Wellness Instructor - West Palm Beach

FLIPANY • West Palm Beach, FL

131d

About The Position

FLIPANY is disrupting the way health and wellness support is offered to communities that have been historically ignored. We serve nutritious food, encourage healthy eating and get people to move. Whether we are working with partners to connect families to food, teaching kids to dice veggies or kick a ball, or designing customized health and wellness programs, FLIPANY takes an active, “hands-on” approach. We incorporate life skills into all of our programs to increase the emotional wellbeing and resilience of the kids and families we serve. We push beyond boundaries and explore every opportunity to offer creative health and wellness initiatives that will inspire people to transform their lives forever. FLIPANY’s is seeking a Wellness Instructor to work directly with community youth. The Wellness Instructor will teach classes in nutrition, cooking, and recreational/physical activity at FLIPANY’s partner locations, including schools, community centers, and other community spaces. The ideal Wellness Instructor is excited about encouraging and supporting healthy lifestyles for youth and families, while demonstrating strong and positive class management of groups of youth. We are seeking passionate individuals prepared to mentor youth through social emotional learning exercises and wellness activities centered on healthy lifestyle habits including nutrition education, healthy cooking, sports and non-competitive structured play.

Requirements

• Excellent motivational abilities and class management skills.
• Familiarity with physical activity standards for youth.
• Familiarity with MyPlate nutritional standards.
• Ability to work with behavioral issues among youth populations.
• Willingness to guide youth through basic cooking lessons.
• Willingness to lead youth through physical activity.
• Ability to adhere to program guidelines and implement the curriculum.

Nice To Haves

• Experience in teaching nutrition and cooking classes.
• Experience in leading physical activity sessions for youth.

Responsibilities

• Teach classes in nutrition, cooking, and recreational/physical activity at partner locations.
• Encourage and support healthy lifestyles for youth and families.
• Demonstrate strong and positive class management of groups of youth.
• Mentor youth through social emotional learning exercises.
• Implement wellness activities centered on healthy lifestyle habits.
• Deliver classes in a live, in-person setting to a group of 15-20 participants.
• Work logically and systematically with site staff at diverse locations.
• Maintain excellent communication with FLIPANY team and supervisors.

Benefits

• Compensation is hourly.
• 2-hour cooking classes require a 3-hour commitment and receive $90.00.
• Physical activity classes are compensated $30.00 for each 1-hour class.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Part-time