What are the responsibilities and job description for the Exercise Specialist position at Touchmark?
ETHIC – Excellence, Teamwork, Hospitality, Integrity, and Compassion – steadfastly characterizes our mission to continually enrich the daily lives of residents. We practice these principles with every task and interaction, from personal caregiver assistance to mowing the grass. At Touchmark, we say:
I AM AN ALLY • I AM A FRIEND • I AM A GIVER
Touchmark in the West Hills is Portland’s leading resort-style retirement community enriching the lives of residents and their families through five-star hospitality, services, and amenities. We are currently seeking a wellness-obsessed individual to join our growing team as an Exercise Specialist for our Health and Fitness Club.
As an Exercise Specialist with Touchmark, you will enrich lives each day by assisting, monitoring, and instructing residents in the safe and effective use of equipment and weight machines in order to meet their personal fitness goals and needs. You will also conduct fitness consultations and assessments in order to help develop individualized fitness programs that ensure resident safety and follow each resident's care plan. Experience in personal training with seniors and promoting/selling training is necessary – you’ll be conducting club tours for potential members, residents, and guests, and explaining the benefits of membership, in order to build your client base.
Club membership is open to Touchmark residents, as well as adults in the greater community aged 50 and over, and members enjoy a wide range of activities and classes that can positively affect age-related conditions and encourage lifelong health and wellness. All programs are tailored to individual levels of ability, skill, and personal fitness goals. A long list of amenities are also offered, including an indoor heated pool, a group exercise studio, one-on-one personal training, a fully-equipped fitness studio, and a NeuroCom Balance Master system.
The ideal candidate will:
Group Instructor $25 - $31 hour
Administration $17 hour
Benefits:
Touchmark is dedicated to providing the best for our residents, and it all begins with providing the best for our employees. That’s why we offer a competitive compensation and benefits package to our team members who work 30 hours per week which includes:
Check us out at www.Touchmark.com.
We’re growing. Are you?
I AM AN ALLY • I AM A FRIEND • I AM A GIVER
Touchmark in the West Hills is Portland’s leading resort-style retirement community enriching the lives of residents and their families through five-star hospitality, services, and amenities. We are currently seeking a wellness-obsessed individual to join our growing team as an Exercise Specialist for our Health and Fitness Club.
As an Exercise Specialist with Touchmark, you will enrich lives each day by assisting, monitoring, and instructing residents in the safe and effective use of equipment and weight machines in order to meet their personal fitness goals and needs. You will also conduct fitness consultations and assessments in order to help develop individualized fitness programs that ensure resident safety and follow each resident's care plan. Experience in personal training with seniors and promoting/selling training is necessary – you’ll be conducting club tours for potential members, residents, and guests, and explaining the benefits of membership, in order to build your client base.
Club membership is open to Touchmark residents, as well as adults in the greater community aged 50 and over, and members enjoy a wide range of activities and classes that can positively affect age-related conditions and encourage lifelong health and wellness. All programs are tailored to individual levels of ability, skill, and personal fitness goals. A long list of amenities are also offered, including an indoor heated pool, a group exercise studio, one-on-one personal training, a fully-equipped fitness studio, and a NeuroCom Balance Master system.
The ideal candidate will:
- Have a commitment to Touchmark’s values (hospitality, compassion, excellence, teamwork, and integrity), as well as a desire to model these values and to encourage others to be allies, friends, and givers
- Current personal training certification through a NCCA accredited organization is required
- A bachelor’s degree in an exercise science-related discipline
- Be comfortable answering phones while greeting and providing information to members
- Be excellent at handling multiple tasks simultaneously
- At least five years of experience working as a Certified Personal Trainer or Exercise Physiologist
- At least five years’ experience working with a mature population
- Experience in instructing group exercise classes in the format their certification is in
- Experience in instructing yoga, both chair & mat
- A positive, upbeat, and energetic approach to health, wellness, teamwork, and hospitality
- Current CPR/First Aid/AED certification, or be willing to obtain upon hire
- Have a working knowledge of Microsoft Office applications and basic office equipment
- Be able to maintain patient and tactful composure when dealing with residents, family members, staff members, and visitors
- Group exercise experience is preferable and could potentially increase hours.
- Senior Dance/Zumba teaching experience would be beneficial.
Group Instructor $25 - $31 hour
Administration $17 hour
Benefits:
Touchmark is dedicated to providing the best for our residents, and it all begins with providing the best for our employees. That’s why we offer a competitive compensation and benefits package to our team members who work 30 hours per week which includes:
- Paid time off (including holidays)
- Health, dental, and vision insurance plans for employees and eligible dependents
- Education assistance
- Bonus and retirement plans
- Health care, dependent care, and commuter Flexible Spending Accounts
- On-Demand Pay allows you to access pay as you earn it
- Employee Assistance Program
- Supplemental insurance options
Check us out at www.Touchmark.com.
We’re growing. Are you?
Salary : $25 - $31