Summary of Job Duties:
The Director of Programs will provide functional leadership for the University Recreation programs, including Assessment, Sports Injury Clinic, Staff Development, UREC Outdoors, and UREC Sports. The Director of Programs will serve as a senior leadership position for the department, assisting the Executive Director in administrative duties requiring initiative, judgement, knowledge, and critical thinking. This position will directly supervise three full time professional staff members and a team of diverse professionals, graduate assistants, and student staff.

Regular, reliable, and non-disruptive attendance is an essential job duty, as is the ability to create and maintain collegial, harmonious working relationships with others.

Qualifications:
Minimum Qualifications: 
Master’s degree in Recreational Sports, Kinesiology, Exercise Science, Sports Medicine or related field from an accredited institution of higher education
At least eight years of experience in University/Collegiate campus recreation programs
Demonstrated experience supervising full time professionals with emphasis in campus recreation programs
Demonstrated success developing and managing large budgets

Applicable equivalencies may be considered for the above qualifications.

Preferred Qualifications: 
Demonstrated competence in policy and procedure design
Success in the development and implementation of recreation programs to a culturally diverse population at a large four-year institution
Must possess exceptional computer literacy, emphasis in campus recreation software programs
Active involvement in campus recreation and/or higher education professional organizations
Expressed commitment to advancing diversity, equity and inclusion in higher education

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities (KSAs): 
Knowledge of program design and implementation for campus recreation activities
Knowledge of program and facility management software
Skills necessary to manage full-time and graduate assistant staff members
Has a sense of their own agency and social responsibility that includes others, their community, and the larger global context
Ability to create environments that foster equitable participation of all groups while seeking to address and acknowledge issues of oppression, privilege, and power
Ability to monitor and forecast budgets
Ability to balance multiple assignments, deadlines, and tasks
Ability to work in a team environment
Ability to teach, delegate, and evaluate staff and peers