Fitness Specialist

Description

HIRING RATE: $15.44 HOURLY

FULL SALARY RANGE: $15.44 - $18.92 HOURLY

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THIS POSTING MAY CLOSE AT ANY TIME ONCE A SUFFICIENT NUMBER OF APPLICATIONS HAVE BEEN RECEIVED

The City of Allen, with over 100,000 residents, is a dynamic and welcoming community. The Citys Mission is to achieve excellence in managing development of the community and in providing city services so that conditions of living and public confidence are continually enhanced. Our employees serve the citizens of Allen with the PRIDE values. We do Work that MATTERS!

PRIDE values:

• People First - Giving priority to others
• Respect - Treating others with courtesy and dignity
• Integrity - Serving with honesty, trust and hard work
• Deliver - Following through on commitments while exceeding expectations
• Excel - Creating an innovative and improving work environment

The purpose of this position is to provide support for the City s fitness facilities. This is accomplished by explaining membership processes to potential members, completing contracts with members, evaluating member fitness and health history, designing customized fitness programs, demonstrating proper and safe equipment use and monitoring Fitlinxx members, and monitoring fitness area. Other duties may include providing customer service, responding to member inquiries and questions, providing administrative support and preventative maintenance on fitness equipment and interfacing with other City employees and citizens.

This position does not provide direction to other employees.

The following duties ARE NOT intended to serve as a comprehensive list of all duties performed by all employees in this classification, only a representative summary of the primary duties and responsibilities. Incumbent(s) may not be required to perform all duties listed and may be required to perform additional, position-specific duties.

• Maintains membership rules and regulations by explaining membership processes to potential customers, completing appropriate contracts and documentation, evaluating member exercise and health history, designing appropriate and safe exercises for members, demonstrating proper and safe use of fitness equipment, determining appropriate weights to be lifted, ranges of motion and seat settings and inputting fitness data into computer system.
• Provides fitness center and equipment maintenance by sanitizing fitness machines after use, completing preventative maintenance on fitness machines, returning free weights and equipment to the designated areas and retrieving debris from fitness areas.
• Monitors member accounts by accessing member information from the computer system, reviewing data in computer system, evaluating member s fitness progress, preparing recommendations and suggestions for improvement and contacting members with program suggestions.
• Provides customer service to members by responding to member inquiries, answering fitness-related questions posed by members, demonstrating proper fitness equipment and exercise techniques and monitoring fitness area to guard against emergency situations.
• Provides administrative assistance by answering the telephone, directing incoming callers, documenting phone messages, coordinating member schedules with fitness staff for initial visit and scheduling personal training appointments.

Education & Experience

Work requires broad knowledge in a general professional or technical field. A typical way to obtain the required qualifications would be:

• High School diploma or equivalent plus one year of prior relevant work experience.

Other combinations of education and experience may be considered.

Certifications and Other Requirements

• Driver s License or ability to obtain within three months of employment
• First Aid Certification and CPR Certification or ability to obtain within three months of employment.

Overall Physical Strength Demands: Medium - Exerting 20-50 lbs. occasionally, 10-25 lbs. frequently, or up to 10 lbs. constantly.

Reading
Intermediate - Ability to read papers, periodicals, journals, manuals, dictionaries, thesauruses, and encyclopedias. Ordinarily, such education is obtained in high school up to college. However, it may be obtained from experience and self-study.

Math
Basic - Ability to perform the four basic arithmetic operations. Ordinarily, such education is obtained in elementary school up to high school. However, it may be obtained from experience and self-study.

Writing
Basic - Ability to write simple sentences containing subject, verb, and object, and/or series of numbers, names, and addresses. Ordinarily, such education is obtained in elementary school up to high school. However, it may be obtained from experience and self-study.

Managerial
Receives general directions. The employee normally performs the job by following established standard operating procedures and/or policies. The employee may choose the appropriate procedure or policy. Performance is reviewed…