The Office of Student Life is focused on building a strong foundation to ensure every student's Indiana University experience is positive, safe, healthy, and meaningful. The Office of Student Life staff aim to help students navigate their time at IU, providing the tools they need to be successful. Students are our priority, and their health, safety, and overall well-being are our core mission.    

Department Specific Responsibilities

• Responsible for developing and executing the Recreational Sports Outreach program in the Residence Halls.
• Establishes a personal engagement plan for both internal and campus-wide events, and coordinates a summer program targeting incoming freshman attending new student orientation, and assists in the development and delivery of a department-wide relational service initiative.
• Hires and trains of all part-time staff within unit.
• Supervises of 1-2 program assistants, 12 outreach assistants, and 15 student orientation sneak peek leaders. This position reports to the Director of Outreach and Relational Service.
• Develops strategy for connecting with students living in residence halls to Recreational Sports.
• Coordinates partnership with Residence Hall Association (RHA) and propose funding bill at General Assembly meeting held twice a year.
• Works with other RS program areas to track and communicate use of all funding sources throughout the year.
• Presents to RHA executive board, sharing analysis of budget and participation, to demonstrate continued effectiveness of monetary support of RHA through the RHA Recreational Sports Fund for Intramural Sports, Jill Behrman 5K and swim sessions.
• Establishes personal engagement plan for both internal events and campus-wide tabling opportunities. Coordinates with campus partners to reserve space. Determines needed materials and prepare those or submit work tickets as needed. 
• Evaluates shift reports from hourly employees to assess the effectiveness of outreach locations, times and activities and adjust as needed.
• Provides oversight and innovation to Rec Connect the RS department's mechanism for helping foster and create communities centered around activities. 
• Hires, trains, directly supervises and asseses approximately 14 Outreach Assistants each school year who will assist in executing department initiatives across campus. Meets with staff bi-weekly to strategize upcoming goals and educate staff on RS programs and services.
• Organizes, hires, and trains our summer orientation staff (22 staff). Strategize and coordinate with Office of First Year Experience, full-time professional RS staff and program sponsors to connect with and educate approximately 9000 incoming freshmen about Recreational Sports.
• Assists in the development, implementation, and assessment of department-wide relational service initiative.
• Works in collaboration with Director to monitor budget throughout the year - closely tracking hourly staff weekly hours, tracking equipment inventory, and submitting proposals for new equipment as part of the end of year budget process.
• Assists unit director with special events such as RecFest (3000 students), Thursday Night Lights, Fall Hourly Staff Training, Open Houses, and other events as assigned. 
• Serves as on on-site professional staff member during assigned shifts throughout operational hours including nights, weekends, and holidays.

General Responsibilities

• Provides day-to-day operational management of recreational programming staff. 
• Establishes short-term operational objectives.
• Identifies operational issues and/or areas of improvement and implements solutions to improve processes and/or operational efficiency.
• Analyzes, monitors, and evaluates performance of assigned staff; establishes work priorities, conducts performance reviews, and provides corrective action as needed.
• Ensures adequate staffing and effective scheduling; participates and informs employment decisions for assigned staff. 
• Provides direct supervision and oversight of assigned staff and activities; impacts, and is held accountable for, the performance of team and/or assigned staff. 
• Ensures and provides training to assigned staff to improve user support operations; researches and identifies development opportunities for assigned staff. 
• Keeps next-level leader(s) informed of trends as well as significant problems. 

Combinations of related education and experience may be considered. Education beyond the minimum required may be substituted for work experience. Work experience beyond the minimum required may be substituted for education.

EDUCATION

Required

• Bachelor's degree in Exercise Science, Recreation, Sports Management, or related field.

Preferred

• Master's degree in Exercise Science, Recreation, Sports Management, or related field.

WORK EXPERIENCE

Required

• 2 years of related experience with structured recreational programming.

Preferred

• Experience working within recreational sports, sports, fitness, and/or special events in a collegiate setting, as well as experience with a student development model. 
• Experience working with student employees, student organizations and event planning in a collegiate setting, as well as program evaluation and training development.

LICENSES AND CERTIFICATES

Required

• CPR/AED within 180 days from hire.
• Standard First Aid within 180 days from hire.
• Preventing Disease Transmission/Universal Precautions within 180 days from hire.

SKILLS

Required

• Proficient communication skills.
• Maintains a high degree of professionalism.
• Demonstrates time management and priority setting skills.
• Demonstrates a high commitment to quality.
• Excellent organizational skills.
• Effectively coaches and delivers constructive feedback.
• Excellent collaboration and team building skills.
• Instills commitment to organizational goals.

This position requires both sedentary work and long durations of movement about the workspace. This position may require frequent lifting of items beyond minimal weight, dependent on the specific tasks assigned to this role. These items and tasks will be clearly identified in the job posting and by the unit before an individual begins in the position. The person in this role must be able to perform the essential tasks with or without an accommodation.