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Director of Intramurals and Recreational Sports - Intramural & Recreational Sports - Texas A&M University - Prairie View

Position:
Head of Academic Department
Employer:
Texas A&M University
Location:
77446 Prairie View, TX, United States of America (USA)
Application deadline:
Aug 31, 2010
Salary:
50,821.00+ USD per year

Job description

Responsibilities

This position is responsible for assisting the Associate Vice President for Student Affairs in the day-to-day operations and the scheduling of all activities of the facilities for Intramurals and Recreations Sports. Primary duties consist of, but are not limited to, developing intramurals schedules and activities; scheduling games and preparing tournament brackets; supervising intramurals games; preparing safety manual, policy manual, rules and regulations for each activity and for teams and individuals who participate in intramural and recreational sports; co-coordinating campus-wide Health Fair promoting healthy lifestyles for students; maintaining and overseeing Wellness Program for faculty, staff and students; developing and producing the Fitness calendar of events; anticipating and identifying issues, areas of improvement, and produce viable and logical solution deliverables; assisting with interdepartmental projects; designing and updating Intramurals web page to target students, faculty and staff; publishing ongoing campus announcements on upcoming activities; maintaining records, preparing, updating and analyzing statistical reports, evaluations, participation surveys, and program manuals; determining program fiscal needs and preparing and monitoring the unit; developing opportunities for staff and student growth and effective department operations; training and supervising all staff coordinators, associates, student hourly workers, work study and student interns; and oversee training of referees and student workers.

Qualifications

The successful candidate must have knowledge of NCAA Rules and Regulations; must basic skills in recreational and intramural sports and activities such as badminton, tennis, aerobics fitness, board games; excellent written and verbal communication skills; and good computer skills to include the use of the MS Office Suite. Must be willing and able to work weekends. Must be willing and able to work Monday through Friday, 2 p.m. to 11 p.m.  

Five years of experience in recreation, physical education, or student affairs, community centers, outdoor recreation or recration managmement at an institution of higher education. Fundamental knowledge of sports officiating covering all sports; demonstrated ability to coordinate sports tournaments and leisure activities.

Three to five of experience in recreation, physical education, student affairs, community centers, outdoor recreation or recreation management. Fundamental knowledge of sports officiating covering all sports; demonstrated ability to coordinate sports tournaments and leisure activities.  

Master's degree in Recreation, Physical Education, Education, Student Personnel Administration, Leisure Services or Recreation Management 


Texas A&M University is an equal opportunity, affirmative action employer committed to diversity.


From humble beginnings in 1876 as Texas' first public institution of higher learning, to a bustling 5,000-acre campus with a nationally recognized faculty, Texas A&M University is one of a select few universities with land-grant, sea-grant and space-grant designations. With an enrollment of about half men and half women, 25 percent of the freshman class are the first in their family to attend college. Here, 38,000-plus undergraduates and more than 9,000 graduate students have access to world-class research programs and award-winning faculty. Texas A&M has two branch campuses, one in Galveston, Texas, and one in the Middle Eastern country of Qatar.

This research-intensive flagship university with 10 colleges was recently ranked first in the nation by The Washington Monthly for "tangible contributions to the public interest." U.S. News and World Report ranked Texas A&M third nationally as a "best value" among public universities. Many degree programs are ranked among the top 10 in the country.

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