Intramural Sports Intern

DUKE

Recreation and Physical Education

Position Title: Intramural Sports Intern

Position Tenure: Late July – End of April; start date flexible with applicant.

Average Weekly Hours: 29.9 hours per week

Position Description: 

he Intramural Sports Intern is a part-time position under the supervision of the Coordinator of Intramural Sports. The Intern helps with league/tournament management, training intramural sport staff, nightly supervision programming and staff, equipment management, and assists with special events. This position and responsibilities will adapt based on the individual’s skills, experience, and professional interests.

Our Commitment to Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging: 

Duke Recreation and Physical Education reaffirms our commitment to fighting racism and supporting diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging. It is our mission to build awareness and leadership around anti-racism by generating transformative conversations, tangible changes, and experiences through assessment, intentional actions, and holding our community accountable. The Intramural Sports Intern will work to cultivate a safe, anti-racist, equitable, and inclusive community and environment. This will be done through education as well as the identification and removal of barriers for staff, faculty, and/or participants.

Standard Responsibilities:

• Oversee and maintain assigned leagues, tournaments, and/or special events.
• Lead and/or assist with assigned sport officials training.
• Inventory equipment, regularly check storage cleanliness, and move equipment to competition sites.
• Collect monthly Intramural Sport participant numbers and other assessment-related projects.
• Shadow staff and participant disciplinary & accountability meetings.
• Maintain the Intramural Sport email and communicate with participants regularly.
• Audit sport rules and participant/staff manuals.
• Assist with departmental goals and initiatives related to inclusion, diversity, equity, and accessibility.
• Evening and weekend work will be expected on a semi-regular basis.
• Other duties as assigned.

Possible Responsibilities:

• Assist with NIRSA-specific tasks or hosting special events.
• Assist with departmental goals and initiatives surrounding DEIB.
• Lead part-time, intramural staff discussions on Risk Management, Conflict Resolution, etc.
• Attend and assist with Duke Recreation & Physical Education special events.

Required Qualifications:

• Motivated communicator.
• Experience or interest in sports officiating.
• Experience with and an understanding of sport event management and staff supervision.
• Ability to manage time and correspond with others in a timely manner.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent work experience.
• Experience working in a campus recreation setting.
• Experience with IMLeagues, Whentowork, Fusion, and/or Microsoft Teams.
• Officiating experience and evaluation experience.
• Certified in first aid, CPR, and AED.

Minimum Qualifications

Duke is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer committed to providing employment opportunities without regard to an individual’s age, color, disability, gender, gender expression, gender identity, genetic information, national origin, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, or veteran status.

Duke aspires to create a community built on collaboration, innovation, creativity, and belonging. Our collective success depends on the robust exchange of ideas—an exchange that is best when the rich diversity of our perspectives, backgrounds, and experiences flourishes. To achieve this exchange, it is essential that all members of the community feel secure and welcome, that the contributions of all individuals are respected, and that all voices are heard. All members of our community have a responsibility to uphold these values.

Anticipated Pay Range:

Duke University provides an annual base salary range for this position as USD $21/hr. Duke University considers factors such as (but not limited to) the scope and responsibilities of the position; candidate’s work experience, education/training, and key skills; internal peer equity; as well as market and organizational considerations when extending an offer.

Your total compensation goes beyond the dollars on your paycheck. Duke provides comprehensive and competitive medical and dental care programs, generous retirement benefits, and a wide array of family-friendly and cultural programs to eligible team members. Learn more at: https://hr.duke.edu/benefits/

Essential Physical Job Functions:

Certain jobs at Duke University and Duke University Health System may include essential job functions that require specific physical and/or mental abilities. Additional information and provision for requests for reasonable accommodation will be provided by each hiring department.

Education:

Work requires the ability to provide recreational assistance generally equivalent to a partial high school education.

Experience:

None required. OR AN EQUIVALENT COMBINATION OF RELEVANT EDUCATION AND/OR EXPERIENCE

*Job title updated 2/18/2025

Duke is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer committed to providing employment opportunity without regard to an individual's age, color, disability, gender, gender expression, gender identity, genetic information, national origin, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, or veteran status.

Duke aspires to create a community built on collaboration, innovation, creativity, and belonging. Our collective success depends on the robust exchange of ideas—an exchange that is best when the rich diversity of our perspectives, backgrounds, and experiences flourishes. To achieve this exchange, it is essential that all members of the community feel secure and welcome, that the contributions of all individuals are respected, and that all voices are heard. All members of our community have a responsibility to uphold these values.

Essential Physical Job Functions: Certain jobs at Duke University and Duke University Health System may include essentialjob functions that require specific physical and/or mental abilities. Additional information and provision for requests for reasonable accommodation will be provided by each hiring department.