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Referee, Adult Leagues

Req ID: 27245
Vacancy Type: Part-Time 
Number of Positions: 3  
Closing Date: 11/11/2025

Job Summary

Knowledgeable and familiar with the playing rules of the specified sport required and possess strong communication and organizational skills.

Duties and Responsibilities

  • Communicate with other league officials provide direction to time keepers communicate throughout the game including use of hand signals to communicate official calls to players, staff and spectators
  • Impart knowledge of the game to players and other league officials
  • Attend discipline hearings as required and provide all the required documentation. (i.e. penalty reports, reports to insurance providers, accident/incident reports, etc…)
  • Understand the technical rules of the sport and enforce them
  • Making confident calls during league play and addressing player concerns
  • Communicating effectively with other league officials, time keeper, and convener
  • Providing clear and concise instructions to time keeper and feedback to participants
  • Keeping games on time
  • Enforcing sport specific rules and disciplinary action for players, coaches and fans
  • Communicate with players throughout the game and ensure and promote fair play
  • Provide quality customer service to league participants – answer questions, provide them with rationale, accept feedback
  • Ensure the safety of league participants and complete safety checks of the league playing area
  • Enforce league rules and maintain consistency  by calling appropriate sport specific penalties
  • Respond professionally to irate players, and potentially volatile situations and diffuse verbal and physical altercations
  • Deescalate heated situations by utilizing game management and redirect players throughout the game

Skills and Qualifications

  • 3-5 years of officiating, administration or playing experience in an Adult Sport League environment
  • Emergency First Aid / CPR “B” certificate
  • Primarily community centre environment
  • Referee’s certification in the specific sport is an asset
  • Shift work, including days, evenings, and weekends

Hourly Rate/Salary: 33.21 - 44.28 
Grade: PI 
Hours of Work: up to 20  
Work Location: Paramount Fine Foods Centre - Fieldhouse 
Organization Unit: CMS/Leagues & Tournaments 
Department/Division/Section: CMS/Community Services Dept , CMS/Recreation & Culture Division , Sport & Community Development 
Non-Union/Union: Non Union 

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Accommodations
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