Director of Recreation Programs

Job Summary

The Director of Recreation Programs' responsibilities include:

• Directing a comprehensive university recreation instruction program through effective management of resources, fiscal processes, daily operations, and functional area leadership. Program oversight includes youth leagues, clinics, tournaments, summer programs, and general recreation instruction in a variety of areas for both youth and adults.
• Developing and monitoring calculated, holistic, outcomes-based programs that meet or exceed the formal and informal recreation instruction program demands of the university community.
• Developing strong partnerships with integral university-based academic and community entities to maximize program and participant outcomes. The Director has an important role as the professional face of recreation instruction for the university community.
• Leading and overseeing logistics for programs and special events; coordinating registrations for programs; securing facility reservations.
• Evaluating and assessing programs by practicing cost containment and statistical tracking for budgets, goals, objectives, and evaluations.
• Leadership in the recruitment, hiring, training, scheduling, supervising, and evaluation of part-time program area instructional staff and office assistants.
• Leading and providing oversight of risk management policies, practices and procedures within safe operational guidelines.
• Contributing to positive two-way communication with all staff and customers; assisting with program marketing, publicity and promotion; and helping identify target markets and support program publicity to recruit participants.
• Assisting in formulating annual budgetary projections, coordinating departmental proposals, applying managerial accounting to operational budgets for tracking, and analyzing fiscal patterns of revenues and expenditures.
• In addition to the above job responsibilities, other duties may be assigned.

Qualifications

• A Bachelor's degree in Athletic or Public Administration; Sports, Recreation, or Park Management; College Student Personnel; Health or Physical Education; or related discipline is required.
• A Master's degree in a related field is preferred.
• Experience in lesson planning, skill acquisition, youth sport leagues and teaching or conducting staff training in program area is required.
• Experience with recreational programs at a major university is preferred.