RecWell Sports Official - Student Service

Position: Intramural Sports Official

Starting Pay Rate: $10.25/hour

Projected Hours: 3-12 hours/week

Area Supervisor: Assistant Director(s),

Employment Summary 
The Division of Student Life is committed to making every experience at Purdue University a learning opportunity for students. Employment within our division provides you the opportunity to work with other great students and leaders. As part of your employment, we incorporate the Leadership and Professional Development Competencies and the Steps to Leaps Learning Pillars into your learning and performance management experience to ensure you are building the skills employers want. 

Sport Programs Values: Purdue Recreation & Wellness employees are focused on the customer, provide the best service possible, and emphasize safety in our programs and facilities at all times. We are committed to enhancing the quality of life at Purdue by providing recreation and wellness activities that contribute to learning and the pursuit of an active, healthy lifestyle.

Job Summary: Qualified applicants will demonstrate the ability to utilize sport trainings to make sound judgments during game contests while working with crew/partners. Intramural Officials possess a passion for sports and proficiency in Intramural Sport rules, policies, and procedures.

Essential Functions:

• Game Management

• Rule Enforcement Required Qualifications:

• Complete required sport training including: rules clinic, on-field/court mechanics and positioning, and practice games – approximately 9-12 paid hours

• Satisfactory completion of rules test

• Satisfactory evaluation upon completion of required sport training 

Transferable Skill Development:

Students employed in this role will develop and demonstrate a number of transferable skills essential for future employment success and be reviewed on these skills in their performance evaluation. 

Communication (Verbal, Written, Non-Verbal, Listen & Observe, Summarize & Distill Information)

• Demonstrate professional verbal communication in all interactions
• Demonstrate enthusiasm; engage and connect with customers to promote excellent customer experience
• Verbally communicates to staff on situations that may arise due to problems

Ways of Thinking (Systems Thinking & Planning, Reflective & Analytical Reasoning, Idea Generation, Decision Making, Problem Solving, Ethics)

• Utilize policies and knowledge to proactively make decisions and solve problems for area assigned
• Develop new or novel ideas through critical thinking and creative processes that address issues and/or lead to change
• Understand standards and expectations for personal and professional ethical behavior
• Demonstrate knowledge of the position and operation

Collaboration (Organization Behavior & Teamwork, Appropriate & Productive Relationships, Helping Other & Collaboration, Cultural Intelligence & Inclusion, Service & Social Responsibility)

• Collaborate with co-workers and demonstrate flexibility in a fast-paced, team atmosphere
• Establish productive relationships with customers and staff
• Acknowledge and support customers and staff with unique needs and differing backgrounds
• Work independently to complete responsibilities
• Proactively and willingly acquires new skills, tasks, procedures and projects
• Provide support to fellow team members

Self-Awareness (Self-Understanding, Continuous Learning, Initiative & Follow-Through, Personal Responsibility, Resiliency

• Demonstrate time management skills and attention to detail
• Demonstrate initiative; Understand and respond to the various needs of customers and staff
• Maintain positive attitude and enthusiasm in times of ambiguity and peak time of demand
• Complete work independently in an efficient time manner
• Demonstrate dependability and responsibility within operation
• Demonstrate punctuality by always being on time to each shift