Job Title

Job Family

Job Code

Job Exempt

Wellness Coordinator

Seiu_Supervisory

ARM04

Pay Grade

Pay Rate Type

Minimum

Midpoint

Maximum

S13

Salary

$26.63

$33.96

$41.28

Job Description

Supervises the comprehensive Wellness Program including City Hall Wellness Center and outlying city facilities for employees and retirees. Responsible for developing and administering programs, budgets, researching and accessing employee needs. Also, responsible to promote, plan, design and implement the appropriate Wellness program. Supervises staff and inspect related facilities for proper safety standards. Plans and implements various events throughout the year. Provides fitness advise and testing, consultation, personal training, and lectures. Requires independent judgement and initiative work in a highly specialized field. Work is performed under the supervision of the Assistant to the Director and reviewed through program evaluations and semi-annual performance reviews.

Minimum Qualifications:

Bachelor's Degree in Health/Wellness-related field combined with four (4) years experience, three (3) years in supervisory capacity or any related training or experience. Strong emphasis in government or corporate wellness.

American College of Sports Medicine Health/Fitness Instructor or Director Certification.
Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation
First Aid
Valid Florida Driver's License is required.

Responsibilities

EXAMPLES OF WORK PERFORMED:

Note: The listed duties are only illustrative and are not intended to describe every function that may be performed by this job class. The omission of specific statements does not preclude management from assigning specific duties not listed if such duties are a logical assignment to the position.

Develop, organize, and promote special events including Wellness Fair, Annual Employee Fitness Challenge and Great American Smoke out.

Perform physiological testing, administering lifestyle questionnaires, consult employees on all areas of wellness, write exercise prescriptions and provide personal training. Adapt programs for all diversities including all fitness levels, cultures, sex, age, special needs, etc.

Develops, designs and produces an ongoing promotional program to educate current and future employees about the Wellness Program through lecture, displays, brochures, special events and flyers.

Produces, designs and develops health education materials such as booklets, brochures, displays, posters, flyers. Develops and writes a wellness newsletter and articles for Hallways and other publications.

Supervises operations and maintenance of the Wellness Center as well as the outlying wellness activities at various facilities.

Supervises, hires, trains and reviews the work of Wellness staff.

Develops and administers an ongoing in-service training program for the entire staff in areas such as emergency response, physiological testing, CPR, customer service and policies & procedures.

Reviews, updates and maintains current methods of physiological testing and evaluation.

Develops annual program budget by projecting operational requirements and program goals. Maintains knowledge of current fitness equipment available, acceptable use, maintenance requirements and average repair costs.

Consults with other departments on fitness equipment purchases, layouts, fitness trail, and wellness programming.

Conducts surveys to assess wellness needs and formulate plan for program changes and expansion. Compiles and prepares report in order to make recommendations and proposals for new activities.

Serves as a department liaison to wellness related organizations.

Supervises and accounts for all revenue generated from special events and promotional items for sale.
Defines and enforces policies and procedures concerning the collection of funds.

Performs other related work as assigned.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES:

Must have extensive knowledge of exercise science including kinesiology, functional anatomy, exercise physiology, nutrition, risk factor identification, lifestyle modification techniques, injury prevention, exercise programming, health promotion, emergency procedures, human behavior psychology, human development/aging and metabolic equations.

Knowledge of management techniques including development of staff, materials for education, marketing, client records, fees, facilities management, financial planning, budgeting, and legal responsibilities.

The ability to assess and demonstrate the following exams using proper techniques and standard protocol established by the American College of Sports Medicine: Anthropometric/Body Composition assessment, flexibility, muscular strength, muscular endurance, and physical work capacity.

Demonstrate effective skills and techniques for written communication, public speaking and the use if audiovisuals.

Must be skilled in word processing and spreadsheet software.

Ability to provide a safe environment for exercise testing and exercise participation.

Must be able to work on several projects at once.

Ability to create and promote materials and programs.