Group Exercise Instructor
About The Position
As a key member of the Healthy Living Department, the Group Exercise Instructor provides extraordinary service and information to current and prospective YMCA members. The instructor uses excellent listening skills to engage new and existing members, leads programs or guides new members toward reaching their full potential, and builds relationships that encourage increased involvement with the YMCA. The instructor upholds the YMCA’s mission and demonstrates its values through a welcoming, nurturing, genuine, hopeful, and determined approach. The role includes welcoming and connecting new class members, maintaining a safe and functional exercise area, communicating and enforcing group exercise policies, and educating members on sound fitness principles and YMCA training recommendations without diagnosing members. The position requires completion of abuse risk management training and adherence to appropriate-boundary policies, monitoring and reporting suspicious or inappropriate behavior and policy violations, and following mandated abuse-reporting requirements. The work environment has a high noise level and exposure to electrical and mechanical mechanisms.
Requirements
- Excellent customer service and verbal skills.
- Group Exercise Instructor Certification.
- Ability to work with all age groups and ability levels.
- Ability to conduct activities related to fitness.
- Model the YMCA Core Values.
- High school diploma or equivalent.
- Excellent leadership and presentation skills.
- Ability to demonstrate the leadership skills and knowledge needed to lead a class.
- Understand and support the YMCA mission.
Responsibilities
- Uphold the YMCA mission and demonstrate behaviors that are determined, nurturing, genuine, hopeful, and welcoming.
- Provide courteous, prompt, and sincere attention to members, guests, participants, and staff.
- Provide high-quality programs that meet community and member needs.
- Welcome new members to class and introduce them to other members.
- Foster and build strong relationships with members.
- Maintain effective communication with group exercise staff and members.
- Communicate and enforce policies and guidelines for the group exercise area.
- Maintain a safe, clean, and functional group exercise area.
- Educate members on sound ACSM fitness principles and YMCA training recommendations without diagnosing members.
- Complete required abuse risk management training and follow policies related to appropriate boundaries with children.
- Monitor the building, staff, and members; report suspicious or inappropriate behaviors and policy violations to a supervisor.
- Follow mandated abuse-reporting requirements to authorities.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Part-time
Education Level
High school or GED
