Healthy Living Assistant Director

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The Assistant Healthy Living Director is responsible for developing and implementing member engagement strategies with a focus on helping members reach their personal wellness goals. This position will provide healthy living initiatives such as SMART Start Trainings, Youth Fitness Fundamentals, Orientations, and other member engagement initiatives. The Assistant Healthy Living Director will assist with supervising Healthy Living Coaches & Personal Trainers.

This is an opportunity to join an energetic, mission-oriented team committed to improving health and strengthening the community through youth development, healthy living, and social responsibility. The YMCA of Greater Louisville offers enrichment and networking opportunities through its association with the YMCA North American network.

Essential Functions

• Assists with hiring, supervising, and evaluating Healthy Living Coaches and Personal Trainers. Develops an effective and mission-driven team focused on healthy living.
• Assist with the daily operation of the Wellness Center, including staff supervision, member engagement, equipment maintenance, cleanliness, and safety.
• Implements Healthy Living strategies that support the engagement and retention of existing members.
• Develops and leads new member connection and education efforts such as Smart Start appointments, Youth Fitness, and special events, etc.
• Creates a member-focused culture and models relationship-building skills in all interactions. Fosters a climate of innovation and resolves problems to ensure member satisfaction.
• Assists in creating and implementing high-quality health and wellness programs and services, which support branch and association mission, goals, and strategies.
• Cross promotes membership and other branch programming.
• Completes required abuse risk management training. Adheres to policies and procedures related to appropriate boundaries with children. Monitors building, staff, and members and reports suspicious or inappropriate behaviors and policy violations to supervisor. Follows mandated abuse reporting requirements to authorities.

Scope Of Responsibilities

• Assists with supervision of approximately 10 PT Healthy Living Coaches
• Assist with the supervision of approximately 3 Personal Trainers
• Provide direct service hours as a Healthy Living Coach
• Maintain all records related to staff certifications and general operations
• Focus on keeping our wellness equipment in good repair
• Ordering new upholstery, quarterly cleaning of equipment, ensuring attachments for cable machines are high functioning.
• Assists branch health-related member challenges, such as Treadmill Tuesdays and Holiday Hustle

YMCA COMPETENCIES (Team Leader)

Mission Advancement: Models and teaches the Ys values. Ensures a high level of service with a commitment to changing lives. Provides volunteers with orientation, training, development, and recognition. Cultivates relationships to support fund-raising.

Collaboration: Champions inclusion activities, strategies, and initiatives. Builds relationships to create small communities. Empathetically listens and communicates for understanding when negotiating and dealing with conflict. Effectively tailors communications to the appropriate audience. Provides staff with feedback, coaching, guidance, and support.

Operational Effectiveness: Provides others with frameworks for making decisions. Conducts prototypes to support the launching of programs and activities. Develops plans and manages best practices through engagement of the team. Effectively creates and manages budgets. Holds staff accountable for high-quality results using a formal process to measure progress.

Personal Growth: Shares new insights. Facilitates change; models adaptability and an awareness of the impact of change. Utilizes non-threatening methods to address sensitive issues and inappropriate behavior or performance. Has the functional and technical knowledge and skills required to perform well; uses best practices and demonstrates up-to-date knowledge and skills in technology.

Effect On End Result

Successful performance in this position results in quality member engagement and relationship building among staff, members, program participants, and volunteers. The position supports the YMCA’s mission by reflecting the characteristics of welcoming, nurturing, genuine, determined, and hopeful. It also ensures facility cleanliness and fitness equipment are ready for member use and looking their best.

Know How/Requirements

• Uphold the mission of the YMCA and demonstrate behaviors that reflect a determined, nurturing, genuine, hopeful, and welcoming nature.
• Demonstrated skill in communication, decision-making, resource management, and leadership.
• Excellent communication skills, utilizing both verbal and electronic communication.
• Innovative program development skills focusing on meeting community needs and demands.
• Demonstrated ability to think and lead strategically.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office.

Education/Experience

• High School diploma
• Prior supervisory experience
• Current Personal Training and Group Fitness Instructor certification by accredited national organization is a plus but not required
• CPR and first aid certification course (30 days post-hire)

The YMCA of Greater Louisville is an equal-opportunity employer committed to diversity and inclusion. We encourage applications from all qualified individuals regardless of race, ethnicity, religion, gender, gender identification, sexual orientation, age, or disability status.

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Part-time

Job function

• Job function

  Business Development and Sales

• Industries

  Wellness and Fitness Services

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