Ice Arena Positions

We usually hire most of our Facility Assistant and Instructor positions at the beginning of the school year (mid-August through September) but that doesn’t mean we aren’t hiring! Feel free to stop into the rink and ask our Customer Service Assistant about job openings and expectations regarding the hiring process.

We are also open during Winter break and are always looking for individuals who are local or staying on campus for the majority of that break.

You can also contact the Ice Arena email (ui-icearena@illinois.edu) with any questions.

Entry Level Positions

Facility Assistant

  • Includes skate checkers, skate monitors, café workers, cashiers and hockey staff
  • Enforce policies during public skate sessions, hockey games, private rentals, and other Ice Arena programs and events
  • Ensure safety of patrons on and off ice
  • No experience necessary, only a customer service-oriented and friendly attitude

Instructor

  • Teach ice skating and hockey skills to Learn-to-Skate participants
  • Previous teaching experience is not required, but it is preferred that applicants have passed Freestyle 4 of ISI or Preliminary Moves in the Field for USFS (for figure skating instructors), or have coached at any hockey level or played hockey competitively into the high school/midget level (for hockey instructors)

Hockey Official

  • Enforce the rules and regulations of hockey games in order to ensure safety for all patrons
  • Above average skating ability is required and prior officiating experience and certification are preferred

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Customer Service Assistant

  • Provide leadership, management, and supervision to student staff
  • Handle payments for café and pro shop inventory, registration and admission fees, and ticket sales
  • Process program registration forms and space reservation requests

Zamboni Driver

  • Monitor and resurface the ice in order to maintain safe conditions for patrons
  • Perform basic maintenance on the Zamboni and reports any mechanical problems to Ice Arena management
  • Sharpen inventory of rental and customers’ skates

Learn-to-Skate Coordinator

  • Coordinate the Learn-to-Skate program according to United States Figure Skating Basic Skills guidelines
  • Maintain registration and evaluation records of participants in Learn-to-Skate
  • Assist in the hiring, scheduling, and evaluation of instructors

Event Manager

  • Assist professional staff with management of programming, policies and 100+ student staff members
  • Supervise public skating sessions and other private rentals
  • Take the lead on an area of programming such as birthday parties and recreational hockey leagues or maintain records for online calendar or participation data

Kinesiology 104

  • Teach peers basic ice skating skills in a credit course for 8 weeks. Along with keeping track of the class curriculum and attendance for the professor of the course.
  • Previous teaching experience within our Learn-to-skate program for one session is preferred.