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Pilates Instructor

Job Details

Staenberg-Loup Jewish Community Center - Denver, CO
$40.00 - $47.00 Hourly

Description

This posting is for an 1099 Independent Contractor role, and is not a W-2 Employee position

Role and Responsibilities:

  • Normal work hours:  varied to include nights, weekends, and holidays 
  • Ensuring that a safe and healthy environment exists for exercising, and keeping up-to-date on safety and fitness trends
  • Arriving to teach class in advance of the scheduled time to greet participants, answer questions and address concerns 
  • Creating a class experience that shows your unique skills while adhering to the JCC Denver’s standards and guidelines
  • Knowing the names of participants who attend your classes and sharing educational information with your class participants 
  • Teaching classes with energy and enthusiasm to motivate class participants to the best of your ability
  • Noting new participants and sharing basic exercise information with them 
  • Reporting any equipment/facility problems to the management team 
  • Beginning and ending all classes on time 
  • Ensuring that class areas are clean and set according to procedures 
  • Completing assigned professional trainings and other duties as assigned

Qualifications

Basic Qualifications 

  • Must be certified through ACE, ACSM, or other approved nationally accredited organization 
  • Must hold, or obtain as a condition of employment, a valid CPR and First-Aid Certification 
  • Ability to work positively with diverse populations, in groups and individually 
  • Must be well-organized and prepared to teach classes 
  • Must be able to think independently and develop routines for teaching specific exercise classes 

 

Preferred Qualifications:  

  • Prior successful experience teaching to a fitness/gym population 
  • 2+ years teaching experience preferred 

 

Physical/Mental Requirements (ADA Compliance) 

  • Mental requirements include, but are not limited to, the ability to concentrate, take initiative, cope with stress, adapt to and stay alert in a business environment 
  • Able to demonstrate exercises relevant to class style, as is frequently required. 
  • Must be physically able to walk through the classroom freely in order to demo postures and transitions, monitor students' movements, and provide them with hands-on adjustments as needed and if desired by students. 
  • In order to perform the essential duties of the job, the employee must be able to speak, hear, see and walk more than 2 miles each day. 
  • Standing and sitting on the floor 
  • Occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds 
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