Who we are: MTSU Campus Recreation is a department that places emphasis on building a positive workplace culture through collaboration, serving others, and through supporting and valuing everyone who comes through our doors.  We are a team that welcomes employee input and ideas from all levels in effort to continually improve to serve the MTSU Community.  Through recreation, we strive to positively impact MTSU.

Job Summary: The Graduate Assistant of Competitive Sports is a leadership position that works collaboratively within an extensive Intramural Sports and Club Sports program housed under Campus Recreation. The Graduate Assistant is expected to provide administrative support to the Coordinator of Competitive Sports and is considered part of the Campus Recreation professional staff and programming team. This position is a 2 year commitment as a full-time graduate student. Night and weekend hours may apply as well as other job specific duties as assigned. 

Primary Responsibilities

• Recruit, hire, train, schedule, supervise, evaluate and provide leadership to Competitive Sports student staff
• Assist in running Club Sport leadership development and officer trainings
• Plan, develop, implement, and evaluate all Intramural Sports events
• Develop ideas and assist with delivering a comprehensive marketing plan for Competitive Sports programs
• Assist with student payroll, budget planning, policy development, and equipment/facility inventory and purchasing

What You Can Expect From Us

• A highly collaborative team that works outside of its programmatic boundaries to support each other
• A Campus Recreation that is focused on creating an inviting and supportive atmosphere for our employees, students, faculty, staff, and external community
• A team that appreciates the strengths and contribution of others while working to grow through our areas of improvement
• A team that uses data informed decision making to ensure that we are acting in the best interest of our students
• A team that has a strong emphasis on creating co-curricular relationships to further enhance our ability to positively affect student success
• A positive and fun work environment

What We Offer

• Our Graduate Assistant positions offer a 9 month contract that includes full tuition waiver and a monthly stipend of $1000
• Graduate Assistants have the option to work up to 9 hours per week at a rate of $12 per hour in addition to the monthly stipend
• Opportunities for professional development through State, Regional, and National conferences, tournaments, and workshops and more
• The opportunity to carry employment through the summer at an hourly wage

What We Require

• Candidate must have a bachelor’s degree and be accepted into MTSU graduate school and academic program of your choice
• Must be CPR/First Aid/AED certified or willing to obtain certification upon hire
• Strong interpersonal leadership and communication skills

What We Prefer

• Experience working in supervisory role within competitive sports at the student level
• Experience in training Intramural Sports officials
• Experience in running Intramural Sports events
• Experience in training Club Sports officers
• Experience with Intramural Sports schedule software (Fusion IM preferred)
• Experience in marketing Campus Recreation events
• Sports officiating certification(s)
• CPR/First Aid/AED instructor certification

Application Deadline: Applications will begin being reviewed as they are received with priority review starting April 11 and continuing until the position is filled. 

Anticipated Start Date: August 15, 2022

How to Apply: Email a letter of interest, resume, and three references to Dan Payne at Daniel.payne@mtsu.edu. Do not apply through Bluefish.