Flexible Shifts | Monday - Friday | Gain diverse fitness experience
Summary
NIFS is looking for a fitness professional to join our team at a premier senior living community in Terre Haute, IN.
This is a flexible, substitute opportunity with a national fitness organization! NIFS is hiring substitute Fitness Specialists who can cover classes and fitness center duties when our staff take time off for vacation, training, or illness.
The best part, you set your schedule and accept the shifts that work for you! The Fitness Specialist in Coverage follows the direction of the Manager to ensure quality in all areas of the Fitness Center including but not limited to customer service, member services, group fitness offerings, and other Fitness Center or departmental initiatives.
Essential Duties
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
Teaches group exercise classes onsite; provides a range of acceptable activities to meet various fitness levels of class participants; adheres to appropriate safety guidelines
Supervises fitness center and uses educational background and other relevant training to accurately and safely answer member questions related to health, fitness, and wellbeing
May conduct orientations according to the facility layout, membership policies/procedures, and Quality Assurance guidelines
Establishes an ongoing positive and professional rapport with members
Partners with other staff to help clean equipment and other areas of the facility as needed
Maintains familiarity with and abides by the policies stated in the NIFS Employee Handbook
Performs other duties as assigned
Qualifications
Education and/or Experience
Degree in a health-related field preferred, preferably from a four-year college/university
Relevant work experience 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
Certifications
Fitness-related certifications (CPT, CSCS, etc) acknowledged
Current CPR/AED/First Aid certification required
Requirements
May, at any time, be required to submit to and successfully pass a thorough background check and/or drug screen
May be required to complete and pass a TB skin test.
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.
NIFS is an equal opportunity employer.