Personal Trainer

Description

"We deliver a fun and welcoming fitness environment to help you lead your best life."

Located in Stafford Virginia, the Jeff Rouse Swim and Sports Center (JRSSC) is a state-of-the-art 76,000 square foot facility that houses a 50-meter competition pool with movable bulkhead and seating for over 800 spectators, a 25-yard recreation pool, a warm-water wellness pool, a group exercise studio, fitness floor, a full-size basketball court, and a full-service cafe to serve guests.

The Jeff Rouse Swim and Sports Center offers cycling, a variety of group exercise classes, swimming lessons, and lifeguarding. The center offers league play for adults in volleyball, basketball, Lil' Kickers soccer for children 18 months- 9 years, summer camps, clinics, classes, a J-Club kids' area for all those active kids ages 10 weeks -12 years old.

The Jeff Rouse Swim and Sports Center is managed by Eastern Sports Management (ESM) based in Fredericksburg, Virginia. ESM's management portfolio consists of venues in Virginia, Pennsylvania, and Tennessee.

The Jeff Rouse Swim and Sports Center is now accepting applications for Personal Trainer. The Personal Trainer's main responsibility is to develop and deliver safe, comprehensive training and wellness programming to their clients at the Jeff Rouse Swim and Sport Center. This part-time position reports directly to the Fitness Director.


ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Provide individual personal training, tandem, and small group training to the clients of JRSSC
• Develop a training program for each client to include fitness and wellness goals and testing
• Keep records and track the progress of each client
• Assist in the sale of personal training and maximize client retention
• Provide 45-minute fitness orientations to new members of JRSSC
• Attend JRSSC fitness team meetings and individual meetings with the Fitness Director
• Outstanding interpersonal communication and coaching skills
• Knowledgeable and current with fitness and health science trends
• Strong desire to learn
• Team-oriented
• Personable and professional
• Ability to design/create fitness programs
• Ability to engage in customer service
• Physical agility and strength
• Capable of demonstrating exercises prescribed to clients
• Perform other duties and responsibilities as needed, required, or assigned by the Fitness Director and/or the General Manager

Requirements

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.


Education and/or Experience: Bachelor's degree from four-year college or university; or certification; or one to two years related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.


Language Skills: Ability to read and comprehend simple instructions, short correspondence, and memos. Ability to write simple correspondence. Ability to effectively present information in one-on-one and small group situations to customers, clients, and other employees of the organization.

Mathematical Skills: Ability to add, subtract two-digit numbers and to multiply and divide with 10's and 100's. Ability to perform these operations using units of American money and weight measurement, volume, and distance.


Reasoning Ability: Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form. Ability to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations.


Computer Skills: Upon hire and training, the individual must be able to successfully utilize the Jeff Rouse Swim and Sport Center Member/Guest registration software and Timeclock software.


Certificates, Licenses, Registrations: The certifications, licenses and registrations 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:

• Certified Personal Trainer (minimum of one)
  • ACE, ACTION, AAPTE, ACSM, CSCCa, Cooper Institute, LT Academy, NASM, NCSF, NCCPT, NESTA,
  • NETA, NFPT, NSCA, PTA Global
  • Or Four-year degree in Kinesiology, Sports Medicine or other related field
  • Possess or obtain CPR/AED certification within 60 days of employment

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:

• While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is regularly required to stand; walk; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms and talk or hear.
• The employee is occasionally required to climb or balance and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl.
• The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to 10 pounds.
• The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.

Work Environment: The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions:

• While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is regularly exposed to moving mechanical parts.
• The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.