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Equal Opportunity Employer

Position Title: Fitness Specialist
Department: Strengthening Lifestyles
Reports Directly To: Strengthening Lifestyles Director
Opening Date: December 28, 2010
Closing Date: Open Until Filled
Status: Part-Time; 9- Month Academic year; Non-Exempt
Salary: $13.00/hr

SUMMARY OF DUTIES:

Under the direct supervision of the Strengthening Lifestyles Director, performs all or some of the following duties:

Assists all staff, faculty, and students to provide fitness assessments and fitness programs.
Assist with the development, coordination and implementation of new and innovative fitness incentive programs, services and activities, ie: Measure Up to Good Health, Walking Club.
Program development and delivery, program communications and customer (student/staff/faculty/ community members) relations.
Assists with designing, development, and deliver a variety of wellness-fitness programs and services consistent with the overall Strengthening Lifestyles program goals.
Assist with Youth Activities and Wellness Activities.
Gather data and include in monthly report utilizing daily activity report, assessment tool.
Create all types of communication materials including e-mail messages, displays, website content, newsletters articles, flyers.
Develop and deliver oral presentations to student/staff/faculty audiences.
Motivate and recruit individuals to participate and maintain fitness plan.
Provide clients with information and resources in regards to nutrition, weight control and other lifestyles issues.
Hold client confidentiality in highest regard.
Manage fitness center facilities operations, programs, services and maintenance.
Supervises and maintains upkeep of areas including sauna/whirlpool/fitness room, weight room horseshoe pits, big & small gym, ball fields, weight room, and other outside areas.
Enforces safety rules and maintain safety compliance, ie: whirlpool ph levels.
Ability to provide coverage for regular Strengthening Lifestyles staff.
Provides excellent customer service to fitness participants.
Must work well within a team.
Attends meetings as required.
Daily cleaning duties as assigned.
Performs other duties as assigned.

SUPERVISION EXERCISED:

The supervision of students, leadership through experience students and/or work-study students.

NORMAL WORKING HOURS:

5 pm to 9 pm M-Thurs and every other weekend 1pm to 9 pm.

WORKING CONDITIONS:

Employee will encounter loud to moderate noise levels.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

Associates degree in Wellness or fitness fields preferred or two years of experience.
CPR, AED, and First Aid Certification or must be willing and able to receive one in 60 days of UTTC employment.
Valid and current ND Driver's License with CDL endorsement; or must be willing to obtain endorsement and license within 60 days of employment. UTTC will pay expenses required to obtain licensure.
Excellent customer service skills.
Knowledge of MS Access, Word, and Excel.
Team oriented employee.
Works collaboratively with the Strengthening Lifestyles staff and UTTC community.

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS:

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

This position requires regular use of hands and arms to feel, handle, or reach.
Frequently required to stand and walk.
Occasionally required to sit; climb or balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl.
Must regularly lift and/or move up to 100 pounds.
Close and distant vision is required along with; color vision, peripheral, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.

SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS:

Preference will be given to bona fide American Indian applicants in accordance with UTTC policies and Federal Indian regulations for such preference.

If selected for the position, the applicant is subject to a complete background investigation with favorable determination.

UNITED TRIBES TECHNICAL COLLEGE DOES NOT DISCRIMINATE ON THE BASIS OF RACE, COLOR, NATIONAL ORIGIN, SEX, RELIGIOUS PREFERENCE, AGE, HANDICAP, MARITAL STATUS, POLITICAL PREFERENCE, OR MEMBERSHIP OR NON-MEMBERSHIP IN AN EMPLOYEE ORGANIZATION, EXCEPT AS ALLOWED BY THE INDIAN PREFERENCE PROVISION OF THE CIVIL RIGHTS ACT OF 1964, AS AMENDED.

PERSONS OF INDIAN ANCESTRY WHO ARE AT LEAST 1/4 DEGREE AND WISH TO CLAIM INDIAN PREFERENCE SHOULD SUBMIT A COPY OF THEIR TRIBAL ENROLLMENT CERTIFICATE INDICATING THEIR DEGREE OF INDIAN BLOOD AND AGENCY ENROLLED.

APPLICATION PROCESS:

Interested individual should submit the following application materials to the Human Resource Director:

Cover letter.
Current Resume.
Completed UTTC Application - call for a copy, or you can download a copy from www.uttc.edu.
Reference letters or names, addresses and daytime phone numbers of three individuals familiar with your preparation / experience.
Unofficial copies of transcripts (Official copies required if hired).

HUMAN RESOURCE OFFICE
UNITED TRIBES TECHNICAL COLLEGE
3315 UNIVERSITY DRIVE
BISMARCK, ND 58504