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Health & Wellness Director | Woodbury YMCA | $50,000 - $62,000 annually | Full-Time

At a Glance:
The Woodbury YMCA is seeking a results-driven Health & Wellness Director to lead a team of approximately 40 employees and oversee wellness operations. This role is responsible for staff development, achieving performance and revenue goals, managing department budgets, and ensuring a high-quality member experience. The ideal candidate has leadership experience, a proven track record of meeting goals, and a background in Group Exercise, Personal Training, or fitness operations.

Schedule:

• Full-Time
• This position typically works between 8:00 AM and 6:00 PM
• 1 evening per week until 7:00 PM may be required during the winter season while serving as Manager on Duty

Pay:
The salary range for this position is $50,000 to $62,000 annually. We take into consideration an individual's background and experience in determining salary; therefore, base pay offered may vary considerably depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. The compensation package includes a wide range of other benefits and earned time off that vary depending on part-time or full-time status.

1. Job Summary:

The Health & Wellness Director provides supervision and work direction to various health and wellness programs. The incumbent is responsible for managing and leading program delivery, maintaining equipment, and supervising team members to ensure quality delivery of programs meeting the needs of the branch and community. Schedule and deliver equipment, conduct youth orientations, and metabolic assessments. The incumbent hires, supervises, develops, trains, and supports team members in the program(s) that they lead. The incumbent is responsible for meeting the established budget and revenue goals and is a member of the branch management team. As needed, the Health & Wellness Director and/or their team members may be requested to support other program areas within the branch, particularly programs under their leadership, and preparing their team members to engage is cross-department needs. The Health & Wellness Director leads various health and wellness programs that may include group exercise, and/or ForeverWell and/or aquatics, and/or integrative health and wellbeing, and/or other relevant programs related to wellness. If applicable, addendum(s) entailing the responsibilities of supervision is attached with this description.

2. Essential Functions:

• Manage and provide direction for personal training, group training, group exercise, ForeverWell, integrative health and wellbeing and fitness orientation and assessments, and directly manages personal trainers, group exercise instructors, and other program areas' team members within the leadership portfolio.
• Directly manage team members' timecard edits and approval, processes payroll and schedules.
• Assist in executing the integration of wellbeing modalities.
• Conduct and oversee youth orientations, fitness solutions and assessments.
• Promote and educate team members, members and community participants on the benefits of participating in key healthy living programs to maximize revenue potential and increase member retention.
• Manage a high performing team and ensure the quality delivery of programs and services provided. Works closely with the specialist team on innovative approaches and implements programs, evaluate program results, establish areas for improvement and develop and implement plans to achieve desired goals and objectives.
• Ensure team members are trained and prepared to assist with programs outside of their primary responsibilities and demonstrate agility and commitment to service and safety standards when help is needed.
• Prepare and manage the program budgets to ensure revenue and program service goals are achieved.
• Recruit, hire, on-board, train, manage and develop team members in various program areas of leadership.
• Ensure a high level of customer service which enhances members' and participants' experience, retention and satisfaction.
• Maintain quality fitness floor equipment and ensure cleanliness of program areas.

3. Relationships:

This position reports to the Executive or Operations Director of the branch who reports to the Associate Vice President of Operations.The incumbent works closely with the branch management team, specialist team, and other Association team members. The incumbent supervises team members.

4. Qualifications:

Required

• Minimum of three (3) years of experience working in group exercise and personal training
• Minimum of two (2) years of supervisory experience
• Proven management ability in budget and financial control and staff management and development
• Demonstrated success promoting and selling programs and activities
• Ability to work in highly flexible and rapidly changing work environment
• Ability to maintain up to date knowledge of healthy living programs to include fitness, and health and wellness trends.
• Demonstrated ability to collaborate with various groups to achieve a desired end result
• Effective verbal and written communication skills
• Good organizational skills
• Proficient computer skills to include Microsoft Outlook, Word and Excel
• Ability to manage programs to a diverse population

Preferred

• Degree in Health, Science and Recreation or related field.
• Possess a current accredited and nationally recognized certification in one or more of the following areas Personal Training, Land or Water Group Exercise, or Pilates Reformer.

5. Work Conditions:

• Perform all physical aspects of the position, including walking, standing, bending, reaching, and lifting up to 50 pounds at a time.
• Ability to travel locally to visit branch sites, attend meetings and training.

6. Additional Notes:

This job description represents the major functions of the position but is not intended to be all-inclusive. The incumbent is also responsible for taking direction from the Executive Director, Product Manager or their designee in completing projects or performing duties deemed necessary for the Branch and/or Association's success.