Mountain Recreation offers a fun, exciting environment to our participants and staff alike; one that fosters skill building, movement, life skills and fun! Applicants must be enthusiastic, have strong skills in working as a team with coworkers and show strong communication and class management skills.

We are looking for a charismatic, motivating, knowledgeable part-time Personal Trainer to help our members reach their fitness goals at the Gypsum Recreation Center. He or she needs to support the needs of each client individually in terms of form correction and exercise modification for safety and growth. Come join our team and help drive our mission of “Everyone deserves to be Healthy and Happy.”

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POSITION DETAILS

Job Title: Personal Trainer

Location: Gypsum Recreation Center (Gypsum, CO)

Schedule: Part-Time; Year-Round

Work Environment: Work schedule is varied and requires weekday hours, evenings, weekends, and holidays. Work schedule requires constant attendance for short shifts. The flow of work and character of duties involve normal mental and visual attention. Physical exertion includes frequent walking, bending and lifting, pulling, and kneeling. Work is done in a performance type setting and can be physically demanding. Position requires constant use of voice. Job stress may include dealing with crowds, uncooperative participants, difficult individuals, and periods of continuous demand.

Supervision Required: Works under the direct supervision of the Facility Coordinator

Supervision Exercised: None

Salary: $27.00/hour; staff in this position are eligible for a $1/hour incentive for Spanish/English bilingual and can pass the language competency test.

Benefits: 3.75% employer contribution to a 401(a) retirement account, accrued sick leave in accordance with HFWA, access to all three Mountain Recreation facilities and complimentary membership for employee to Gypsum Recreation Center, 20% off discount for employee and immediate family for facility programs, discounted punch cards for immediate family members to Gypsum Recreation Center, student scholarship opportunities, opportunity to sign up for Vail Valley Partnership’s One Valley Healthcare Plan—an affordable healthcare program providing medical coverage for employee’s and their families.

Mountain Recreation believes everyone, including staff, deserves to be healthy and happy through creating a culture of accountability, flexibility, and providing world-class benefits. For more information on employee benefits, check out our website https://mountainrec.org/benefits-overview/.

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ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

General Statement of Duties: Develop and Instruct personalized safe and rewarding wellness and exercise programs, assisting individuals to achieve their personal goals.

Examples of Duties:

• Create and deliver individualized personal training programs and activities based on client goals.
• Closely supervises and monitors the safety, comfort, and progress of participants.
• Assists individual in developing and implementing modifications as indicated.
• Develops rapport with participants and responds to questions and concerns.
• Communicates with staff regarding facility availability and schedule needs.
• Maintains all required records and forms.
• Sets up, take down, and clean-ups all equipment before and after session as required.
• Addresses program specific risk management and facility safety and cleanliness issues.
• Facilitates inclusion of special needs participants in program.
• Manages accidents and incidents according to procedures.
• Acts as a mandatory reporter and complies with mandatory reporting guidelines.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

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COMPETENCIES AND QUALIFICATIONS

Considerable knowledge of: Exercise physiology, anatomy, kinesiology, and current best practices in personal training and fitness practices and techniques for individualized programs.

Skills and abilities: proficient at utilizing a variety of techniques, styles and formats; instruct and provide for the needs of a variety of individuals; communicate effectively; strong planning, organizational, leadership, and interpersonal skills; demonstrate a positive, motivating and caring demeanor when training; physically perform the duties associated with this position; work cooperatively with others and create a positive, constructive relationship with staff and the general public. Demonstrate competency in specialized area; communicate effectively with a diverse groups of people; ability to prepare and present lessons effectively to a variety of audiences including ages, abilities and levels; comfortable handling disruptions, conflicts, responding to problems and addressing customer service concerns, ability to handle emergency situations as they arise; physically perform the duties; work cooperatively with others and create a positive, constructive relationship with staff and customers.

Requirements:

Education and experience

• Minimum 18 years of age or older; AND
• High school diploma or equivalency

Certifications

• Personal Training Certification

COMMITMENT TO DIVERSITY, EQUITY, AND INCLUSION

You are welcome at Mountain Rec for who you are, no matter where you come from, what you look like, or what keeps you active. Recreation is for everyone—and so is our workplace. The more voices we have represented and amplified in our organization, the more we will all thrive, contribute, and be forward-thinking! So, bring us your personal experience, your perspectives, and your background. It is in our differences that we will find the power to keep revolutionizing the way we PLAY.