Instructor, Fitness (Cycling, Low Impact, High Impact)

Wheat Ridge was founded during the 1859 Gold Rush as a rest stop for miners and later named for its golden wheat fields. As unsuccessful miners turned to farming, the area thrived with orchards, vegetable fields, and later, greenhouses, earning the title “Carnation City.” Incorporated in 1969, Wheat Ridge now offers a central location with easy access to Denver and the Rocky Mountains. It operates as a home-rule city with a council-manager government, where the elected council sets policy, and the manager oversees daily operations and budgeting. 

CORE VALUES: The City of Wheat Ridge is committed to excellence and ACTION!: 

• Accountability: Employees take responsibility for their actions, decisions, and recommendations and are accountable to each other and the community 

• Change: Adapts to changing organizational needs, conditions, and work responsibilities. 

• Teamwork: Employees value teamwork as a collaborative effort, with each person contributing unique skills, knowledge, and training to achieve common goals. 

• Integrity: Employees uphold the highest ethical standards, recognize the importance of public and customer trust and adhere to the values of the organization. 

• Opportunity: Employees are empowered to grow professionally, develop best practices, and seek challenges to advance the City. 

• NOW!: Employees are proactive, timely, and efficient in responding to the needs of the organization and the community – NOW!  

Responsibilities:

Develop and teach class content appropriate to the course description and level; develop appropriate tools necessary to offer quality; provide feedback to class participants and proper instruction in use of support materials; monitors participants and their ability to participate; monitors attire to properly perform, i.e., shoes, etc., if applicable.

Provide a safe environment for all participants; enforce all general building policies if applicable; complete any necessary reports and forms, i.e., Accident Reports, Health Forms, Attendance Records, Supply Requests, etc.

Attend scheduled meetings as required; responsible for finding a dependable, appropriate substitute upon their absence.

Responsible for preparation for program activities; prepare lesson plans, organize relative equipment; may be required to set-up and break-down materials used for instruction. Perform related work as required and assigned.

Qualifications:

Group Exercise Certification from a nationally recognized fitness organization such as ACE, AFFA or ACSM and/or certification from a nationally recognized organization depending on fitness class.

For Level I:   Previous instructional experience preferred; Level II: Minimum of five (5) years previous instructional experience

Adult/Child CPR, First Aid, and AED certifications are required within 60 days of hire.

Knowledge of principles, practices, teaching methods and techniques that provide positive motivation; of rules, strategies, and skills; of the cardiovascular system, human anatomy; exercise science and a variety of resistance training programming and injury prevention.

Possess public relations skills; in the operation of necessary equipment; must be versatile in all developmental stages

Control large groups of people

Remain current on the trends of the industry

Communicate effectively to the participants when teaching skills

Analyze situations quickly and objectively and to determine proper courses of action to be taken

Learn and adhere to the facility emergency procedures

Excellent organizational/time management skills

Establish and maintain effective working relationships

Hours of Work, Location, and Work Environment

This position is part-time and hours/schedule may vary.  Work will be performed at the Wheat Ridge Recreation Center. Work is performed in an indoor setting where incumbent may be subject to noise and distraction; requires extended periods of speaking in a loud voice for up to an hour at a time; entails working closely with others and working with little supervision. Requires muscular exertion and/or physical strain and frequent concentration on an activity where the flow of work is intermittent; requires use of hands to fingers, ability to reach, climb, bend, stoop, crouch and occasionally lift objects weighing less than 24 lbs. The ability to properly operate or use the following equipment is necessary for this position: telephone, copier, other office equipment; all equipment necessary to teach and adhere to required policies/ procedures.

The City of Wheat Ridge is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We celebrate diversity and inclusivity and do not discriminate based on race, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, age, veteran status, disability status, marital status or any other applicable characteristics protected by law, unless related to a bona fide occupational qualification. The City of Wheat Ridge will consider reasonable accommodations for employment to qualified applicants upon request to the Human Resources Office. 

This job description is not intended to be an exhaustive list of qualifications, skills, efforts, duties, responsibilities, or working conditions associated with the position. 

Salary : $20 - $27