About Cougars Athletics and Recreation

As one of eight (8) areas within the division of Student Affairs and Campus Life Cougars Athletics and Recreation (CAR) is focused on actively creating promoting and sustaining an environment in which the MRU community is challenged and supported in pursuit of personal growth in the areas of Athletics and Recreation. Our goals are to inspire our community to live well by being leaders within the recreation field and to achieve varsity athletics success by inspiring a high-performance culture. Through collaboration we strategically partner with our students and community to enhance learning and experiences. We are committed to creating a respectful and inclusive environment by appreciating our similarities and differences advocating for a safe and caring campus and educating ourselves and others through openness curiosity and our leader leader model we value innovation that leads to change.

Our Permission to Play guiding principles form the backbone of our department and serve to strengthen our work culture. We commit to TEAMWORK by maximizing our impact through collaboration. We maintain INTEGRITY by being true to our work. We have FUN working and playing in a creative and innovate way. We pursue PERSONAL GROWTH through development and learning experiences. We show RESPECT by caring for our people and place.

About the Role

The Sports Information Supervisor reports to the Associate Director of Marketing and Partnerships within Cougars Athletics and Recreation and is responsible for all things relating to varsity athletics game day management and hosting including casual staffing statistics live streaming media and officials. Additionally they coordinate all varsity communications and event requirements for Canada West and U SPORTS.

This position is a full-time role working 35 hours per week.

Responsibilities

Staff Supervision and Development (35%)

• Identify all positions required to effectively create a varsity game day staffing team create job descriptions and hire according to MRU policies.
• Develop on-boarding and training procedures for casual staff as well as annual reviews in accordance with provided departmental framework.
• Assist in the nurturing and development of the departmental work culture.
• Create the work schedule for all positions addressing the needs of specific sports on a nightly basis.
• Oversee varsity event supervisors and assistant staff empowering them to lead specific areas on a nightly basis.
• Work with Associate Director Marketing and Partnerships to ensure short and long-term plans are developed to ensure staffing needs are met for game day.
• Foster and promote a climate of openness inclusion and approachability.
• Apply best practices and compliance in carrying out policies and procedures relative to human resource management.
• Liaise with the Payroll department to ensure all staff comply with the policies in place in order to process wages.

Video Streaming Communications and Media (35%)

• Oversee all communications and media requirements by Canada West and U Sports
• Responsible for creating implementing and assessing a plan that meets Canada West live streaming requirements.
• Oversee all webcasting for varsity competition including the lifecycle of equipment (inventory replacement etc.) managing the staff to do this and liaising with Canada West to ensure the department is meeting and exceeding the requirements.
• Collaborate with the MRU Broadcasting department to provide work experience opportunities for students and ensure live stream and video requirements are met.
• Conduct communications research and analysis to appropriately direct planning to enhance the Mount Royal University Cougars brand in the media
• Develop and execute a communications and media plan in conjunction with the department Events and Marketing Team to actively promote Cougars athletics stories that will positively highlight Mount Royal locally and nationally.
• Oversee the representation of Mount Royal Cougars on the Canada West website accordingly.
• Collaborate with the Marketing Strategist on the website management for the department with a focus on the content for athletics.
• Support the department social media strategy led by the Digital Media Coordinator.
• Develop engaging relative and compelling press releases and feature stories that positively promote the Cougars eight varsity programs and foster a connected community.
• Develop extensive media guides for playoff teams
• Collaborate with the Events and Marketing team to plan student-athlete awards celebration events
• Collaborate with the Associate Director of Marketing and Partnerships to ensure annual updates to the Wall of Fame
• Support sponsorship activation requirements as outlined by the Marketing and Partnerships Associate Director

Varsity Game Day Management (20%)

• Host visiting team(s) and officials
• Work with the Facilities team to efficiently set-up the competition venue as well as the admissions areas.
• Collaborate with the department Events and Marketing Team to plan special events
• Oversee all game day requirements by Canada West and U Sports for the eight varsity programs including game regulations statistics score reporting media communications and live streaming.

Budget (5%)

• Oversee casual staffing budget with support from the Associate Director Marketing and Partnerships
• Coordinate the department long term (including life cycle replacement plans) plan for video streaming equipment.

Departmental Divisional and Institutional Service and Planning (5%)

• Serve on committees and university initiatives such as Cougar Night Crowchild Classic and U SPORTS National Championships.
• Promote a shared vision that drives departmental divisional and institutional short-term and long-term planning and the ongoing organizational work.
• Represent MRU on appropriate league committees providing insight and expertise for topics related to Sports Information.
• Act as a liaison between MRU and Canada West/U SPORTS regarding future direction of communication webcasting and hosting expectations.
• Support the development of innovative collaborative partnerships to advance the departmental divisional and institutional strategic reach.

Qualifications

• Bachelors Degree in sport management marketing events or related field.
• Five (5) years of progressively responsible relevant experience which has included at least three (3) years of supervisory experience of employees and volunteers.
• Ability to establish effective working relationships and work as a member of the team.
• Ability to explain the relevance of sport and or recreations reputational importance through events and activities.
• Ability to work flexible hours including evening and weekends as needed.
• Knowledge of web design and operations.

Salary: $70841 - $89646 per annum
Closing Date: October 26 2025

A cover letter and resume should be submitted in one .pdf document. Please title your .pdf document as follows: Last Name Requisition Number Document (ex. Smith 999999 ).