Certified Personal Trainer

YMCA of Greater Cleveland Recruitment Team • Cleveland, OH

13d • $13 - $20

About The Position

The Personal Trainer develops and implements individualized workout regimens and conducts fitness assessments for members. The role also recruits and obtains personal training clientele. The trainer designs programs based on members’ fitness levels, physical challenges, preferences, goals, and assessment results, and delivers safe, effective, engaging workouts. The position involves promoting personal training services, meeting sales and client-retention goals, maintaining client records, and ensuring wellness areas and equipment are clean, available, and safe. Depending on client and branch needs, the schedule may vary. The role may also include Wellness Center Attendant, Wellness Consultant, or new member orientation work at the applicable pay rate, as determined by Wellness leadership.

Requirements

• High school diploma or GED.
• Current national NCCA-accredited Personal Trainer certification before hire; candidates with a BS in Exercise Science or Kinesiology must obtain the certification within 90 days of hire.
• CPR certification at the Basic Life Support or Professional Rescuer level, Basic First Aid, Emergency Oxygen Administration, and associated safety training within 90 days of hire.
• Complete Principles of Member Health and Wellness in LINK and job-specific technical training within 90 days of hire.
• Maintain all required certifications.
• Ability to conduct scientifically valid fitness assessments and appropriately interpret results.
• Ability to design personalized exercise programs for general populations and people with specific concerns such as obesity, heart disease, arthritis, or diabetes.
• Effective motivation, communication, interpersonal, and sales skills.
• Maintain confidentiality and demonstrate discernment and tact.
• Commitment to the YMCA mission, cause, values, and ethics.
• Ability to work effectively with people of different backgrounds, abilities, opinions, and perceptions.
• Willingness and ability to serve as a mandated reporter and follow the YMCA’s child abuse and neglect reporting process.

Nice To Haves

• College degree preferred.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement customized fitness programs based on members’ fitness levels, physical challenges, preferences, and goals.
• Deliver safe, effective, fun, and engaging workouts to personal-training clients.
• Contact interested members within 48 hours, meet with them to discuss goals and interests, and develop personal training plans.
• Promote and sell personal training services through interaction with members.
• Communicate YMCA programs and services and encourage members to participate, including in the Annual Campaign and other fundraising events.
• Meet assigned personal training sales and client-retention goals.
• Maintain visibility and approachability.
• Keep wellness areas clean and sanitized, return equipment to its proper place, and ensure equipment is available and safe to use.
• Report maintenance issues promptly, including damaged or out-of-service equipment.
• Maintain clear and comprehensive written documentation of each member’s program and accurate records in Daxko Engage; follow up with clients in the system.
• Start and end personal training sessions on time.
• Report for assigned work and secure an appropriate substitute when necessary.
• Attend required meetings.
• Document each training session and complete client registration and recordkeeping according to YMCA of Greater Cleveland policies and procedures.
• Conduct fitness assessments and evaluations, and design programs that combine individual goals with assessment results.
• Provide safe, skill-appropriate instruction on equipment and teach Wellness Center policies and etiquette.
• Work as a Wellness Center Attendant, Wellness Consultant, or conduct new member orientations if required by Wellness leadership, at the applicable pay rate.
• Maintain a varied schedule based on client and branch needs.
• Complete required child-abuse and neglect reporting procedures when there are signs or suspicions of abuse or neglect.

Benefits

• Free membership to a local YMCA.
• Discounts on YMCA programs, including childcare; part-time positions do not receive the childcare discount.
• Additional employee discounts at businesses in and around town.
• Eligible employees receive a comprehensive benefits plan including health, dental, and vision coverage, an Employee Assistance Plan, retirement contributions of 8% paid by the YMCA of Greater Cleveland, and paid vacation.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Education Level: High school or GED