What are the responsibilities and job description for the Personal Trainer position at YMCA of the USA?
The personal trainer will create and provide safe, enjoyable, dynamic, and effective training sessions.
Job Description
This position supports the work of the Y, a leading nonprofit charitable organization committed to strengthening the community through youth development, healthy living, and social responsibility as a personal Trainer, under the direct supervision of the VP of Health and Wellness, closely with members in promotion wellness and helping individuals realize their personal best. Personal trainers are responsible for developing relationships with members and assisting them through actively working towards better health by providing support, encouragement, and education.
Qualifications
Job Description
This position supports the work of the Y, a leading nonprofit charitable organization committed to strengthening the community through youth development, healthy living, and social responsibility as a personal Trainer, under the direct supervision of the VP of Health and Wellness, closely with members in promotion wellness and helping individuals realize their personal best. Personal trainers are responsible for developing relationships with members and assisting them through actively working towards better health by providing support, encouragement, and education.
Qualifications
- Provide excellent member service by exceeding member expectations; greet and acknowledge all members to encourage wellness participation.
- Monitor the wellness center as fitness members set the equipment to ensure their general safety and equipment function; enforce all member codes of conduct, rules, and policies, including, but not limited to, age restrictions, dress codes, language, and proper use of YMCA equipment and facilities.
- Demonstrates correct stances, posture, alignment, and technique during wellness consultation and healthy lifestyles sessions; shows safe, effective ranges of motion and exercise control; demonstrates strength and endurance, maintaining role-model form throughout.
- Take the initiative to offer information, promote and sell personal training, and additional YMCA health and wellness services and programs.
- Integrate the YMCA's mission and follow its core values of honesty, caring, respect, and responsibility into the healthy living aspect of job responsibilities.
- Understand the prevention, detection, and treatment of musculoskeletal injuries, basic emergency procedures, and wellness coaches' legal and professional responsibilities.
- Conducts post-enrollment interviews to understand new members' definition of well-being, personal goals, cultural background, healthcare needs, diverse abilities, and interests and develop plans to meet their needs.
- Attend continuing education and mandatory training.
- Performs other duties as assigned.
- At least one year experience in a related field is a plus.
- Previous YMCA experiences or experience in personal training and health and wellness programming.
- Child Abuse Prevention required 60 days into employment.
- CPR, First Aid AED, prior employment.
- National Personal Training certification (ACE, NETA, AFAA, NASM, NSCA).
