Intramural Outdoor Soccer Official – Student Hourly
Position Overview
Recreation Services and the Intramural Sports program are seeking students to join our team as an Intramural Outdoor Soccer Official for the spring 2025 11v11 Outdoor Soccer season. The Intramural Outdoor Soccer 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 umpires which include but are not limited to:
Per the State of Kansas, student employees may hold concurrent appointments not to exceed maximum appointment and hours worked levels. However, concurrent student appointments must be of matching FLSA designation (exempt/salaried or non-exempt/hourly).
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 umpires which include but are not limited to:
- Accountability
- Communication
- Conflict Resolution
- Decision Making
- Integrity
- Leadership
- Teamwork
Per the State of Kansas, student employees may hold concurrent appointments not to exceed maximum appointment and hours worked levels. However, concurrent student appointments must be of matching FLSA designation (exempt/salaried or non-exempt/hourly).
Job Description
The duties of an Intramural Outdoor Soccer Official include:
80% Officiating Intramural 11v11 Outdoor Soccer games
5% Other duties as assigned
80% Officiating Intramural 11v11 Outdoor Soccer 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
- 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% Other duties as assigned
Required Qualifications
An applicant for the position of Intramural Outdoor Soccer Official must have:
- Work history that required being moderately physically active for hours at a time (maximum of four hours at a time)
- A baseline knowledge of the sport of soccer
- Current NFHS Concussion In Sports Certification or willingness to obtain within the first month of employment
- 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 Outdoor Soccer Official will have:
- Previous umpiring/officiating or sports participation experience
- A willingness to learn and have fun
- A passion for sports
- A positive and enthusiastic attitude
- A professional and cooperative demeanor
Additional Candidate Instructions
Review of this position occurs regularly through Tuesday, March 11.
Qualified applicants must have:
Qualified applicants must have:
- Availability to work on Sundays as evidenced in application material
- Availability to be present and engaged at both dates of the paid Intramural Outdoor Soccer Officials Training:
- Tuesday, March 25 from 5:00p – 7:30p; and
- Wednesday, March 26 from 5:30p – 7:00p
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 Outdoor Soccer 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.
Sundays – Thursdays from approximately 5:00p – 10:15p.
Anticipated Start Date
Tuesday March 25, 2025