Campus Recreation Coordinator

Position Details

POSITION REQUIREMENTS

Job Title Campus Recreation Coordinator Department Student Services Location Sheridan Posting Category Staff Desired Start Date Hourly Rate (if applicable) Hiring Range $37,942 - $47,428 Full Salary Range $37,942 - $56,913 Benefits Summary

Employer paid retirement plan (17.37% employer paid; 1.25% employee paid)

Group Health, Dental and Life Insurance, including Flex Benefits

20 days paid annual leave

Four days per year paid personal leave

16 paid holidays per year

Paid medical, emergency and bereavement leave

Employee and family tuition waivers

Onsite fitness center and walking track

Verizon, Microsoft, Dell and HP employee discounts

Professional development

Months Worked Annually Full-time 12 months Typical Work Schedule

• Must be able to work late hours and weekends. Typical work schedule will likely be a staggered schedule. For example, instead of 8:00 AM 5:00 PM, you might work 11:00 AM 8:00 PM to ensure you are present when intramural sports or club practices begin.
• Some weekends are required for hosting intramural tournaments or outdoor adventure trips.

Position Information

Posting Number 20150999P Job Posting Date 05/13/2026 Initial Review Date Open Until Filled Yes Job Summary

The Campus Recreation Coordinator is a live-in member of the Campus Life and Housing professional staff. The coordinator is responsible for assisting with the development, implementation, and coordination of a holistic campus life program at the college. Duties include organization of educational, developmental, and recreational programs; supervising student staff; developing student programming. On-campus housing is provided.

Supervisory and Management Responsibility:

• Position supervises up to 25 student employees.

Reports To Director of Campus Life & Housing Education/Qualifications

Education: Required bachelors degree from an accredited college or university, Preferred masters degree in Recreation, Outdoor Leadership, Student Personnel, or closely related field

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

Knowledge: Working knowledge of Microsoft Office and basic computer applications

Skills: Must be organized and able to multitask, Must be willing to work in a team environment

Abilities: Must be an energetic, innovated individual who is self-disciplined, detail oriented with a demonstrated ability to work with a wide variety of college personnel; Ability to communicate effectively, both orally and in writing; Ability to work with students, both individually and in groups.

Working Conditions/Physical Requirements

• Physical requirements: Must be able to climb stairs, set up equipment and other programming needs and interact with a wide variety of people. Must be able to lead trips in the wilderness.
• Residential requirements: Must reside on-campus in provided housing.

About Northern Wyoming Community College District

Sheridan College is located in historic Sheridan, WY at the foot of the beautiful Big Horn Mountains, minutes away from a variety of outdoor recreational activities. Sheridan is ranked Americas Top Western Town by True West magazine and is a vibrant community. Sheridan College is a vital component in the community.

NWCCD also includes a small campus site in Buffalo, WY.

Experience

• Experience: Preferred-one year of experience in operating a college or university outdoor program, developing workshops, and conducting staff training. Experience leading multi-day trips in backcountry settings. Experience in Leave No Trace, indoor and outdoor rock climbing, canoeing, kayaking, biking and winter camping is preferred.

• Required licensures, certifications, or registrations: Valid US drivers license, CPR/BLS or equivalent preferred.

Special Instructions to Applicants

All NWCCD job postings are contingent on funding. Transcripts will be required and may be attached to your online application documents under Transcripts and for additional space, under Other Documents or emailed to: HR@sheridan.edu. Letters of recommendation are highly recommended and can be attached to your online application documents (up to three letters), or may be sent to Human Resources at HR@sheridan.edu.

Job Duties

These are the job duties for required of the position.

Percentage of time 20% Responsibility/Duty

Sports and Recreation

• Responsible for the planning, development, implementation, and analysis of short-and long-term goals based on needs assessments and focus groups with students.
• Manage all intramural sports and programming.
• Coordinate the recruitment, training, supervision, and evaluation of the intramural student staff which includes gym supervisors, fitness center supervisors, and referees.
• Coordinate the development, implementation, and evaluation of the intramural programs, including open gym.
• Oversight and facilitation of club sports program to include advising students on creating new club sports teams, guidance to create schedules and by-laws of each club sport team.
• Manage budget and all aspects of Intramurals operation during evening and weekend hours.

Percentage of time 20% Responsibility/Duty

Venture Outdoors

• Provide leadership for outdoor recreation activities.
• Identify recreational needs of constituents, develop programs to meet needs, and evaluate programs provided.
• Recruit, hire, train, supervise, and evaluate student staff.
• Purchase, inventory, and maintain equipment used for rentals and programming.
• Schedule, promote, and administer a diverse offering of outdoor trips and clinics including adventure, challenge, and team building programs.
• Serve as Advisor to Outdoor Club
• Manage gear rental processes, equipment replacement schedule

Percentage of time 20% Responsibility/Duty

Bruce Hoffman Golden Dome (Dome)

• Manage the Bruce Hoffman Golden Dome operations
• Fitness Center
• Train and supervise the Fitness Center student employees
• Manage the budget
• Develop and manage an equipment replacement plan for Fitness Center Equipment
• Manage the preventative maintenance contract including scheduling of maintenance

Percentage of time 20% Responsibility/Duty

Residence Life and Housing

• Participate in evening and weekend duty coverage on a rotational basis with other designated professional staff.
• Interpret and enforce a wide variety of College Policies and Residence Life Handbook and protocol governing student behavior.
• Participate in formal and informal disciplinary procedures as necessary, referring situations to supervisor, local authorities, etc. as necessary.
• Assist with the opening and closing of the residence halls.

Percentage of time 15% Responsibility/Duty

Administrative Duties

• Assist with marketing publications and NWCCD HUB page updates and development.
• Coordinate a variety of administrative functions (attend department and committee meetings; negotiate contracts for the Venture Outdoors Program, conduct research on program and service usage patterns; maintain historical records of events, etc.)
• Develop and manage the budget for the Venture Outdoors program.
• Develop and administer creative electronic and traditional marketing strategies to actively engage students in Venture Outdoors programming.
• Effectively communicate and foster community and college relationships leading toward maximum use of recreation programs.

Percentage of time 5% Responsibility/Duty

• Participate in SOAR (Student Orientation, Advising, and Registration)

Supplemental Questions

Required fields are indicated with an asterisk (*).

• • How did you hear about this employment opportunity?
• NWCCD Website
• Personal Referral
• Indeed
• HigherEd Job
• The Chronicle of Higher Education
• Local Newspaper: Sheridan Press
• Local Newspaper: Gillette News Record
• Local Newspaper: Buffalo Bulletin
• Other Advertisement/Publication
• Other

Documents Needed to Apply

Required Documents

• Resume
• Cover Letter

Optional Documents

• Transcripts
• Letter of Recommendation 1
• Curriculum Vitae
• Other Documents
• Letter of Recommendation 2
• Letter of Recommendation 3