The YMCA Personal Training Director is a nationally certified fitness professional who works with clients and directs all aspects of personal training and FitQuest for the Family Center including recruitment of new members and retention of existing members. Develops, organizes and implements high quality, member-focused YMCA health and wellness programs. Ensures a safe, fun, and enjoyable experience for members and program participants. Provides leadership to personal training and health and wellness teams. Develops plans and implements new procedures and methods within Association guidelines to achieve strategic goals. Assists the Family Center Executive Director in development of member centered programs and provides leadership role as assigned to the Annual Fundraising Campaign and key Family Center Initiatives.
DIVISION OF DUTIES:
- 70% management focus on Personal Training program at the Blocker Family YMCA
- 20% leadership to annual giving and other special projects
- 10% association and family center meetings and/or manager on duty assignments
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:
- Responsible for development and execution of Personal Training and Health and Wellness Association goals
- Support recruitment of new members and retention of existing members through the creation of successful marketing plans, strategies and health and wellness programming to achieve financial goals of the family center.
- Supervision of all aspects of Personal Trainers and health and wellness FitQuest Staff at Blocker YMCA
- Recruits, onboards, and trains YMCA hired personal trainers and volunteers
- Performs 20 hours hands on. A combination of training clients and working fitness floor
- Responsible for teaching and evaluating trainers’ performance
- Supervises FitQuest staff and Personal Trainers
- Provides continuous evaluation and feedback on personal trainers’ professionalism, service to clients, and personal training skills
- Nationally recognized and certified personal trainer
- Manges a client base themselves
- Designs fitness programs at the YMCA family center for not only their own clients in addition to initiating, supporting and directing programs his or her entire staff
- Thorough understanding of client needs and comprehensive knowledge of how to use all exercise equipment
- Conducts evaluations of both the programs that they have designed and those that their staff use for clients
- Completes required trainings, including new employee, blood borne pathogens, and child abuse prevention
- Meets specific YMCA goals including selling personal training packages to clients, customer service, and client retention
- Monitors the achievements of those objectives and exercises appropriate action to assure the achievement of the objectives are the highest quality programs and services. Follow quality guidelines as outlined in Association Goldbook.
- Prepares the annual income and expense budget for the above-mentioned departments. Exercises necessary controls to assure operations are carried out in a balanced fiscal position
- Participate in Association Health and Wellness Cabinets and trainings.
- Ensures safety, cleanliness and function to Wellness Center facility and equipment.
- Assists in successful YMCA annual support campaign.
- Serves as staff liaison to board designated committees.
- Monitors and evaluates the effectiveness of and participation in programs.
- Assists in the leadership of family center special events, (i.e. Healthy Kids Day, Active Older Adults Day, Fun Run/Walk, etc.)
- Participates in staff meetings and/or related meetings
- Adheres to all YMCA of South Hampton Roads’ policies, procedures, rules, regulations
- Must hold a current Personal Training Certification from a nationally recognized organization with NCAA Accreditation
- Must hold a current CPR/AED certification
- One or more years of supervisory experience in the Health & Wellness field
- Strong human relation skills to facilitate positive relationships with participants, members and staff
WORKING CONDITIONS:
- Requires a person of maturity and good judgment, who can operate with minimum guidance from the Executive Director
- Requires ability to exercise appropriate independent judgment, to assess facts and issues, and make non-routine decisions regarding day-to-day operational problems and issues.
- Requires effective team-building and team-leadership skills
- Must maintain cooperative, functional relationships with senior leadership team, peers, and subordinates
- Must maintain positive, energetic attitude toward YMCA work, goals, and values
- Must have ability to respond to emergencies 24 hours a day, and to travel as needed for operational management, including on-site presence in managing major operational problems
- Must have superior oral and written communication skills and the ability to respond to a wide variety of constituencies, including staff, volunteers, members, program participants, vendors, community leaders, etc.
- Perform the duties of direct reports as needed
ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS, PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS:
Physically able to successfully complete required job functions, including use of hands, arms, fingers, able to talk and hear, use a computer, sit and stand, regularly move/lift up to 100 pounds, enter all YMCA environments (office spaces, indoor and outdoor maintenance/mechanical areas, fitness areas, pool and pool space, camping areas, unimproved outdoor locations and other program areas)
- Walk, run, stand, climb, kneel, sit on floor and get back up and stoop
- Continuous operations requiring attention to detail and multi-tasking
- Stand or sit for long periods of time.
- Will be exposed to cleaning supplies
- Physically able to successfully complete required certifications.
- Perform the duties of direct reports