Fitness/Wellness Director - Newport News, VA
Company: The National Institute for Fitness and Sport (NIFS
Location: Newport News
Posted on: January 23, 2023
Job Description:
Join a great team while maintaining an ideal work/life balance
with a steady Monday - Friday schedule and generous PTO package in
your first year. The National Institute for Fitness and Sport is
looking for a qualified Fitness Manager to lead a robust fitness
program in a beautiful senior living community in Newport News, VA.
The position is 40 hours a week (Benefits Eligible). The Manager
uses specialized educational experience and training combined with
independent judgment to ensure quality in all areas of the Fitness
Center, including but not limited to, exercise program design,
fitness testing, customer service, group exercise on land
water.REQUIREMENTS:
- Bachelor's degree in a health-related field from four-year
college/university preferred
- Relevant job experience required
- Ability to teach basic group fitness
- Ability to safely and accurately prescribe exercise for older
adults using ACSM guidelines
- ACSM Health/Fitness Specialist Certification preferred; other
industry-related certifications (CPT, CSCS, etc) acknowledged
- Current CPR/AED/First Aid certification required
- May, at any time, be required to submit to and successfully
pass a thorough background check and/or drug screen
- To safeguard its employees, our Client requires NIFS employees
working at its site to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19. NIFS
therefore will require any person employed in this position to be
fully vaccinated against COVID-19 as a condition of employment,
barring an approved exemption made subject to applicable
law.Essential Duties
- Facilitates the development of facility programs, initiatives,
goals and objectives; creates and implements action plans to
implement programs, and to achieve stated goals; continues to
initiate new programs as part of an ongoing effort to stimulate
participation and encourage new participants
- Supervises Coverage Specialists, and onsite contractors (where
applicable)
- Maintains a positive, service-oriented relationship with client
contact; establishes an ongoing positive and professional rapport
with members
- Coordinates and oversees all aspects of Fitness Center
membership, including but not limited to, evaluating health forms,
establishing orientation protocols, tracking members, and
conducting renewals
- Assesses health status of members, ranging from apparently
healthy to high risk, to provide exercise and other
wellness-related counsel/recommendations unique to each
individual
- Performs weekly/monthly/annual reporting and documentation
responsibilities such as monthly reports, monthly hours, injury
reports, etc.
- Management of Quality Assurance program; establishes and
maintains facility specific quality standards
- Teaches group exercise classes onsite; provides acceptable
activities to meet fitness levels of participants; adheres to
appropriate safety guidelines; keeps classes inviting, challenging,
and popular
- Supervises the preventive maintenance and repair of exercise
equipment; ensures facility cleanliness
Keywords: The National Institute for Fitness and Sport (NIFS, Newport News , Fitness/Wellness Director - Newport News, VA, Executive , Newport News, Virginia
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