Assistant Director, Recreation and Intramural Sports

University of New Orleans•New Orleans, LA

About The Position

The Assistant Director, Recreation and Intramural Sports is responsible for developing, publicizing, scheduling, promoting, administering, and evaluating a variety of recreational programs including Intramural Sports, Club Sports, Outdoor Recreation, Adult Leagues, Youth Programs, and Summer Camp programs. This role also oversees the planning, coordination, staffing, marketing, and evaluation of revenue-generating programs. The Assistant Director will recruit, hire, train, supervise, and evaluate staff, develop and implement marketing strategies, track program performance, and assist with budget creation and financial reporting. They will also oversee specific areas like the eSports Café, Club Sports, and IMLeagues software, and maintain equipment inventory. Additionally, this position serves as a departmental liaison, coordinates scheduling of facilities, assists with departmental procedures, and participates in continuing professional development.

Requirements

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.
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

Nice To Haves

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.

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.