Fitness Manager

4 weeks ago


Stellenbosch, South Africa Stellenbosch University Full time

Duties/Pligte
- The ability to successfully transfer knowledge and skills to the fitness team;
- Actively driving, motivating, and managing the fitness instructors to reach individual and team goals on a weekly and monthly basis;
- Ensuring that monthly shift rosters are developed and communicated to the fitness team;
- Ensuring that all fitness instructors are suitably qualified (fitness qualification, AED/ CPR);
- Providing leadership and management to all staff in the gymnasium, especially in your role as Head of Department;
- Preparing monthly and/or weekly reports regarding new member assessments / inductions / programme prescriptions;
- Ensuring that effective training and development plans are in place for all fitness instructors;
- Actively assisting in the recruitment, selection, and placement of fitness instructors;
- Ensuring Standard Operating Procedures (SOP's) are developed, established, and implemented within the fitness department at the gymnasium;
- Completing, overseeing and managing basic fitness assessments (blood pressure, height, weight, BMI calculations, girth measurements, circumferences, and body fat percentage measurements);
- Advising all members on the appropriate training techniques and programme options depending on individual needs;
- Actively prescribing, overseeing and managing training programme prescriptions for various population groups;
- The ability to provide exercise alternatives where needed;
- Willingness and the ability to teach various exercises to music classes / floor-based exercise classes if needed;
- Effectively managing the fitness team's monthly remuneration budgets;
- Establishing an effective and positive supply chain management system with key suppliers to the gymnasium;
- Proactively dealing with all member queries relating to the fitness department in a timeous manner;
- Proactively communicating all equipment breakdowns to the maintenance department in a timeous manner;
- Ensuring that all customer queries, complaints and compliments are resolved timeously;
- Assisting the General Manager with any other ad hoc projects;
- Being part of the senior management team of the gymnasium as Head of Department and Manager on Duty.

Job Requirements/Pos Vereistes
- Relevant qualification in sport/ health/ fitness/ group exercise is essential;
- The ability to successfully transfer knowledge and skills to the fitness team;
- Computer literate (Microsoft Windows);
- Excellent planning, administrative, organisational and problem-solving skills;
- Passion for the sports / health / fitness industry; Excellent attention to detail;
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills;
- The ability to thrive in a team within a diverse work environment;
- Good conflict management skills;
- Must be willing to work after hours and weekends.

Recommendation/Aanbeveling
- Fitness industry-related experience;
- Previous experience in managing a diverse team will be a distinct advantage;
- A qualification in management or business management will be advantageous.


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