About This Role
This part-time Wellness Coach position involves greeting and assisting members in the Wellness Center, providing orientations and coaching on exercise equipment, and ensuring the overall supervision and cleanliness of the facility. The role emphasizes member safety and promoting a positive, healthy environment in accordance with YMCA policies.
Responsibilities
- Disseminate information to members within the scope of certification
- Exercise sound judgment in relation to member safety and injuries, following all emergency procedures
- Continually and vigilantly monitor the activity of those exercising and the general use of the wellness center
- Support and enforce the posted facility use guidelines of the wellness center
- Provide exercise equipment orientations for members, helping determine personal health goals, explaining and demonstrating proper equipment use, and filling out workout charts legibly
- Represent the YMCA in a professional manner and promote a positive and cheerful environment
- Maintain the cleanliness of the wellness center facility and equipment, performing all required shift duties
- Attend and participate in all required staff meetings and continuing job training
- Visually inspect work area and equipment for safety and risk, reporting any problems in writing to the supervisor
- Maintain positive relations with members and other staff, modeling relationship-building skills
- Support The Y’s Healthy Eating and Physical Activity Standards (HEPA), encouraging healthy lifestyles and role-modeling the standards
- Communicate with management using required digital technology for work-related business
- Perform other related duties as assigned
Requirements
- Minimum age requirement: 18 years of age
- High school graduate or equivalent
- CPR, First Aid, and AED certifications required within 30 days of employment
- YMCA Healthy Lifestyle Principles certification within 60 days of employment
- Complete YMCA of the USA New Employee Orientation e-learning course
Nice to have:
- Foundations of YMCA Strength and Conditioning or YMCA Personal Fitness Program Director
Important Details
- Employment type: Part Time
- Job Shift: Day
Physical Demands
- This position will require sudden movements, sitting, standing, walking, bending, reaching, kneeling, crouching, and lifting
- The position is physically demanding and requires the person to be physically fit
- The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 50 pounds
