POSITION SUMMARY:

This position supports the work of the Y, a leading nonprofit charitable organization committed to strengthening community through youth development, healthy living, and social responsibility. Wellness center staff will instruct, supervise, and reinforce strength training procedures. The wellness center staff is also responsible for providing encouragement to members and monitoring the wellness area to ensure a safe environment.

OUR CULTURE:  
Our mission and core values are brought to life by our culture. In the Y, we strive to live our cause of strengthening communities with purpose and intentionality every day. We are welcoming: we are open to all. We are a place where you can belong and become. We are genuine: we value you and embrace your individuality. We are hopeful: we believe in you and your potential to become a catalyst in the world. We are nurturing and we support you in your journey to develop your full potential. We are determined: above all else, we are on a relentless quest to make our community stronger, beginning with you.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

1. Develop and implement wellness programs for individual member needs

2. Maintain member records as applicable.

3. Build effective relationships with members and help members connect with each other and the YMCA

4. Maintains working knowledge of wellness and trends to provide effective information and support to members

5. Follows YMCA policies and procedures; responds to emergency situations

6. Other duties as assigned by supervisor.

LEADERSHIP COMPETENCIES:

· Communication & Influence: Listens and expresses self effectively and in a way that engages, inspires, and builds commitment to the Y’s cause. 

· Inclusion: Values all people for their unique talents and takes an active role in promoting practices that support diversity, inclusion, and global work, as well as cultural competence. 

· Critical Thinking & Decision Making: Makes informed decisions based on logic, data, and sound judgment. 

· Functional Expertise: Executes superior technical skills for the role.

· Innovation: Creates and implements new and relevant approaches and activities that improve and expand the Y’s work and impact in the community. 

· Program/Project Management: Ensures program or project goals are met and intended impact occurs.

· Developing Self & Others: Develops self and supports others (e.g., staff, volunteers, members, program participants), both formally and informally, to achieve their highest potential.

· Emotional Maturity: Demonstrates ability to understand and manage emotions effectively in all situations. 

QUALIFICATIONS:

· CPR/First Aid Certification within 3 months 

· YMCA Leader Certification within 6 months

· YMCA Training: Orientation to Healthy Living at the Y within 60 days of hire

· Ability to respond to safety and emergency situations.

· Bilingual Spanish/English preferred

WORK ENVIRONMENT & PHYSICAL DEMANDS:

· The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

· Frequently required to stand, walk, sit use hands to manipulate objects, reach with hands and arms, climb or balance, stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl, talk, hear, and see. 

· The ability to demonstrate exercises and fitness-related movements. This includes but is not limited to lifting dumbbells, pressing weight overhead, pressing weight with legs, sitting/laying on the floor, standing, jumping, and running.

· The ability to hear and speak to be heard by class participants.

· Ability to lift equipment weighing up to 50 pounds.