Assistant Fitness Director

Summary Objective: The Assistant Fitness Director is at the forefront of all New Member Orientation and Fitness Sales in each club location. The Assistant Fitness Director manages the New Member Orientation process, assigning sessions to Personal Trainers as appropriate, to ensure all members receive a welcoming experience. The Assistant Fitness Director engages with new and existing members to safely and effectively help members achieve their fitness goals through US Fitness Programs and Services that appropriately meet the needs of those members.

Essential Functions:

• Deliver the Ultimate Fitness Experience to every member, every time
• Schedule and conduct new member orientation, pre-exercise biometrics and goal evaluations
• Execute exercise programs for a wide variety of members
• Orient new members to facilities, introduce them to fitness, and provide a meaningful entry point to all training opportunities
• Convert Smart Start experiences into fitness sessions
• Sell personal training and meet all personal training performance goals

Job Responsibilities:

• Create safe and effective exercise programs
• Keep accurate and detailed records of program progress
• Qualify leads using the Exercise Readiness Questionnaire and Member Profile
• Daily consistent management of all personal training sales leads and confirmation that lead follow-ups are completed daily
• Daily consistent management of lead tracking and reporting through accurate use of established reports and SOP’s
• Maintain personal training clients
• Train members and deliver personal training sessions that exceed US Fitness standards
• Attend all Personal Training Meetings and Audit Meetings as set by club and regional management
• Work early morning, evening, and weekend hours as scheduled and ensure that club is able to conduct new member orientation and assessment sessions as necessary during those times
• Understand and follow employee standards of conduct and ethics
• Understand and uphold club building, facilities, service, program, and emergency procedures
• Complete all in-house training as assigned
• Act as Manager on Duty when necessary
• Assume other duties as assigned

Required Knowledge, Skills, & Abilities:

• Excellent verbal and nonverbal communication skills
• Excellent listening skills
• Ability to motivate and nurture others
• Outwardly facing professional appearance
• Confidence and desire to create new relationships quickly
• Ability to quickly acquire and apply new knowledge and skills
• Ability to manage team members effectively
• Demonstrated selling skills
• Strong work ethic that includes punctuality, organization, and attention to detail
• Ability to maintain a friendly, enthusiastic, and positive attitude
• Ability to handle challenging customer experiences with patience, tact, and professionalism
• Understanding of basic cash procedures
• Basic computer skills

Required Experience, Education, & Certifications:

• Nationally recognized personal training certification from a US Fitness accepted provider required
• CPR/AED certification required
• Participate in professional development and continuing education opportunities in order to maintain national certification as established with Fitness Director

Physical Activities, Physical Requirements, Visual Acuity & Working Conditions:

Physical demands listed here are representative of those that must be met to successfully perform essential job functions. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.

• Bending body downward and forward by bending spine at the waist. This factor is important if it occurs to a considerable degree and requires full motion of the lower extremities and back muscles.
• Bending legs at knee to come to a rest on knee or knees.
• Bending the body downward and forward by bending leg and spine.
• Moving about on hands and knees or hands and feet.
• Extending hand(s) and arm(s) in any direction.
• Particularly for sustained periods of time.
• Moving about on foot to accomplish tasks, particularly for long distances or moving from one work site to another.
• Using upper extremities to press against something with steady force in order to thrust forward, downward or outward.
• Using upper extremities to exert force in order to draw, haul or tug objects in a sustained motion.
• Raising objects from a lower to a higher position or moving objects horizontally from position-to-position. This factor is important if it occurs to a considerable degree and requires substantial use of upper extremities and back muscles.
• Applying pressure to an object with the fingers and palm.
• Expressing or exchanging ideas by means of the spoken word. Those activities in which they must convey detailed or important spoken instructions to other workers accurately, loudly, or quickly.
• Perceiving the nature of sounds at normal speaking levels with or without correction. Ability to receive detailed information through oral communication, and to make the discriminations in sound.
• Repetitive motion. Substantial movements (motions) of the wrists, hands, and/or fingers.
• Heavy work. Exerting up to 100 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 50 pounds of force frequently, and/or up to 20 pounds of force constantly to move objects.
• The worker is required to have visual acuity to perform an activity such as: operates machines, such as lathes, drill presses, power saws, and mills where the seeing job is at or within arm's reach; performs mechanical or skilled trades tasks of a non-repetitive nature, such as carpenter, technicians, service people, plumbers, painters, mechanics, etc.
• The worker is not substantially exposed to adverse environmental conditions (such as in typical office or administrative work).

Employee Benefits:

All US Fitness team members receive:

• Complimentary Membership and Guest Privileges
• Discounts on Personal Training, Mind&Body, Aquatics, and Kids Programs
• Discounts on Serenity Day Spa Services and all apparel
• Employee Referral Gift
• In-house Continuing Education Credits and CEC Reimbursement

Additional Full Time Benefits:

• Medical, Dental, Vision, Supplemental Benefits and Group Life Insurance Benefits
• 401(k) Retirement Plan
• Paid Time Off

Relocation: Candidates outside of the specified area are welcome to apply but if selected for an interview, they must be willing to travel at own cost. Relocation assistance is not offered.

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Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities

The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)