Job Title: Wellness, Sports and Rec Lead

Job Type: Part-Time or full-time (40hrs/week)

Reports to: Director of Wellness, Sports and Rec

Part-Time Benefits:

Retirement accounts (You can contribute at any time, but the Y will contribute 12% after two years of service with 1,000 hours in each of the two years)
Paid time off (Accrue 1 hour of paid time off for every 30 hours worked)
Complimentary nationwide 2 adult family membership to the Y
Discounts on programs, summer camps, YMCA Camp Miller 
Team member referral program
Employee engagement and appreciation activities
Employee assistance program
Growth and development opportunities
Leadership certification and related training offered and encouraged

Summary/Objective
The Wellness, Sports and Recreation Lead will assist in managing all aspects of the Wellness Center, Sports and Recreation programming and/or leagues depending on branch needs.

Our Culture

Our mission and core values are brought to life by our culture. In the Y, we strive to live our cause of strengthening communities with purpose and intentionality every day. We are welcoming: we are open to all. We are a place where you can belong and become. We are genuine: we value you and embrace your individuality. We are hopeful: we believe in you and your potential to become a catalyst in the world. We are nurturing: we support you in your journey to develop your full potential. We are determined: above all else, we are on a relentless quest to make our community stronger, beginning with you.

Essential Functions

Take initiative to promote Personal Training and all Wellness programs and classes during member interactions.
Audit Personal Training sessions weekly to ensure accurate redemptions.
Maintain frontline hours (personal training, wellness coaching or group fitness) as outlined by department director.
Help maintain a neat, clean and pleasant environment on the Wellness floor
Personal Training: Design safe and effective 30 minute to 1-hour personal training programs for individual clients, adapting the training program to each person’s specific needs and abilities.
Conduct fitness evaluations and member orientations
Must attend scheduled Wellness Coach, Personal Trainer, and Group Exercise meetings and participates in appropriate workshops/certifications.
Assist with onboarding wellness, sports, and recreation league staff.
Assist with Wellness Coach scheduling.
Assist with Wellness and Gym space rental scheduling when Membership receives rental requests.
Assist in event planning.
Build authentic, supportive relationships with members and helps them connect to others and to the Y community.
May lead group exercise classes.
May assist in coordinating fee-based Wellness programs including scheduling with trainers and submitting program information for operational and marketing needs.
May provide support for sports programming and recreation leagues including as referee and/or umpire as needed (Duluth YMCA branch).
May act as a Leader on Duty when other lead staff is not in office. This includes but is not limited to: Lead staff person responding to emergency and behavioral situations, Praesidium building walk-throughs.

YMCA Competencies

Values: Accept and demonstrate the Y’s values
Community: Desire to serve others and fulfill community needs
Inclusion: Work effectively with people of different backgrounds, abilities, opinions, and perceptions
Relationships: Build rapport and relate well with others
Developing Others: Take the initiative to assist in developing others
Decision-Making: Make sound judgments, and transfer learning from one situation to another
Change Capacity: Adapts positively to change and seeks opportunities for improvement.

Supervisory Responsibility
This position is responsible for training and maintaining the schedule of wellness coaches.

Work Environment
This position operates in a typical fitness and gym center areas. The employee will spend time assisting the Healthy Living Director and wellness department.

Physical Demands

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.

The employee is occasionally required to sit; climb or balance; and stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl. The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 25 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus

Position Type/Expected Hours of Work

This is a part-time (25-28 hrs/week) or full-time (40hrs/week) position based on branch needs. The center is open seven days a week, however this position’s hours will depend on the department’s needs including evenings and weekends.

Travel

No travel outside the Duluth area is expected for this position

Required Education and Experience

Required certifications: CPR, First Aid, and AED. Training can be provided upon hire, and must be obtained within 60 days. Higher levels of certification are accepted.
Excellent interpersonal and problem-solving skills; detail-oriented.
Ability to connect with people of diverse backgrounds.
Previous customer service; ability to multi-task.
Excellent organization and communication skills, both written and oral.
Basic computer proficiency (eg. Excel, Word, Point of Sales, Marketing software).

Preferred Education and Experience

Acquired or currently working towards a degree in fields pertaining to coaching, sports management, or health and wellness.
National certification in personal training and/or group exercise (ACE, NETA, AFAA, NASM, ACSM, NSCA, ISSA, etc.).
Managed Sports & Rec and/or other community-based programming for at least a year.
At least 1 year of experience in the fitness, sports, or recreation industry. General understanding of fitness equipment is needed
Bachelor’s degree in Exercise Science, Kinesiology, Recreation , or related field.

Additional Eligibility Qualifications

Must be able to pass a background check.

EEO Statement

The Lake Superior YMCA (the Y) provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regards to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability or genetics. In addition to federal law requirements, the Y complies with applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facilities. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absences, compensation and training.

Other Duties

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

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