What are the responsibilities and job description for the Group Fitness Coordinator position at YMCA of the USA?
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Job Description
This position is responsible for coordinating and maintaining group exercise and wellness programs, including promotion, enrollment, retention, and evaluation. Additionally, it involves facilitating new member onboarding and engagement, with a focus on familiarizing and connecting members within the Health & Wellness department that may be of interest to them.
Qualifications
YMCA COMPETENCIES (Team Leader)
Mission Advancement: Models and teaches the Ys values. Ensures a high level of service with
a commitment to changing lives. Provides volunteers with orientation, training, development, and recognition. Cultivates relationships to support fund-raising.
Collaboration: Champions inclusion activities, strategies, and initiatives. Builds relationships
to create small communities. Empathetically listens and communicates for understanding when negotiating and dealing with conflict. Effectively tailors’ communications to the appropriate audience. Provides staff with feedback, coaching, guidance and support.
Operational Effectiveness: Provides others with frameworks for making decisions. Conducts prototypes to support the launching of programs and activities. Develops plans and manages best practices through engagement of team. Effectively creates and manages budgets. Holds staff accountable for high-quality results using a formal process to measure progress.
Personal Growth: Shares new insights. Facilitates change; models’ adaptability and an awareness of the impact of change. Utilizes non-threatening methods to address sensitive issues and inappropriate behavior or performance. Has the functional and technical knowledge and skills required to perform well; uses best practices and demonstrates up-to-date knowledge and skills in technology.
Required Certifications
Job Description
This position is responsible for coordinating and maintaining group exercise and wellness programs, including promotion, enrollment, retention, and evaluation. Additionally, it involves facilitating new member onboarding and engagement, with a focus on familiarizing and connecting members within the Health & Wellness department that may be of interest to them.
Qualifications
- HS Diploma is required. Preferred Bachelor's degree in exercise science, health/physical education, nutrition or related field or equivalent experience.
- Must hold a current Group Exercise Certification from a National Accredited Association with a minimum of 2 years instructional experience.
- Previous Supervisory experience needed.
- Must have excellent oral and written communication and listen first skills with the ability to build strong relationships with individuals and build community with small groups.
- Demonstrate ability to communicate effectively and enforce Y policies in a positive manner.
- Ability to relate effectively to diverse groups of people from all social and economic segments of the community.
- Required certifications: CPR/AED & Group Exercise Certification
- Assists in developing and implementing health & wellness program initiatives to promote program and/or membership growth and retention in accordance with strategic and operating plans.
- Manage the recruiting, hiring, training, onboarding and continued development of group exercise instructors.
- Teach and Substitute Group Exercise classes as needed to maintain program consistency and quality. Oversee the coverage of all scheduled classes and verify that the class reservation system is functioning optimally.
- Recruit, promote, and register eligible participants in all Health & Wellness programs. Ensures quality results by monitoring, evaluating program effectiveness to verify compliance with reporting procedures and program standards.
- Conduct onboarding and connect members to the Y Studios and Health & Wellness programs.
- Coordinate and organize Health & Wellness events design to promote programs and drive membership engagement and retention.
- Build strong, positive relationships with members, staff and volunteers that reflect the YMCA’s commitment to community and belonging.
- Monitor daily operations of the Y studios and maintain accurate inventory of all equipment related to the program to adhere to YMCA Health and Safety policies.
- Other duties as assigned by supervisor
YMCA COMPETENCIES (Team Leader)
Mission Advancement: Models and teaches the Ys values. Ensures a high level of service with
a commitment to changing lives. Provides volunteers with orientation, training, development, and recognition. Cultivates relationships to support fund-raising.
Collaboration: Champions inclusion activities, strategies, and initiatives. Builds relationships
to create small communities. Empathetically listens and communicates for understanding when negotiating and dealing with conflict. Effectively tailors’ communications to the appropriate audience. Provides staff with feedback, coaching, guidance and support.
Operational Effectiveness: Provides others with frameworks for making decisions. Conducts prototypes to support the launching of programs and activities. Develops plans and manages best practices through engagement of team. Effectively creates and manages budgets. Holds staff accountable for high-quality results using a formal process to measure progress.
Personal Growth: Shares new insights. Facilitates change; models’ adaptability and an awareness of the impact of change. Utilizes non-threatening methods to address sensitive issues and inappropriate behavior or performance. Has the functional and technical knowledge and skills required to perform well; uses best practices and demonstrates up-to-date knowledge and skills in technology.
Required Certifications
- Must hold a current Group Exercise Certification from a National Accredited Association with a minimum of 2 years instructional experience;
- CPR/AED Certifications; and
- Group Exercise Certification.