Health and Wellness Coach

Position Summary:
Provide quality instruction of aerobics and fitness classes in accordance with YMCA standards and guidelines. Encourage participants using energy and enthusiasm. Instruct, supervise, and reinforce proper strength training procedures; provide encouragement and monitor the fitness area to ensure a safe and clean environment.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities:
Include the following. Other duties may be assigned

• Provide enjoyable, high quality class instruction.
• Appropriately demonstrate and instruct proper exercise in accordance with program standards.
• Responsible for the health and safety of all individuals in the fitness area, i.e. caution regarding unsafe practices and conditions and perform rescue/first aid when necessary. Report accidents and injuries and complete incident reports.
• Set up and break down equipment as necessary.
• Responsible for attending staff meetings/events.
• Work in harmony and cooperation with the staff, volunteers and members of the YMCA.
• Be a member service ambassador, remaining abreast of current programs and facility schedules, being prepared to provide personalized direction to other YMCA services.
• Continually enhance professional development through additional certification trainings, work shops, educational courses and/or appropriate reading material.
• Communicate with members, make them feel welcome and address then by name.

Education and/or Experience

High School degree or GED preferred
1-3 years of health or member service related experience.

Reasoning Ability:

• Ability to anticipate, identify and address members needs to ensure safety and enjoyment.
• To accurately complete all required paperwork.
• To professionally handle and or get help to resolve conflict.
• Ability to follow instructions as given and/or directed by supervisor.
• Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists.
• Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.

Certifications / Training:

Exercise Instructor Certification (within 6 months of hire)
CPR/AED
First Aid (Outreach)
YMCA Healthy Lifestyle Principles (within 3 months of hire)
Foundations of Group Exercise OR Foundations Strength & Conditioning (within 6 months of hire)
Child Abuse Prevention
It is the Employees responsibility to maintain all certifications and renew in a timely manner in accordance with Certifying Organization.

Physical Demands:
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand; walk; sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands; balance, stoop, kneel or crouch; and talk or hear. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 100 pounds.

Work Environment:
The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.The position has exposure to Blood borne Pathogens and the incumbent will be educated and prepared to do so.
The noise level in the work environment is usually loud. Employee is occasionally exposed to outside weather conditions.

Salary : $16