Intramural Basketball Official – Student Hourly


Position Overview

Recreation Services and the Intramural Sports program are seeking students to join our team as an Intramural Basketball Official for the fall 2024 Pre-Holiday Basketball Tournament. The Intramural Basketball Official is responsible for providing an atmosphere of fun in a competitive, yet safe, environment. Officials must be able to implement Intramural Sports policies and sport specific rules in order to maintain an appropriate level of control, fairness, and safety. Officials should maintain a positive attitude on-site and should always be striving to improve their umpiring skills.

No prior officiating experience is needed. All training will be provided by student Supervisors prior to beginning work.

Participation in Intramural Sports by officials is encouraged!

A wide variety of skills are developed by Intramural Sports officials which include but are not limited to:
  • Accountability
  • Communication
  • Conflict Resolution
  • Decision Making
  • Integrity
  • Leadership
  • Teamwork

This is a seasonal position (November 6 through December 11) with the opportunity to also officiate basketball in spring 2024.

Job Description

The duties of an Intramural Basketball Official include:

80% Officiating Intramural Basketball games
  • Participant check-in
  • Pre-game captain's meeting
  • Participant safety provided through the unbiased administration of rules decisions based on training for that particular sport
10% Documentation of Intramural Basketball games
  • Verification of final score of all games worked with a signature on each completed score sheet
  • Assigning an appropriate Sportsmanship Rating to each team following each game
5% Court set up

5% Other duties as assigned

Required Qualifications

An applicant for the position of an Intramural Basketball Official must have:
  1. Work history that required being moderately physically active for hours at a time (maximum of four hours at a time)
  2. A baseline knowledge of the sport of basketball
  3. Current NFHS Concussion In Sports Certification or willingness to obtain within the first month of employment
  4. During the semester term of the appointment, the student hourly must be enrolled in no fewer than 6 credit hours. For summer periods the student hourly must: 1) have been enrolled in no less than 6 hours in the past spring semester or 2) be pre-enrolled in upcoming fall semester in no less than 6 hours or 3) be enrolled in summer session or 4) be admitted to study in the upcoming fall semester. Student Hourlies may be undergraduate or graduate students. (Exceptions granted for GRA/GTA/GA appointments DO NOT apply to Student Hourly appointments)

Preferred Qualifications

The preferred applicant for the position of an Intramural Basketball Official will have:
  1. Previous umpiring/officiating or sports participation experience
  2. A willingness to learn and have fun
  3. A passion for sports
  4. A positive and enthusiastic attitude
  5. A professional and cooperative demeanor

Additional Candidate Instructions

Review of this position occurs regularly through October 29.

Qualified applicants must have:
  • Availability to work on Sundays as evidenced in application material
  • Availability to be present and engaged at all three dates of the paid Intramural Basketball Officials Training:
    • Wednesday, November 6 from 5:00p – 8:00p; and
    • Thursday, November 7 from 6:00p – 8:00p; and
    • Wednesday, November 13 from 5:30p – 7:30p

Contact Information to Applicants

For questions about this position, please contact Jon Randle, Assistant Director for Intramural Sports, by email at jonrandle@ku.edu or by phone at 785.864.3270.

Advertised Salary Range

$11.10/hour

Work Schedule

An Intramural Basketball Official has the flexibility to set their availability to be assigned shifts during the following work hours:

Sundays – Thursdays from approximately 5:00p – 10:15p.

Anticipated Start Date

Wednesday November 6, 2024

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Posting Information

  • Posting ID:  29113BR
  • Department:  Recreation Services
  • Primary Campus:  University of Kansas Lawrence Campus
  • Reg/Temp:  Temporary
  • Employee Class:  S-Student

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