Fitness Coach

ENDEAVORS•Sierra Vista, AZ

16d•$50,000 - $70,000•Onsite

About The Position

The Fitness Coach is a fitness professional who focuses on improving the physical and nutritional wellness of Health and Wellness Center clients. The coach determines clients’ goals and creates routines they can follow to meet them. The role may involve working individually with clients and teaching fitness classes. In collaboration with the Fitness Coordinator and Wellness Coach, the Fitness Coach contributes to a collaborative approach to client services.

Requirements

CPR and First Aid certification.
Personal training certification through ACE, NASM, or ACSM.
Bachelor’s degree; a related field such as kinesiology or exercise physiology is preferred. Relevant work experience may be used in place of a degree.
Two years of direct fitness programming experience.
Strength training experience.
Specialty certificates or training in Yoga or Tai Chi.
Valid driver’s license.
Must successfully pass a criminal background check.
Must not pose a direct threat or significant risk of substantial harm to the safety or health of themselves or others.

Nice To Haves

Two to four years of progressively responsible experience in staff supervision or program development.
Experience working with the first responder community.

Responsibilities

Manage fitness programming for clients.
Lead group exercise classes, monitoring and adjusting class types and times to meet clients’ interests and needs.
Develop and provide purpose-based, functional, and traditional fitness classes appropriate to the Endeavors Wellness Model.
Encourage client and employee participation in activities and classes.
Promote and facilitate the use of available fitness equipment.
Schedule and maintain reservations for classes.
Schedule group classes taught by staff, contracted instructors, and volunteer instructors, and develop and maintain a list of Yoga and other fitness instructors.
Facilitate fitness assessments and enter information into appropriate forms or documentation.
Ensure contracts, certifications, and liability waivers are up to date.
Develop comprehensive individual fitness programs that address each client’s needs and abilities across all levels of care, without stigma or shame.
Provide personal and group fitness instruction, including equipment orientation, personal fitness assessments, and ongoing progress monitoring.
Provide strength training.
Assist clients in determining goals for movement and physical and nutritional wellness, understanding how to use gym equipment toward those goals, and model exercises.
Answer questions about programs offered through Endeavors’ services available to clients.