About the Organization
Founded as separate organizations in 1948, Jewish Long Beach and the Barbara and Ray Alpert JCC (AJCC) are the newly merged single agency serving the functions of a Jewish community center, Jewish federation, and Jewish community foundation for the Long Beach and west Orange County areas. Jewish Long Beach and the AJCC administer a wide variety of programs and services, rooted in Jewish values but open to all, including early childhood education, summer camp, and after-school programs, adult education, services for seniors, leadership development, fitness and wellness programs, advocacy, and much more. Jewish Long Beach also awards nearly $500,000 in grants annually to a variety of nonprofit agencies throughout the Long Beach area and overseas. The organization owns and operates an eight-acre multi-use campus in east Long Beach, has an annual operating budget of approximately $7 million, and manages approximately $35 million in philanthropic assets.
Position Summary
The Personal Trainer is a position that is responsible for providing professional one-on-one personal fitness training and personal, friendly service to members of the Alpert JCC.
Essential Position Responsibilities
- Greet and/or interact with every member in the Fitness Center and communicate with members on a first name basis to create a friendly, non-intimidating atmosphere
- Provide professional one–on-one personal fitness training scheduled at the convenience of the trainer and client/member.
- Maintain current, clear and concise records of trainer/client personal training sessions
- Provide motivation and guidance throughout training session(s)
- Communicate effectively and exhibit good listening skills pertinent to the client’s goals, needs, expectations and limitations of a personal workout program
- Obtain a health history and/or medical release from client’s physician prior to the personal training sessions in order to effectively modify (if needed) any exercise(s) specific to the client’s condition(s)
- Cleaning of fitness equipment that is required for class before and after usage
- Monitor closely the use of selected strength training equipment, hand weights, resistance tubing and/or additional equipment for correct, effective use and injury prevention.
- Alert to the warning signs of overexertion and responds accordingly
- Monitor participants’ skill level and adjusts exercise(s) accordingly. Instructs participants on proper monitoring of exercise intensity including maximum heart rate, target heart rate range and anaerobic training zone
- Attend staff meetings and seminars as instructed
- Maintain current CPR certification and national group fitness certification and attends continuing education seminars to stay abreast of industry standards regarding health, fitness, strength training and nutrition
- Wear proper exercise attire that is not too constrictive or revealing, but tastefully displays the body and muscles relevant to the personal training session to facilitate client acquisition of movement and exercises
- Maintain the highest quality of courtesy, friendliness and service excellence toward members, visitors and other staff
- Cleaning of fitness equipment that is required for class before and after usage
- Understand and support the AJCC’s mission and values
- Work effectively with all staff members
- Ability to conduct Virtual Personal Training
- Additional responsibilities may be assigned
Behavioral Expectations
- Clearly communicate the “mission,” ensuring everyone works toward the same goals.
- Create a positive environment where two-way communication, accountability, and strong trust are established.
- Promote teamwork and respect, both internally between staff as well as in community-facing contexts with donors, volunteers, members, and other stakeholders.
- Demonstrate the ability to respond with a high degree of responsiveness to the needs and requests of others, internally and externally. Understand the impact of their work on others.
- Deal constructively with conflict and focus on the situation, issue or behavior and not on the person by diffusing situations before conflicts arise, resolving conflicts directly and actively promoting and gaining cooperation from others.
- Accurately provide and receive information in oral and written communications.
- Consistently provide ideas, opinions, or information in an articulate, professional way.
- Actively listen to others and demonstrate understanding of other points of view.
- Willingness and ability to adjust to changing conditions or priorities.
- Take the initiative to identify and act on problems, and lead by example. Consistently make decisions that resolve problems and act decisively when necessary.
Skills
- Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions or manuals
- Ability to communicate, listen and provide directions effectively
- Ability to write routine reports and correspondence
- Ability to remain organized while managing multiple details
- Ability to communicate effectively
- Ability to operate programs and applications (excel, g-mail, outlook, google docs, online reservation system, video conferencing)
- Ability to operate office equipment (phone, printer, fax, copier)