Substitute Health Fitness Specialist - Chapel Hill, NC

Essential Duties

• Teaches group exercise classes onsite; provides a range of acceptable activities to meet various fitness levels of class participants; adheres to appropriate safety guidelines while keeping classes inviting, challenging, and well-attended
• Supervises fitness center and uses educational background and other relevant training to accurately and safely answer member questions related to health, fitness, and wellbeing
• Affords assessments of health status of members, ranging from apparently healthy to high risk, to provide exercise and other wellness-related counsel/recommendations unique to each individual through exercise prescriptions, fitness assessments and other related services
• Congducts orientations according to the facility layout, membership policies/procedures, and Quality Assurance guidelines
• Establishes an ongoing positive and professional rapport with members
• Supports special events (e.g., races, charity walks)
• Cross-trains to learn some responsibilities of other full-time staff onsite
• Partners with other staff to help clean equipment and other areas of the facility as needed
• Demonstrates work ethic, ingenuity, customer care, and attention to detail
• Maintains familiarity with and abides by the policies stated in the NIFS Employee Handbook
• Performs other duties as assigned

Qualifications

• Education, Experience & Requirements
• Degree in a health-related field preferred or working toward degree
• Relevant work experience and training required; experience with older adult clientele preferred
• Ability to teach basic balance, chair exercise and muscle conditioning group fitness classes; where applicable, aquatic experience preferred
• Current CPR/AED/First Aid certification required
• ACSM and other Industry Certifications acknowledged