Job Description

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This is a 12 month, 40 hour per week, Civil Service position.

General Summary:
The Fitness and Wellness Coordinator manages fitness and wellness student staff, coordinates the planning and implementation of fitness and wellness programs, instructs fitness related classes, manages personal training staff/services, performs wellness workshops and services, and evaluates fitness and wellness related programs. This individual also assists UMN Crookston Athletics with Strength & Conditioning support.  This individual will also supports the mission and activities of UMN Crookston through whole-unit, campus and community involvement.

To meet the demands and expectations of this position, work hours will vary greatly from day to day, week to week, and season to season.

Major Job Functions:
Program Development 10%
Strength & Conditioning 80%
Program Planning 10%

Tasks Within Each Major Job Function:

Program Development and Administration:

• Create and coordinate Fitness and Wellness programming. Programming includes areas of Group Exercise, Personal Training, Wellness, and Special Events. Specific programs may include activities, workshops, special events and certification courses, classes.
• Administrative tasks associated with program development: Working with our marketing team for promotions, creating information materials for customers, entering information into software systems.
• Represent UMN Crookston Wellness Center on campus and community committees and external collaborations
• Instruct a variety of Group Fitness classes including yoga, strength training, cycling, etc. to both student and employee groups
• Instruct Wellness workshops including Summer programming

Strength & Conditioning:

• A strength-conditioning coach works directly with the head coach of each sport to put together a schedule for strength and conditioning workout times for each team. The strength and conditioning coach can work with an entire team during training sessions as well as with individual athletes.
• The individual must provide expert instruction in the use of weight machines and conditioning equipment and be able to tailor different programs based on the needs of the teams or individual athletes.
• The individual also will monitor the Athletic weight room. 

Program Planning:

• Create and coordinate Fitness and Wellness program schedule.
• Collaborate with UMN Crookston professional staff and Facilities Management to schedule facilities and work together to manage facilities.
• Create, monitor, assess and update all policies and practices pertaining to Fitness and Wellness
• Collaborate to create, monitor, assess and update policies and practices in all aspects of recreational offerings
• Contribute to the UMN Crookston team by assisting and working with individuals from multiple ethnic and cultural backgrounds (i.e. race, color, creed, religion, national origin, sex, age, marital status, disability, public assistance status, veteran status, or sexual orientation)
• Project annual budget for Fitness and Wellness program
• Participate in long-range planning and events for UMN Crookston Wellness Center

Student Supervision and Development:

• Supervise the Fitness and Wellness program staff to include creation of job descriptions, hire, train and instruct, assign work, and evaluate performance.
• Assist with planning and conducting staff training, awards banquets, and staff events.
• Assess student learning within Fitness and Wellness programming.
• Assist in the delivery of diversity/inclusion training.

Risk Management:

• Create, update, teach, and monitor safety and risk as it pertains to fitness and wellness.
• Assist with Risk Management and Emergency Action Plans development and implementation

Equipment and Inventory Management:

• Oversight of Fitness/Wellness program related equipment inventory, budget and finances
• Work in collaboration with Rec Center Coordinator to select, manage, and oversee maintenance of weight and cardio equipment located in the main recreational facility.

Essential Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Kinesiology, Exercise Science, or closely related field plus at least 2 years of related experience, or a combination of related education and work experience equal to six (6) years
• Candidate must be a Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist (CSCS)
• Experience in leading group exercise and wellness programs, personal training, staff supervision & development, risk management, and budget planning.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Master's degree in Kinesiology, Exercise science or related field

About University of Minnesota Crookston

The University of Minnesota Crookston (UMN Crookston) is one of five campuses comprising the University of Minnesota system. UMN Crookston is a four-year public university with an enrollment of 1,800 students, approximately half on campus and half in online degrees.  The student body is diverse and comes from over 40 states and over 30 countries. Thirty-four baccalaureate degrees are offered, 15 of which are also offered online.  UMN Crookston proudly carries on a tradition of over a century of educational service to northwestern Minnesota, beginning in 1906 as a regional residential high school, changing to a two-year college in 1966 and to a four-year college in 1993.  UMN Crookston is a small student-centered community of learning and scholars known for providing personal attention to every student.  UMN Crookston makes a commitment to each individual student’s achievements and offers a hands-on approach and experiential learning that put students ahead of the competition. Integral to the university's statewide land-grant mission, UMN Crookston provides applied, career-oriented learning programs including internships and connects its teaching, research, and outreach to local, co ... unty, and regional economic development agencies in support of the global economy. UMN Crookston delivers world?class University of Minnesota degrees in an affordable, close?knit campus setting where faculty and staff personally invest in the success of each student. UMN Crookston has been recognized for its quality programs by such organizations as U.S. News & World Report, which ranked the campus as #1 in the category Top Public Regional Colleges–Midwest for 2020.  U.S. News has ranked UMN Crookston among the top four in this category for the past 23 consecutive years.

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