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Current Job Openings

RecSports is currently hiring for a variety of positions. The information below includes hourly rates, job descriptions, application deadlines and start dates for each position. You will be asked to select the position(s) you're interested in being considered for in the RecSports Employment Application. 

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Accounting Assistant
Now hiring for Summer 2024

The Accounting Assistant is critical to the RecSports team. In this role, you will perform skilled administrative and accounting functions in a high-volume, complex, and fast-paced setting, serving up to 42 full-time staff members.

If you are detail-oriented, organized, can track records with a high level of accuracy, will ask questions, communicate effectively with others, have natural initiative, and use problem-solving skills to think critically, we are looking for you to fill this role!

  • Pay Rate: $10.50/hour   
  • Start Date: May 2024
  • Employment Location: Gregory Gym
  • Priority Application Deadline: April 12, 2024

Working conditions: Working conditions for this role include exposure to dust, chemical fumes, and minimal outdoor work in all weather conditions. Employees will be expected to work around large crowds and noise. The physical requirements for this position include repetitive hand/wrist motion, long periods of sitting, standing, walking, squatting, kneeling, seeing, watching, viewing, and repetitive bending/stooping. If eligible, employees may be required to drive a University vehicle or cart for work purposes. Requirements for this position include regular and punctual attendance, working with other people of diverse backgrounds, and use of keyboard and other computer and/or office equipment.

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Ambassador
Now hiring for Summer 2024

Ambassadors serve as the face and voice of the RecSports brand. As a RecSports Ambassador, you will be involved in increasing brand awareness, encouraging participation, and providing education about the various programs, facilities, and services RecSports offers to the campus community and beyond. During the summer term, Ambassadors represent RecSports at New Student and Family Orientation events. This includes tabling, presentations, facility tours, special events, and social media content creation.

To excel in this role, you will have excellent communication, networking, and customer service skills and a natural talent to motivate others. Additionally, the ideal candidate will also be a creative team player, look forward to collaboration, and bring a high level of energy and enthusiasm to each event.   

  • Pay Rate: $11.50/hour  
  • Start Date: May 21, 2024  
  • Employment Location: Various on-campus locations   
  • Priority Application Deadline: April 12, 2024

Working conditions for this role: Working conditions for this role include exposure to dust, swimming pools, chemical fumes, heights, and outdoor work in all weather conditions, with proper protective gear and supplies provided. Employees will be expected to work around large crowds and noise. The physical requirements for this position include the ability to lift a maximum of 50 pounds and push/pull a maximum of 25 pounds, climbing stairs and ladders and long periods of standing, walking, squatting, kneeling, sitting, seeing, watching, viewing and repetitive bending/stooping. If eligible, employees may be required to drive a University vehicle or cart for work purposes.

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Facility Assistant
Now hiring for Summer 2024

If you’ve ever come to a RecSports facility, chances are you’ve interacted with a Facility Assistant - from the moment you scanned your ID at entry, to the times you checked out equipment and everything in between. Facility Assistants play an integral role in providing participants with a positive experience at all RecSports facilities providing excellent customer service. In this position, you’ll get to go behind the scenes at what it takes to run some of the largest RecSports facilities in the country. You’ll assist with setup, supervision, and teardown for a variety of special events. You’ll use your organizational and detail-oriented skills to conduct daily reports, participation counts, as well as incident or injury reports. You will also play an integral role in working alongside teammates to respond to emergencies, perform minor custodial duties, and problem-solve. Once on the job, you will be required to hold a current adult, child, and infant First Aid/CPR/AED certification from a nationally recognized agency.  

Holding a First Aid/CPR/AED or Lifeguarding certification for this position conveys a duty to act in the event of a medical emergency while on shift. In the unlikely event of an emergency, social distancing requirements may be disrupted in order to provide the proper care to participants. 

Working conditions for this role: Working conditions for this role include exposure to dust, chemical fumes, heights. Employees will be expected to work around large crowds and noise, including construction noise. Employees in this role must have the ability to work in a fast-paced environment, under stress, be able to react quickly and respond in emergency situations. Employees must also be able to re-rack weights (up to 115lbs), help move/push heavy bleachers, and conduct other activities that could require heavy lifting (with assistance). This position involves standing, walking, squatting, kneeling, repetitive hand/wrist motion, repetitive bending/stooping and climbing stairs/ladders.

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Lifeguard
Now hiring for Summer 2024

As a lifeguard, you’ll oversee the six pools that make up the Gregory Gym Aquatic Complex and our swimmers, helping enforce all policies and procedures to create a safe and enjoyable environment for all participants. Lifeguards play a critical role in guiding participants to safe behavior, intervene when necessary to maintain safety and perform any required rescues. In addition, lifeguards conduct routine inspections of equipment and programmatic needs to continue to improve the participant experience. In this role, you will develop lifeguarding technical skills, and you will use your problem-solving, flexibility, and adaptability skills to resolve issues and challenges.

Holding a First Aid/CPR/AED or Lifeguarding certification for this position conveys a duty to act during a medical emergency while on shift.

Prerequisite: Current American Red Cross™ certification or other qualifying certification from a nationally recognized certifying agency, including Lifeguarding/CPR/AED/First Aid.  

  • Pay Rate: $16.50/hour
  • Start Date: May 2024
  • Employment Location: Gregory Gym Aquatic Complex
  • Priority Application Deadline: April 12, 2024

Working conditions: Working conditions for this role include exposure to dust, swimming pools, chemical fumes, heights, and outdoor work in all weather conditions, with proper protective gear and supplies provided. Employees will be expected to work around large crowds and noise, including construction noise. The physical requirements for this position include the ability to lift a maximum of 50 pounds and push/pull a maximum of 25 pounds, climbing stairs and ladders, exposure to heights, repetitive bending and stooping, and long periods of standing, walking, squatting, kneeling, sitting. 

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Office Assistant, Programs & Memberships
Now hiring for Summer 2024

As an Office Assistant for Programs and Memberships, you will serve as the first touch-point for RecSports members, prospective members, students, and guests who visit the office and the Membership and Guest Services desk. You will provide exceptional customer service to patrons both in person and over the phone, responding to inquiries regarding programs and memberships. You will use problem-solving skills and critical thinking to assist customers with issues and questions and direct them to the appropriate channels as needed. Additionally, this position will collaborate with other members of the team to relay critical information.   

This role is ideal for you if you have outstanding communication skills, work well with others, have great time management, and retain information about frequently changing policies and procedures.  

  • Pay Rate: $10.00/hour   
  • Start Date: June 2024
  • Employment Location: Gregory Gym
  • Priority Application Deadline: April 12, 2024

Working conditions: Working conditions for this role include exposure to dust, swimming pools, chemical fumes, heights, and outdoor work in all weather conditions, with proper protective gear and supplies provided. Employees will be expected to work around large crowds and noise. The physical requirements for this position include the ability to lift a maximum of 50 pounds and push/pull a maximum of 25 pounds, climbing stairs and ladders and long periods of standing, walking, squatting, kneeling, sitting, seeing, watching, viewing and repetitive bending/stooping. If eligible, employees may be required to drive a University vehicle or cart for work purposes.

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Personal Trainer
Now hiring on a rolling basis

Personal Trainers provide safe, positive, and effective workouts through their work with RecSports personal training clients. As a personal trainer, you will teach clients effective workouts, deliver excellent customer service, educate on exercise performance, and regularly prepare personalized exercise programs for each client. This role requires consistent and strong verbal and non-verbal communication with clients regarding scheduling appointments and their progress and demonstrating safe and effective fitness techniques. As a Personal Trainer, you will also be expected to participate in staff training sessions, fitness workshops, meetings, and peer-to-peer evaluations. The program will also rely on you to thoroughly inspect equipment and programmatic needs. Candidates who are hired for the position are required to carry a training load minimum of two regularly scheduled clients per semester. 

  • Prerequisites: 
    • Must be currently certified in CPR and AED. Acceptable certifications include American Heart Association and American Red Cross (any other certification must be approved by the hiring manager).
    • Must be currently certified through a nationally accredited (NCCA) body. Acceptable organizations include:
      • American Council on Exercise (ACE): Certified Personal Trainer or higher
      • National Strength and Conditioning Association (NSCA): Certified Personal Trainer (CPT) or Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist (CSCS)
      • American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM): Certified Personal Trainer or higher
      • National Academy of Sports Medicine (NASM): Certified Personal Trainer
  • Pay Rate: $16.75-$25.75/hour, dependent on certification(s) and years of training experience.
  • Start Date: Rolling/flexible start date
  • Employment Location: Various RecSports facilities

Working conditions: Working conditions for this role include exposure to dust, and outdoor work in all weather conditions, with proper protective gear and supplies provided. Employees will be expected to work around large crowds and noise, including construction noise. The physical requirements for this position include lifting up to 45 pounds, standing, walking, squatting, kneeling, sitting, seeing, watching, and viewing, repetitive bending/stooping, and reach above shoulders, grasping and squeezing. This position involves exposure to a standard office environment, uses a keyboard and other computer and/or office equipment, repetitive hand/wrist motion, and works in a fast-paced environment.

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Swim Instructor
Now hiring for Summer 2024

Did you know that RecSports offers swim lessons to children and adults? Join our team as a Swim Instructor and teach participants how to swim and how to swim better through group and private non-credit instructional swim lessons. Swim Instructors should demonstrate leadership and strong interpersonal skills through peer-to-peer evaluation and training, as well as teaching, training, and evaluating swim lesson participants. In addition, instructors assist with highly organized and detail-oriented tasks, including maintaining rosters, payroll tracking, and swim lesson management. 

  • Prerequisite: Current American Red Cross™ Water Safety Instructor Certification is required. Experience teaching or coaching adults and/or children at basic, beginner, or intermediate levels is required. 
  • Pay Rate: $13.75/hour 
  • Start Date: June 1, 2024
  • Employment Location: Gregory Gym Aquatic Complex
  • Priority Application Deadline: April 12, 2024

Working conditions: Working conditions for this role include exposure to dust, swimming pools, chemical fumes, heights, and outdoor work in all weather conditions, with proper protective gear and supplies provided. Employees will be expected to work around large crowds and noise, including construction noise. The physical requirements for this position include the ability to lift a maximum of 50 pounds and push/pull a maximum of 25 pounds, climbing stairs and ladders, and long periods of standing, walking, squatting, kneeling, sitting. This position involves exposure to standard office environment, repetitive bending/stopping, repetitive hand/wrist motion, and working in a fast-paced environment. 

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Tennis Instructor
Now hiring for Summer 2024

Did you know that RecSports offers tennis lessons to children and adults? Join our team as a Tennis Instructor and teach participants how to play tennis and how to improve their tennis skills through group and private non-credit instructional tennis lessons. 

Tennis Instructors should demonstrate leadership and strong interpersonal skills through peer-to-peer evaluation and training, as well as teaching, training, evaluating tennis lesson participants. In addition, instructors assist with highly organized and detail-oriented tasks, including maintaining rosters, payroll tracking, and tennis lesson management. 

  • Prerequisite: Competition-level tennis experience is required. Experience teaching or coaching adults and/or children at basic, beginner or intermediate levels is preferred. 
  • Pay Rate: $13.75/hour 
  • Start Date: June 1, 2024
  • Employment Location: Whitaker Courts 
  • Priority Application Deadline: April 12, 2024

Working conditions: Working conditions for this role include exposure to dust, and outdoor work in all weather conditions, with proper protective gear and supplies provided. Employees will be expected to work around large crowds and noise, including construction noise. The physical requirements for this position include the ability to lift a maximum of 25 pounds and push/pull a maximum of 25 pounds, climbing stairs and ladders, and long periods of standing, walking, squatting, kneeling, sitting. This position involves exposure to standard office environment, repetitive bending/stopping, repetitive hand/wrist motion, and working in a fast-paced environment.

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