Part Time Personal Trainer; student worker

Part Time Personal Trainer (student worker)

Please see Special Instructions for more details.

• Accredited personal training certification
• Current CPR/AED/First Aid certification (or received 1 month after hire date)
• Willingness to work hard and desire to learn
• Ability to handle confrontation in a confident and professional manner
• Master the knowledge, skills, and abilities (KSAs) in the following areas:
• Taking resting heart rates and exercise heart rates (manual readings)
• Taking blood pressure (manual readings)
• Circumference measurements
• Body composition via skin-fold calipers
• Functional movement screenings

The purpose of the Personal Training position is to assess, encourage, and educate clients following proper guidelines for testing and exercise prescription. This position will not only be responsible for potentially taking on existing clients, but will also be responsible for growing their own clientele and business through the T-Rec and teaching gym members the benefits of personal training. This position will report directly to the Fitness Center Assistant Director.

• Provide clients with comprehensive fitness assessment during which you will establish baseline measurement and SMART goals based around fitness assessment results and clients goals.
• Provide clients with safe, reasonable programming that they can perform with you during training sessions as well as on their own
• Keep clients motivated through ample communication
• Communicate with campus dietitian in regards to client nutrition
• Talk to members and the campus community about their goals and inform them of the personal training program
• Advise clients about important safety concerns
• Demonstrate proper form of exercises
• Ensure clients have made payment to the front office prior to starting personal training (new clients and renewals)

Thank you for your interest in employment at the University of Central Arkansas. Founded in 1907, UCA has an enrollment of more than 10,000 students and employs over 1,300 full-time employees. The university offers more than 85 undergraduate and 59 graduate certificate and degree programs, including doctoral programs in five disciplines. UCA is proud of its tradition of teaching excellence and its contributions in research, scholarship, and creative activities.

Employment is contingent upon the availability of funds and course enrollments.

The University of Central Arkansas is an equal opportunity institution. In keeping with its nondiscrimination policy in employment, admissions and other functions and programs, the university considers employees and students on the basis of individual merit and will not discriminate against a person on the basis of gender, race or color, ethnicity, religion, spiritual beliefs, national origin, age, familial status, socioeconomic background, sexual orientation, disability, political beliefs, intellectual perspective, genetic information, military status, or other factors irrelevant to participation in its programs.

Required fields are indicated with an asterisk (*).

• Do you have experience personal training? If yes, how many years? (Open Ended Question)
• Do you have a current accredited personal training certification, if yes please attach documentation? (Open Ended Question)

Open Date: 01/22/2026

Close Date: 04/01/2026