Fitness Attendant (Part-Time)

HIRING RATE:  $13.00 Hourly

FULL SALARY RANGE:   $13.00 - $14.12 Hourly

The City:

With over 100,000 residents, the City of Allen is a dynamic and welcoming community. The City of Allen's strong economy, diverse population, great educational institutions and quality of life makes it the ideal place to work, live, and play. The City of Allen has something to offer for everyone.

The City's Mission, is "To achieve excellence in managing development of the community and in providing city services so that conditions of living and public confidence are continually enhanced".

Our employees serve the citizens of Allen with the following values:

• People First

• Giving priority to others

• Respect

• Treating others with courtesy and dignity

• Integrity

• Serving with honesty, trust and hard work

• Deliver

• Following through on commitments while exceeding expectations

• Excel

• Creating an innovative and improving work environment

The purpose of this position is to provide a safe and enjoyable environment for members and guests at the recreation facility.  This is accomplished by providing numerous forms of customer service, ensuring the safety of guests and members, maintaining facility equipment, and interfacing with other City employees.  This position does not provide direction to other employees.This information is intended to be descriptive of the key responsibilities of the position. The following examples do not identify all duties performed by any single incumbent.

• Provides fitness center and equipment maintenance by sanitizing fitness machines after use, completing preventative maintenance on fitness machines, returning free weights and equipment to the designated areas, and retrieving debris from fitness areas.

• Provides customer service to members by responding to member inquiries, educating members about facility procedures, demonstrating proper fitness equipment, monitoring fitness areas to guard against emergency situations and monitoring facility activities for compliance with health and safety rules.

• Assists with recreation and fitness programming by demonstrating correct usage of fitness equipment.

Education & Experience

Work requires broad knowledge in a general professional or technical field. A typical way to obtain the required qualifications would be:

• High School diploma or equivalent with no prior relevant work experience

Certification and Other Requirements

Valid Texas Class C Drivers License, First Aid/CPR Certification required within 3 months from date of hire.

Reading

Basic

• Ability to recognize meaning of common two- or three-syllable words. Ordinarily, such education is obtained in elementary school up to high school. However, it may be obtained from experience and self-study.

Math

Intermediate

• Ability to deal with system of real numbers; practical application of fractions, percentages, ratios/proportions and measurement. Ordinarily, such education is obtained in high school up to college. However, it may be obtained from experience and self-study.

Writing

Intermediate

• Ability to write reports, prepare business letters, expositions, and summaries with proper format, punctuation, spelling, and grammar, using all parts of speech. Ordinarily, such education is obtained in high school up to college. However, it may be obtained from experience and self-study.

Managerial

Receives directions: The employee normally performs the duty assignment after receiving general instructions as to methods, procedures, and desired end results with some discretion when making selections among a few, easily identifiable choices. Assignment is reviewed upon completion.

Budget Responsibility

None

Supervisory / Organizational Control

Work involves choices of action within limits set by standard practices and procedures. Professional judgment is required to apply the proper course of action.  Work may require the occasional direction of helpers, assistants, seasonal employees, interns, or temporary employees.

Complexity

Work involves choices of action within limits set by standard practices and procedures. Professional judgment is required to apply the proper course of action.

Interpersonal / Human Relations Skills

Discussion Frequent: From 21% to 50% of work time.

THIS POSTING MAY CLOSE AT ANY TIME ONCE A SUFFICIENT NUMBER OF APPLICATIONS HAVE BEEN RECEIVED