Sports and Recreation Director Jobs in Illinois
Position Type: Administration/ Assistant Principal Date Posted: 3/10/2025 Location: Hampshire High School    2025 -2026 School Year Full Time Duties and Responsibilities: Responsible for...
Description Five Iron Golf is the country's premier indoor golf and entertainment experience, with 26 locations across the globe and more on the way. Five Iron Golf's core mission is to seamlessly...
Duties This position is responsible for overseeing the student body's academic, behavioral, and social development while also managing and coordinating the school's athletic programs. This...
Position Summary: The Fitness and Aquatics Director is responsible for providing leadership and supervision to the Personal Training, Aquatic, Group Exercise, and Medical Integration departments....
Position Summary As the Aquatics Supervisor, you will enjoy working in a fast-paced environment. You will help members improve their swimming in our state-of-the-art recreational and lap pools,...
Chicago Public Schools (CPS) is a district on the rise, serving over 320,000 students in 500 schools and employing over 44,000 people, most of them teachers. CPS has set ambitious goals to ensure...
Duties Full time assistant principal/athletic director for Newark Community High School. Newark has a proud athletic tradition and is looking for a dynamic leader to be the athletic director and...
Duties Principal for grades 5-8. This position also includes athletic director responsibilities. Qualifications Type 75 Illinois Licensure Salary/Benefits 85,000-100,000 How to Apply Please send a...
Duties Overseeing Athletics at Triopia CUSD #27 Salary/Benefits Based on Current CBA How to Apply Submit a Letter of Interest, Resume, and three references to to: Jr. Sr. High School Principal Joe...
Duties Full time assistant principal/athletic director for Newark Community High School. Newark has a proud athletic tradition and is looking for a dynamic leader to be the athletic director and...
Develop fitness initiatives such as group exercise classes, wellness workshops, and physical activity challenges to complement sports programming....
Duties To perform the duties and responsibilities of an assistant principal for a 6-12 building including teacher evaluations and discipline as well as the duties and responsibilities of an...
Established in 1989, The Club at Wynstone is a full-service, private lifestyle club. Situated on an inimitable piece of land that was once the country estate of Chicago philanthropist W. Clement...
Position Summary As the Aquatics Supervisor, you must enjoy working in a fast-paced environment. You will help members improve their swimming in our state-of-the-art recreational and lap pools,...
Duties Assistant Jr. High Principal - Assist the Building Principal in providing leadership necessary to assure an educational environment which is safe, attractive, pleasant, and a productive...
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- Athletics
- Football
- Soccer
- Turfing
- Fitness Assessment
- Kinesiology
- Golf
- Athletic Administration
- Sports Management
- Aquatics
- Functional Training
- Sports Marketing
- Exercise Science
- Sponsorship Sales
- Revenue Generation
- Sports Nutrition
- Sales Analysis
- Swimming
- Exercise
- Ged
- Automated External Defibrillator
- Some College
- Fitness
- Fundraising
- Media
- First Aid
- Personal Training
- Computer Programming
- Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation
- Closing
- Payroll
- Background Checks
- Implementation
- Driving
- Coaching
- High School Diploma
- Friendliness
- Events
- Collaboration
- Budgets
- Interpersonal Skills
- Reporting
- Bachelor's Degree
- Employee Development
- Sales
- Inventory Management
- Teaching
- Regulations
- Policy Development
- Staff Supervision
- Organization
- Customer Service
- Scheduling
- Leadership
- Communication Skills
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