Community Programs Coordinator
for each section heading. Use - for any list of duties/requirements/benefits, and
for prose. Do NOT repeat job title as heading. Do NOT put Job ID/requisition numbers as headings — fold minor metadata into short
or drop it. Preserve ALL substantive information; do NOT invent or summarize away detail. Remove cookie/navigation/legal/EEO/equal-opportunity/scam-warning boilerplate, duplicated lines, and application instructions. IMPORTANT: include a section ONLY when the posting has real, specific content for it — never emit a heading followed by filler/placeholder text (e.g. "commensurate with experience", "not specified", "N/A", "varies", "TBD") and never create Pay/Schedule/Benefits sections unless the posting actually states them. Prefer a few substantive sections over many thin ones. Output ONLY the HTML fragment — no /, no markdown code fences.
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Key content:
Job Summary: Under direction of Assistant Director, responsible for management of all Campus Recreation's community programs including a comprehensive 8-week summer camp for local youth. Responsible for assisting with management of all of Campus Recreation's competitive sports programming including intramural activities and club sports.
Then Duties & Responsibilities broken into Community Programs, Intramurals, Club Sports, Departmental Duties, Physical Demands and Working Conditions, Work Schedule, Travel, or Other Job Expectations.
Minimum Qualifications: Bachelor’s degree in Higher Education, Recreation, Sports and Tourism or related field. One (1) year (12 months) in education, training and/or work experience in higher education intramural or club sports, and/or summer camps.
Preferred Qualifications: Comprehensive and detailed knowledge of Intramural, club sport, and summer camp programs. Experience leading intramural, club sport, or summer camp programs. Experience supervising intramural staff and summer camp counselors. Experience working with students. Experience training officials’ clinics. Experience with Fusion, Fusion Play, or participant registration software.
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities: list of skills.
Appointment Information: This is a 100% full-time Civil Service 5002 - Program Coordinator position, appointed on a 12-month basis. The expected start date is as soon as possible after 11/8/2026. The budgeted salary for this position is $54,000 to $58,000. This position is not eligible for any kind of sponsorship for work authorization. For more information on Civil Service classifications, please visit the SUCSS web site at https://www.sucss.illinois.gov/pages/classspec/default.aspx . (We can drop the link maybe as minor metadata? It's a link but maybe we can keep as short p? The instruction: "do NOT put Job ID / requisition numbers as headings — fold minor metadata into a short
or drop it." So we can include appointment info as a short p maybe under a section? But we need sections only when posting has real specific content. We have Pay: budgeted salary $54,000 to $58,000. So we can create a Pay section with that info. Also we have Work Schedule, Travel, or Other Job Expectations: "To perform the functions of this position, the employee will be required to perform work in an office, outside, or within facilities that are served, and must have the capability to travel from one location to the other in a timely fashion. Position requires flexibility to a variable work schedule due to events and special programming." So we can create a Schedule section with that.
Benefits: later: "The university offers a highly competitive benefits package designed to support your well-being, growth, and financial security." Then later: "This position is intended to be eligible for benefits . This includes Health, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance, a Retirement Plan, Paid time Off, and Tuition waivers for employees and dependents." So we have benefits specifics. So we can create Benefits section with that list.
We also have "Appointment Information" maybe not needed as separate section; we can incorporate start date maybe into a short p? But we have no specific section for start date; maybe we can include under a generic "About the role" or "Appointment" but we only have allowed headings: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. So we need to map content accordingly.
About the role: could be the Job Summary paragraph.
Responsibilities: list of duties (Community Programs, Intramurals, Club Sports, Departmental Duties, Physical Demands and Working Conditions? Actually Physical Demands maybe separate but we can include under Responsibilities as part of duties? Or we could create a separate section but not allowed. So we include under Responsibilities.
Requirements: Minimum Qualifications.
Qualifications: Preferred Qualifications.
Skills: Knowledge, Skills and Abilities.
Pay: budgeted salary.
Schedule: Work Schedule, Travel, or Other Job Expectations.
Benefits: benefits package.
We need to avoid duplication and boilerplate. Remove application instructions, EEO, etc.
We need to preserve all substantive information. Let's extract.
Job Summary paragraph: "Under the direction of the Assistant Director, responsible for the management of all Campus Recreation's community programs including a comprehensive 8-week summer camp for local youth. Responsible for assisting with the management of all of Campus Recreation's competitive sports programming including intramural activities and club sports."
We'll put that in About the role
.
Responsibilities: need to list duties. We have many bullet-like sentences. We'll create
- for each duty.
Let's list them:
Community Programs:
- Develop, coordinate, manage, and evaluate Campus Recreation’s 8-week summer camp for the Champaign Urbana community.
- Under the direction of the Assistant Director of Competitive Sports and Community Programs, assist in the coordination and development of multiple community programs throughout the academic year.
- Hire, train, evaluate, promote student community programs staff tasked with organizing and managing all community programs offerings.
- Schedule, plan, and implement reservations for all community program offerings.
- Under the direction of the Assistant Director of Competitive Sports and Community Programs, assist in the creation of community program policies, pricing packages, and employee handbooks.
- Under the direction of the Assistant Director of Competitive Sports and Community Programs, assist in managing the community programs budget for staffing, marketing materials, outreach events, and equipment replacement plans.
- Maintain a working knowledge of industry trends and present new initiatives each summer.
- Evaluate program satisfaction and needs assessment annually and implement strategies for retention and growth.
- Attend, develop, and evaluate all trainings for community programs student staff.
- Assist in the creation of the community programs calendar for each year.
- Support the University of Illinois' commitment to child abuse prevention as a mandatory reporter.
- Serve as primary back-up for payroll for all part-time staff within community programs.
Intramurals:
- Work closely with Assistant Director and Competitive Sports Coordinator to offer an inclusive, innovative, and accessible Intramural Activities program.
- Assist with training, developing, evaluating, scheduling, managing, and promoting numerous part-time student staff positions.
- Assist with planning, developing, scheduling, and maintaining a comprehensive Intramural Program.
- Collaborate with other university and Campus Recreation departments for the successful implementation of new programming efforts.
- Assist with coordination of program outreach efforts and initiate new campus partnerships.
- Ensure department risk management plans are implemented effectively.
Club Sports:
- Assist as needed with Assistant Director and Coordinator of Competitive Sports to structure an organized and equitable Club Sport program.
- Work cooperatively with Campus Recreation and Student Engagement staff to assist with administration of over 40 club sport teams as needed.
- Collaborate with multiple different campus recreation departments to provide a cohesive club sports practice schedule.
Departmental Duties:
- Manage an annual budget for competitive sports and community programs.
- Attend state and regional professional development conferences and workshops.
- Support and engage with NIRSA sport tournaments for yearly professional development.
- Serve on Department, Division and/or University committees as assigned.
- Manage special projects that support the overall mission of Campus Recreation.
- Participate as a member of the Campus Recreation professional staff in the development and implementation of policies and procedures.
- Participate in the development of programs, departmental objectives, and long-range planning by performing research, providing recommendations, and implementing plans as appropriate.
- Follow University and department cash handling policies and procedures.
- Enforce and maintain Campus Recreation policies and procedures as they pertain to usage of facilities on campus.
- Assist with night and weekend coverage as needed.
Physical Demands and Working Conditions:
- When working, the employee may be exposed to a variety of environmental factors to include, but not limited to, hot or cold weather.
- In performing the functions of this position, the employee may be subjected to various physical demands including ability to move, transfer and/or transport items that may occasionally weigh up to twenty-five (25) pounds, and twisting, pushing and pulling movements.
Work Schedule, Travel, or Other Job Expectations:
- To perform the functions of this position, the employee will be required to perform work in an office, outside, or within facilities that are served, and must have the capability to travel from one location to the other in a timely fashion.
- Position requires flexibility to a variable work schedule due to events and special programming.
We'll include these under Responsibilities as
- .
Now Requirements (Minimum Qualifications):
- Bachelor’s degree in Higher Education, Recreation, Sports and Tourism or related field.
- One (1) year (12 months) in education, training and/or work experience in higher education intramural or club sports, and/or summer camps.
Qualifications (Preferred Qualifications):
- Comprehensive and detailed knowledge of Intramural, club sport, and summer camp programs.
- Experience leading intramural, club sport, or summer camp programs.
- Experience supervising intramural staff and summer camp counselors.
- Experience working with students.
- Experience training officials’ clinics.
- Experience with Fusion, Fusion Play, or participant registration software.
Skills (Knowledge, Skills and Abilities):
List each ability as
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- Skill in scheduling events, programs, and activities, as well as the work of others.
- Skill in effective communication.
- Ability to adjust actions in relation to others' actions.
- Ability to understand information and presented ideas.
- Ability to develop goals and plans to prioritize, organize, and accomplish work.
- Ability to work effectively with staff, the public, and outside constituency groups.
- Ability to effectively plan, delegate, and supervise the work of others.
- Ability to utilize various computer software packages, such as accounting software, query, etc.
- Ability to work independently to analyze and develop guidelines, procedures and systems.
Pay:
- The budgeted salary for this position is $54,000 to $58,000.
Schedule:
- To perform the functions of this position, the employee will be required to perform work in an office, outside, or within facilities that are served, and must have the capability to travel from one location to the other in a timely fashion.
- Position requires flexibility to a variable work schedule due to events and special programming.
Benefits:
- The university offers a highly competitive benefits package designed to support your well-being, growth, and financial security.
- This position is intended to be eligible for benefits. This includes Health, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance, a Retirement Plan, Paid time Off, and Tuition waivers for employees and dependents.
We should also maybe include the appointment info like start date? Not required but could be included in About the role? The instruction: "Preserve ALL substantive information". The start date is substantive. Where to put? Could be under About the role as additional sentence. Or maybe under a separate section? Not allowed. We can add to About the role paragraph: "The expected start date is as soon as possible after 11/8/2026." Also mention it's a 100% full
for prose. Do NOT repeat job title as heading. Do NOT put Job ID/requisition numbers as headings — fold minor metadata into short
or drop it. Preserve ALL substantive information; do NOT invent or summarize away detail. Remove cookie/navigation/legal/EEO/equal-opportunity/scam-warning boilerplate, duplicated lines, and application instructions. IMPORTANT: include a section ONLY when the posting has real, specific content for it — never emit a heading followed by filler/placeholder text (e.g. "commensurate with experience", "not specified", "N/A", "varies", "TBD") and never create Pay/Schedule/Benefits sections unless the posting actually states them. Prefer a few substantive sections over many thin ones. Output ONLY the HTML fragment — no /, no markdown code fences. We need to parse the posting. Key content: Job Summary: Under direction of Assistant Director, responsible for management of all Campus Recreation's community programs including a comprehensive 8-week summer camp for local youth. Responsible for assisting with management of all of Campus Recreation's competitive sports programming including intramural activities and club sports. Then Duties & Responsibilities broken into Community Programs, Intramurals, Club Sports, Departmental Duties, Physical Demands and Working Conditions, Work Schedule, Travel, or Other Job Expectations. Minimum Qualifications: Bachelor’s degree in Higher Education, Recreation, Sports and Tourism or related field. One (1) year (12 months) in education, training and/or work experience in higher education intramural or club sports, and/or summer camps. Preferred Qualifications: Comprehensive and detailed knowledge of Intramural, club sport, and summer camp programs. Experience leading intramural, club sport, or summer camp programs. Experience supervising intramural staff and summer camp counselors. Experience working with students. Experience training officials’ clinics. Experience with Fusion, Fusion Play, or participant registration software. Knowledge, Skills and Abilities: list of skills. Appointment Information: This is a 100% full-time Civil Service 5002 - Program Coordinator position, appointed on a 12-month basis. The expected start date is as soon as possible after 11/8/2026. The budgeted salary for this position is $54,000 to $58,000. This position is not eligible for any kind of sponsorship for work authorization. For more information on Civil Service classifications, please visit the SUCSS web site at https://www.sucss.illinois.gov/pages/classspec/default.aspx . (We can drop the link maybe as minor metadata? It's a link but maybe we can keep as short p? The instruction: "do NOT put Job ID / requisition numbers as headings — fold minor metadata into a short
or drop it." So we can include appointment info as a short p maybe under a section? But we need sections only when posting has real specific content. We have Pay: budgeted salary $54,000 to $58,000. So we can create a Pay section with that info. Also we have Work Schedule, Travel, or Other Job Expectations: "To perform the functions of this position, the employee will be required to perform work in an office, outside, or within facilities that are served, and must have the capability to travel from one location to the other in a timely fashion. Position requires flexibility to a variable work schedule due to events and special programming." So we can create a Schedule section with that. Benefits: later: "The university offers a highly competitive benefits package designed to support your well-being, growth, and financial security." Then later: "This position is intended to be eligible for benefits . This includes Health, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance, a Retirement Plan, Paid time Off, and Tuition waivers for employees and dependents." So we have benefits specifics. So we can create Benefits section with that list. We also have "Appointment Information" maybe not needed as separate section; we can incorporate start date maybe into a short p? But we have no specific section for start date; maybe we can include under a generic "About the role" or "Appointment" but we only have allowed headings: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. So we need to map content accordingly. About the role: could be the Job Summary paragraph. Responsibilities: list of duties (Community Programs, Intramurals, Club Sports, Departmental Duties, Physical Demands and Working Conditions? Actually Physical Demands maybe separate but we can include under Responsibilities as part of duties? Or we could create a separate section but not allowed. So we include under Responsibilities. Requirements: Minimum Qualifications. Qualifications: Preferred Qualifications. Skills: Knowledge, Skills and Abilities. Pay: budgeted salary. Schedule: Work Schedule, Travel, or Other Job Expectations. Benefits: benefits package. We need to avoid duplication and boilerplate. Remove application instructions, EEO, etc. We need to preserve all substantive information. Let's extract. Job Summary paragraph: "Under the direction of the Assistant Director, responsible for the management of all Campus Recreation's community programs including a comprehensive 8-week summer camp for local youth. Responsible for assisting with the management of all of Campus Recreation's competitive sports programming including intramural activities and club sports." We'll put that in About the role
. Responsibilities: need to list duties. We have many bullet-like sentences. We'll create
- for each duty.
Let's list them:
Community Programs:
- Develop, coordinate, manage, and evaluate Campus Recreation’s 8-week summer camp for the Champaign Urbana community.
- Under the direction of the Assistant Director of Competitive Sports and Community Programs, assist in the coordination and development of multiple community programs throughout the academic year.
- Hire, train, evaluate, promote student community programs staff tasked with organizing and managing all community programs offerings.
- Schedule, plan, and implement reservations for all community program offerings.
- Under the direction of the Assistant Director of Competitive Sports and Community Programs, assist in the creation of community program policies, pricing packages, and employee handbooks.
- Under the direction of the Assistant Director of Competitive Sports and Community Programs, assist in managing the community programs budget for staffing, marketing materials, outreach events, and equipment replacement plans.
- Maintain a working knowledge of industry trends and present new initiatives each summer.
- Evaluate program satisfaction and needs assessment annually and implement strategies for retention and growth.
- Attend, develop, and evaluate all trainings for community programs student staff.
- Assist in the creation of the community programs calendar for each year.
- Support the University of Illinois' commitment to child abuse prevention as a mandatory reporter.
- Serve as primary back-up for payroll for all part-time staff within community programs.
Intramurals:
- Work closely with Assistant Director and Competitive Sports Coordinator to offer an inclusive, innovative, and accessible Intramural Activities program.
- Assist with training, developing, evaluating, scheduling, managing, and promoting numerous part-time student staff positions.
- Assist with planning, developing, scheduling, and maintaining a comprehensive Intramural Program.
- Collaborate with other university and Campus Recreation departments for the successful implementation of new programming efforts.
- Assist with coordination of program outreach efforts and initiate new campus partnerships.
- Ensure department risk management plans are implemented effectively.
Club Sports:
- Assist as needed with Assistant Director and Coordinator of Competitive Sports to structure an organized and equitable Club Sport program.
- Work cooperatively with Campus Recreation and Student Engagement staff to assist with administration of over 40 club sport teams as needed.
- Collaborate with multiple different campus recreation departments to provide a cohesive club sports practice schedule.
Departmental Duties:
- Manage an annual budget for competitive sports and community programs.
- Attend state and regional professional development conferences and workshops.
- Support and engage with NIRSA sport tournaments for yearly professional development.
- Serve on Department, Division and/or University committees as assigned.
- Manage special projects that support the overall mission of Campus Recreation.
- Participate as a member of the Campus Recreation professional staff in the development and implementation of policies and procedures.
- Participate in the development of programs, departmental objectives, and long-range planning by performing research, providing recommendations, and implementing plans as appropriate.
- Follow University and department cash handling policies and procedures.
- Enforce and maintain Campus Recreation policies and procedures as they pertain to usage of facilities on campus.
- Assist with night and weekend coverage as needed.
Physical Demands and Working Conditions:
- When working, the employee may be exposed to a variety of environmental factors to include, but not limited to, hot or cold weather.
- In performing the functions of this position, the employee may be subjected to various physical demands including ability to move, transfer and/or transport items that may occasionally weigh up to twenty-five (25) pounds, and twisting, pushing and pulling movements.
Work Schedule, Travel, or Other Job Expectations:
- To perform the functions of this position, the employee will be required to perform work in an office, outside, or within facilities that are served, and must have the capability to travel from one location to the other in a timely fashion.
- Position requires flexibility to a variable work schedule due to events and special programming.
We'll include these under Responsibilities as
- . Now Requirements (Minimum Qualifications): - Bachelor’s degree in Higher Education, Recreation, Sports and Tourism or related field. - One (1) year (12 months) in education, training and/or work experience in higher education intramural or club sports, and/or summer camps. Qualifications (Preferred Qualifications): - Comprehensive and detailed knowledge of Intramural, club sport, and summer camp programs. - Experience leading intramural, club sport, or summer camp programs. - Experience supervising intramural staff and summer camp counselors. - Experience working with students. - Experience training officials’ clinics. - Experience with Fusion, Fusion Play, or participant registration software. Skills (Knowledge, Skills and Abilities): List each ability as
- . - Skill in scheduling events, programs, and activities, as well as the work of others. - Skill in effective communication. - Ability to adjust actions in relation to others' actions. - Ability to understand information and presented ideas. - Ability to develop goals and plans to prioritize, organize, and accomplish work. - Ability to work effectively with staff, the public, and outside constituency groups. - Ability to effectively plan, delegate, and supervise the work of others. - Ability to utilize various computer software packages, such as accounting software, query, etc. - Ability to work independently to analyze and develop guidelines, procedures and systems. Pay: - The budgeted salary for this position is $54,000 to $58,000. Schedule: - To perform the functions of this position, the employee will be required to perform work in an office, outside, or within facilities that are served, and must have the capability to travel from one location to the other in a timely fashion. - Position requires flexibility to a variable work schedule due to events and special programming. Benefits: - The university offers a highly competitive benefits package designed to support your well-being, growth, and financial security. - This position is intended to be eligible for benefits. This includes Health, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance, a Retirement Plan, Paid time Off, and Tuition waivers for employees and dependents. We should also maybe include the appointment info like start date? Not required but could be included in About the role? The instruction: "Preserve ALL substantive information". The start date is substantive. Where to put? Could be under About the role as additional sentence. Or maybe under a separate section? Not allowed. We can add to About the role paragraph: "The expected start date is as soon as possible after 11/8/2026." Also mention it's a 100% full