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Posted: 12-Dec-24
Location: Denton, Texas
Type: Part Time
Salary: $1,424/month
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UNT Recreational Sports is looking to hire three graduate assistants for Fall 2025. The available positions include: Intramural Sports (1), Marketing (1) and Outdoor Pursuits (1). The stipend for a first year graduate assistant is $1,424 per month and $1,675 for the second year. We offer an out of state tuition waiver and the potential to have three to six hours of in state tuition covered. All interested applicants should send the required information to the person listed for each job. Please do not apply directly on bluefish.
Intramural Sports
Responsibilities of the position include, but are not limited to:
- Assist in the organization and administration of the Intramural Program?
- Assist in the scheduling and management of the multi-purpose complexes?
- Implement the officials training program with supervision, direction, and evaluation of officials for assigned sports activities.??
- Assist with the recruitment, hiring, and evaluation of Intramural Supervisors.?
- Maintain payroll records and scheduling of employees.??
- Assist with the development and evaluation of policies and procedures.??
- Resolve conflicts that involve incidents/accidents in the program.?
- Update IMLeagues.com for the Intramural Sports program.?
- Completely publicize, promote, and market the Intramural Sports program.?
Qualifications:
- A bachelor’s degree in Recreation, Kinesiology, Health Promotion or related field.??
- Experience or general knowledge in Intramural Sport management, supervising employees, training employees, or related area of recreation.??
- Acceptance and admittance into the University of North Texas graduate School, as a full time (9 hours or more) graduate student in Sports Management, Kinesiology, or related field of study.??
- Strong planning and organizational skills.??
- Strong communication skills.??
Terms of Appointment: August 4, 2025 – May 31, 2026. This is a 9-month appointment with the possibility of a second-year appointment.
Application Process: Interested applicants should submit a cover letter, resume, list of references and an unofficial transcript to Billy Mathew, Assistant Director of Intramural Sports at william.mathew@unt.edu.
Marketing
Responsibilities of the position include, but are not limited to:
- Assisting in the administration of the day-to-day operation of the Marketing and Communications department including managing and developing student staff, designing print and digital marketing material, developing and maintaining the department website and social media sites, and assessing engagement through surveys, reports, and analytics.
- Assisting with departmental outreach efforts for Rec Sports programs and events each semester including scheduling, training, and staffing marketing tables, speaking opportunities, and social media engagement.
- Assisting with developing relationships and generating engagement with university departments, faculty, and staff through meetings, presentations, promotions, and collaboration.
- Attending a wide variety of programs and special events for photos, video, and social media use.
- Assessing, reporting, and recommending opportunities for growth and innovation within our marketing strategies.
- Assisting with a variety of special events and projects for the department, division, and university.
Qualifications:
- Applicants with a thorough knowledge of the Adobe Creative Suite, photo/video capture and editing experience (or some combination of the above) are highly desired.
- Prior experience in marketing, promotions, web development, and/or graphic design.
- Prior experience working in collegiate recreation.
- Acceptance into the University of North Texas Graduate School, as a full-time (9 hours or more) graduate student.
- Strong planning and organizational skills.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills.
Terms of Appointment: August 4, 2025 – July 31, 2026. This is a 12-month appointment with the possibility of a second-year appointment.
Application Process: Interested applicants should submit a cover letter, resume, list of references and an unofficial transcript to Ben Hanisian, Assistant Director of Marketing at ben.hanisian@unt.edu.
Outdoor Pursuits
Responsibilities of the position include, but are not limited to:
Assist in the organization and administration of the Outdoor Pursuits Program.
- Develop, organize, schedule, lead, and evaluate outdoor program, including trips, clinics, and meetings.
- Assist with managing climbing wall operations.
- Supervise/oversee the equipment rental program and the Outdoor Pursuits Center.
- Assist with the purchase, inventory, and maintenance of equipment including rental and trip equipment.
- Assist with a comprehensive risk management program for outdoor recreation facilities and programs including policies and procedures for the climbing wall, wilderness trips and proper usage of outdoor equipment.
- Hire, train, schedule, supervise, and evaluate part time outdoor student staff employees.
- Assist the Assistant Director with the development and administration of the Outdoor Pursuits budget.
- Supervise and regularly evaluate the outdoor recreation revenue generation.
- Update student employee performance evaluations. Assist with semesterly evaluations.
- Develop surveys for evaluation of programs and services. Develop methods to distribute surveys to students, faculty, and staff. Compile data. Develop method to report results.
- Compile statistics for the activities each week and report on fluctuations in attendance.
- Compile inventory at beginning and end of each semester and report on inventory at beginning and end of each semester.
- Assist with the risk management of the program, completing a safety audit, and reporting results.
- Complete a semester and annual report to include participation/sales statistics, number of accidents and incidents.
Qualifications:
- A bachelor’s degree in Recreation, Outdoor Education, Kinesiology, Health Promotion, or related field
- Experience or general knowledge in facility management, supervising employees, training employees
- Acceptance and admittance into the University of North Texas Graduate School, as a full time (9 hours or more) graduate student.
- Ability to lead and assist with outdoor trips
- Ability to lift/move equipment and materials associated with the position, and climb to heights of 45 feet
- Strong planning and organizational skills.
- Strong communication skills.
- Wilderness First Responder or Wilderness First Aid (WMEC certification standards) preferred
- Experience in research and data collection and reporting preferred
Terms of Appointment: August 4, 2025 – May 31, 2026. The start date is flexible. This is a 9-month appointment with the possibility of a second-year appointment.
Application Process: Interested applicants should submit a cover letter, resume, list of references and an unofficial transcript to Cynthia Cisneros, Assistant Director of Outdoor Pursuits at cynthia.cisneros@unt.edu.
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