Intramural Sports Official

Overview

CENTERS, LLC is a professional management firm specializing in facility, operation, and program management for higher education. CENTERS' management approach is customized for each client yet retains our uniform quality. Our firm unites site staff with a centralized administrative team, each contributing to the firm's goals and client needs. The CENTERS team is innovative, entrepreneurial, trail-blazing, and ambitious for both CENTERS and our clients. Today, CENTERS provides management services for 14 clients.

Commitment to the well-being, security, and future of our employees is a priority. View the comprehensive information about the competitive benefits package on our careers page then scroll down to CENTERS Benefits (click link to view).

Responsibilities

Position Summary The Part-Time Intramural Official supports safe, fair, and enjoyable intramural competition by applying sport rules, managing game flow and participant conduct, communicating decisions clearly, and completing required game documentation. The Official works within assigned training and receives ongoing feedback to strengthen consistency and judgment. 

Essential Duties

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. 

• Officiates assigned intramural contests in accordance with program rules, mechanics, and sportsmanship standards
• Arrives prepared and on time and completes required pregame checks of the playing area, equipment, roster, and participant eligibility process
• Applies rules and penalties consistently and communicates calls and decisions clearly
• Maintains appropriate positioning, awareness, and game control throughout each contest
• Promotes participant safety and stops play when conditions, equipment, behavior, or injuries create an unacceptable risk
• Manages routine questions, disagreements, and participant behavior professionally and seeks supervisor assistance when escalation is needed
• Reports injuries, misconduct, ejections, protests, hazards, and unusual situations to the supervisor
• Completes scoresheets, game reports, incident documentation, and other assigned records accurately
• Assists with setup, equipment distribution, game transitions, and breakdown as assigned
• Participates in required rules instruction, mechanics training, evaluations, meetings, and development activities
• Demonstrates neutrality, professionalism, and respect toward participants, coworkers, and spectators
• Performs other related duties as assigned 

Qualifications

Required Qualifications 

• High school diploma or equivalent
• Ability to learn, interpret, and apply assigned sport rules and officiating mechanics
• Ability to communicate decisions clearly and manage conflict professionally
• Ability to remain attentive and make timely decisions in a fast-paced environment
• Ability to complete required sport-specific training before officiating independently 

Preferred Qualifications 

• Previous officiating, coaching, playing, or intramural experience
• Current CPR/AED and First Aid certifications 

Work Environment and Physical Demands

Work Schedule Part-time schedule with hours varying based on the intramural calendar and assigned contests. Evening, weekend, and tournament availability may be required. 

Work Environment 

• Work is performed in indoor and/or outdoor recreation, aquatic, fitness, customer-service, office, and activity spaces as assigned.
• The environment may include moderate to loud noise, changing temperatures, humidity, wet surfaces, crowds, and exposure to cleaning products or outdoor weather conditions.
• The position regularly interacts with patrons, students, guests, coworkers, vendors, and client representatives.
• Work may occur during early mornings, evenings, weekends, holidays, and special events.
• The work environment described is representative of conditions encountered while performing the essential duties of the position. 

Physical Demands 

• Must be able to remain in a stationary position and move throughout assigned work areas for varying portions of the shift.
• Frequently communicates with and exchanges accurate information with patrons, participants, staff, guests, and emergency responders.
• Frequently uses hands and fingers to operate equipment, computers, radios, telephones, point-of-sale devices, or other tools required by the assignment.
• Occasionally bends, reaches, kneels, crouches, pushes, pulls, and moves supplies or equipment weighing up to 25 pounds, with or without reasonable accommodation.
• Frequently runs, jogs, changes direction, stands, bends, and moves for extended periods on indoor or outdoor playing surfaces
• Must be able to visually follow play and hear and communicate signals, calls, and instructions in moderate-to-loud competitive environments
• Must be able to respond promptly to emergency situations and perform the essential duties of the position, with or without reasonable accommodation.
• The physical demands described are representative of those required to perform the essential duties of the position. 

Other Duties 

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.  

Compensation: 8.5 to 8.5 (USD)