Washington, D.C.
Murfreesboro, Tennessee
Posted: 28-May-26
Location: Harrisonburg, Virginia
Type: Full Time
Salary: $46,000-$50,000
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Required Education:
University Recreation (UREC) is currently searching for a Coordinator of Intramural Sports to join our team leading JMU's Intramural Sports program!
UREC is a Health & Well-being department within the Student Affairs division. The mission of UREC is to promote and advance healthy lifestyles through educational programs, participation opportunities and supportive services. UREC’s qualified staff is committed to excellence and responsive to the developmental needs of their participants. Take a virtual tour of UREC’s award-winning facilities and view photos from our recent programs!
At UREC, we're a team of professionals dedicated to promoting and advancing healthy lifestyles across the JMU community through our award-winning facilities, programs and services. UREC looks for people who are passionate about teaching and working with students. Come join our team of talented specialists committed to Motivating Madison into Motion!
Position Duties:
#1 Staff Leadership
- Provide leadership, supervision, and mentoring to approximately 75 Intramural Sports officials (student employees).
- Develop and manage a comprehensive officiating development plan.
- Responsible for recruiting, training, scheduling, and evaluation of Intramural Sports officials in compliance with all applicable University guidelines.
- Create and facilitate clinician training to prepare staff to lead officiating training on site.
- Assist in the development and implementation of a leadership model for all Intramural Sports student staff.
- Provides impactful mentorship and learning opportunities for the Graduate Assistant for Intramural Sports.
- Serve as a visible presence in program spaces on a weekly basis to provide timely feedback to staff.
#2 Intramural Sports Programming
- Collaborate with the Assistant Director for Intramural Sports to develop and maintain a comprehensive, innovative, and engaging
- Intramural Sports program to meet the needs of a diverse student body with varying skills and interests, consistent with University
- Recreation program values and university expectations.
- Schedule leagues, events, and tournaments during the Fall, Spring and Summer Semesters to fully utilize all applicable spaces operated by University Recreation.
- Maintains up to date risk management protocols for all programs and ensures all UREC Intramural Sports rules and regulations to meet
- NIRSA and NFHS standards.
- Assists in the development and implementation of an effective sportsmanship model for participants.
#3 Participant Education
- Oversight of Intramural Captain and Participant educational program development.
- Ensures captains and participants complete training on Intramural Sports policies and procedures, sport rules, and sportsmanship.
- Record all Intramural violations and address all ejected participants to provide learning opportunities for students.
- Provides updates to ensure the accuracy and currency of Intramural Sports information on the website and related documents, leveraging technology to enhance program effectiveness.
#4 Assessment
- Establish learning outcomes for officials and conduct at least one learning assessment annually.
- Develop and assess learning outcomes for all officials in training.
- Collaborate with the Assistant Director to conduct periodic evaluations to measure participant satisfaction, retention of sportsmanship procedures, and risk management issues.
- Track participation data, facility usage for IM programming, as well as conduct needs assessments on a regular basis to inform changes.
#5 Administration and Collaboration
- Serve as an active member of the Professional Staff Evening Facility and Program Supervision Team.
- Supports Camp UREC through assisting with training and mentoring of Camp UREC Counselors as well as serving as a Summer Camp
- Supervisor on a rotating basis throughout the summer months.
- Maintains accurate records.
- Recommends purchases for Intramural Sports equipment and supplies.
- Collaborates with colleagues in UREC, Student Affairs, and other divisions as appropriate, and is an active member on committees, commissions and task forces as assigned.
- Engages in staff meetings and departmental events to support teammates and the department/university mission.
- Maintains personnel files and manages student employee payroll to within 5% of approved budget.
- Effectively utilize conferences and other professional development opportunities as tools for staying current in the field and broadening knowledge, skills and abilities in the role.
Required:??
- Bachelor’s degree??
- Minimum of one year of relevant experience (or two years of a Graduate Assistant experience)
- Experience in sports officiating
- Experience teaching or leading officials training
- Experience supervising or leading employees in a sport/recreation setting
Preferred:??
- Master’s Degree in related field??
- Experience working in a collegiate Intramural Sports program
- Certified High School or Collegiate Official
- Experience developing and/or evaluating officials’ training programs
- Experience supervising, training, scheduling, and mentoring college student employees
- Experience with sports league management software
- Demonstrated ability to work independently and as a part of a team
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To learn more and to apply, go to jobs.jmu.edu/home and reference posting number 20002043. Applications submitted on Bluefishjobs cannot be accepted. Review of applications begins 06/27/2026.
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