing, marketing, and evaluation of revenue-generating programs, including adult leagues, youth sports, summer camp, and other fee-based programs as assigned.
• Recruit, hire, train, supervise, and evaluate youth coaches, camp counselors, intramural officials, and other student or part-time staff assigned to program areas.
• Develop and implement marketing and advertising strategies to recruit youth participants, adult league teams, summer camp families, and other paid program participants.
• Track revenue, expenses, registrations, participation numbers, and program performance for assigned paid programs.
• Assist with budget creation, revenue projections, expense tracking, and profit and loss reporting for assigned revenue-generating programs.
• Evaluate the financial performance of assigned programs and make recommendations for pricing, staffing, marketing, scheduling, and operational improvements.
• Conduct Intramural Official clinics as needed.
• Oversee all Intramural Officials.
• Oversee the eSports Café, eSports programming, and related events.
• Oversee various Club Sports programs and work directly with the president of each club to support operations, compliance, scheduling, and student leadership development.
• Oversee IMLeagues intramural software for student participation, registration, scheduling, communication, and program tracking.
• Maintain inventory of all Intramural Sports, Club Sports, Youth Programs, Adult Leagues, Summer Camp, and Open Play athletic equipment.
• Serve as departmental liaison with LSU New Orleans students, faculty, staff, families, community members, adult league participants, and local youth program partners.
• Coordinate scheduling of gym floor space and field space for Intramural Sports, Club Sports, Adult Leagues, Youth Programs, Summer Camp, and other assigned programs.
• Assist the Director and Associate Director with the production, review, and implementation of departmental guidelines, procedures manuals, training materials, and student employee handbooks.
• Participate in continuing professional development through attendance at professional seminars, conferences, trainings, and LCIRSA state tournaments.
• Prepare professional travel arrangements, including required authorizations, according to LSU New Orleans policy.
• Serve on University committees as requested by the Director.
• Perform additional duties as assigned by the Director.

Skills

Staff supervision

Budget tracking

Program planning

Marketing programs

Data analysis

Education

Bachelor's degree in Recreation Management or related field

Master’s degree in related field (preferred)

Job description

Thank you for your interest in LSU New Orleans. Once you start the application process, you will not be able to save your work, so you should collect all required information before you begin. The required information is listed below in the job posting. You must complete all required portions of the application and attach the required documents in order to be considered for employment.

Department Recreation and Intramural Sports

Job Summary Job Description

CHARACTERISTIC DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Develop, publicize, schedule, promote, administer, and evaluate Intramural Sports, Club Sports, Outdoor Recreation, Adult Leagues, Youth Programs, and Summer Camp programs.
• Oversee the planning, coordination, staffing, marketing, and evaluation of revenue-generating programs, including adult leagues, youth sports, summer camp, and other fee-based programs as assigned.
• Recruit, hire, train, supervise, and evaluate youth coaches, camp counselors, intramural officials, and other student or part-time staff assigned to program areas.
• Develop and implement marketing and advertising strategies to recruit youth participants, adult league teams, summer camp families, and other paid program participants.
• Track revenue, expenses, registrations, participation numbers, and program performance for assigned paid programs.
• Assist with budget creation, revenue projections, expense tracking, and profit and loss reporting for assigned revenue-generating programs.
• Evaluate the financial performance of assigned programs and make recommendations for pricing, staffing, marketing, scheduling, and operational improvements.
• Conduct Intramural Official clinics as needed.
• Oversee all Intramural Officials.
• Oversee the eSports Café, eSports programming, and related events.
• Oversee various Club Sports programs and work directly with the president of each club to support operations, compliance, scheduling, and student leadership development.
• Oversee IMLeagues intramural software for student participation, registration, scheduling, communication, and program tracking.
• Maintain inventory of all Intramural Sports, Club Sports, Youth Programs, Adult Leagues, Summer Camp, and Open Play athletic equipment.
• Serve as departmental liaison with LSU New Orleans students, faculty, staff, families, community members, adult league participants, and local youth program partners.
• Coordinate scheduling of gym floor space and field space for Intramural Sports, Club Sports, Adult Leagues, Youth Programs, Summer Camp, and other assigned programs.
• Assist the Director and Associate Director with the production, review, and implementation of departmental guidelines, procedures manuals, training materials, and student employee handbooks.
• Participate in continuing professional development through attendance at professional seminars, conferences, trainings, and LCIRSA state tournaments.
• Prepare professional travel arrangements, including required authorizations, according to LSU New Orleans policy.
• Serve on University committees as requested by the Director.
• Perform additional duties as assigned by the Director.

Supervision received:

Supervision received from the Director of Recreation and Intramural Sports

Supervision given:

Supervision given to Student staff, intramural staff and camp counselors

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Recreation Management, Sports Management, Kinesiology, Business Administration, Education, Higher Education, or a related field.
• Minimum of three years of progressive experience in campus recreation, recreational sports, youth programming, summer camp administration, adult leagues, intramural sports, athletics, or a related program management setting.
• Experience supervising, training, scheduling, and evaluating student employees, part-time staff, officials, coaches, camp counselors, or program staff.
• Experience planning, coordinating, marketing, and evaluating structured programs, leagues, tournaments, camps, clinics, or youth/adult recreational programs.
• Experience with budget tracking, revenue monitoring, registration systems, spreadsheets, participation data, or basic profit-and-loss reporting for fee-based programs.

Desired Qualifications:

• Master’s degree in Recreation Management, Sports Management, Higher Education, Business Administration, Public Administration, Kinesiology, or a related field.
• Experience managing revenue-generating recreational programs, including adult leagues, youth programs, summer camps, tournaments, clinics, memberships, or other fee-based services.
• Experience with youth program operations, including parent communication, staff-to-participant ratios, behavior management, risk management, and camp or clinic logistics.

Required Attachments Please upload the following documents in the Resume/Cover Letter section:

• Detailed resume listing relevant qualifications and experience;
• Cover Letter indicating why you are a good fit for the position and LSU New Orleans;
• Names and contact information of three references;

Posting Close Date

This position will remain open until filled.

Note to Applicant: Applicants should fully describe their qualifications and experience with specific reference to each of the minimum and preferred qualifications in their cover letter. The search committee will use this information during the initial review of application materials. References will be contacted at the appropriate phase of the recruitment process.

This position may require a criminal background check to be conducted on the candidate(s) selected for hire.

As part of the hiring process, applicants for positions at LSU New Orleans may be required to demonstrate the ability to perform job-related tasks.

LSU New Orleans seeks to recruit a highly productive workforce and will provide equal employment opportunities to all employees and prospective employees.

Employment decisions shall be based strictly on merit and without regard to religious or political beliefs, sex, race, or any other non-merit factor.