ABOUT US

MacEwan University is where caring faculty help people connect their passions to their future paths. Located in the heart of Edmonton’s diverse and dynamic downtown community, and on the traditional lands of Treaty 6 First Nations and homelands of the Métis people, MacEwan is known for exceptional undergraduate learning. With its dedication to teaching excellence, informed by scholarly research, innovation, and creative activity, MacEwan provides an exceptional collaborative and supportive learning environment with a commitment to human rights, environmental sustainability, and opportunities for community engagement. We are committed to creating an equitable, diverse, inclusive, and welcoming community for all peoples, cultures, and identities.
Our comprehensive undergraduate university offers 55 programs to more than 19,000 full- and part-time students in business, communications, community and human services, design, fine and performing arts, health, humanities, natural science, nursing, public safety, and social science. Through a wide array of experiential learning opportunities, and strategic relationships in the community, we partner with others to produce graduates of stature. Along with a robust grounding in their chosen disciplines, MacEwan students are given durable life skills that prepare them to take on the world.

OPPORTUNITY

MacEwan University is seeking energetic and enthusiastic students to fill casual League Staff opportunities with the Sport and Wellness department. Recreation provides 8 and 9-week leagues during both the Fall and Winter terms. Fall leagues take place from late September to early December, while Winter leagues run from late January to early April with statutory holidays and academic breaks off. Evening leagues run Monday through Thursday, and lunch leagues run on Tuesdays and Wednesdays between 11:00am and 2:00pm.

Key responsibilities include:

• Providing excellent customer service to league participants, using effective communication and by creating a fun and inclusive environment;
• Advertising and promoting Recreation events to your peers and the community;
• Performing set-up and take-down of league supplies and equipment;
• Tracking in-game individual and team statistics, including signing-In participants, verify game scores, assessing and recording Spirit Ratings, updating Roster information, and tracking fouls;
• Keeping game scores using flip boards or digital score clocks;
• Managing participant conflicts in a calm and professional manner;
• Adhering to Recreation’s policies and procedures, and sport and league rules;
• Completing timesheets; and
• Attending Recreation training.

SKILLS

You will have:

• Interest and general knowledge of sport and recreation including rules, format, rosters, and equipment set up;
• Customer service skills;
• The ability to work effectively with a team as well as independently; and
• Strong attention to detail.

QUALIFICATIONS AND POSITION REQUIREMENTS

• Experience in recreation and event management would be considered an asset.
• The ability to work 3 to 10 hours per week during league season(s).
• The ability to lift and push equipment in excess of 50lbs (22kg) during set-up and take-down tasks.

• Providing excellent customer service to league participants, using effective communication and by creating a fun and inclusive environment;
• Advertising and promoting Recreation events to your peers and the community;
• Performing set-up and take-down of league supplies and equipment;
• Tracking in-game individual and team statistics, including signing-In participants, verify game scores, assessing and recording Spirit Ratings, updating Roster information, and tracking fouls;
• Keeping game scores using flip boards or digital score clocks;
• Managing participant conflicts in a calm and professional manner;
• Adhering to Recreation’s policies and procedures, and sport and league rules;
• Completing timesheets; and
• Attending Recreation training