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Northside Wellness Specialist
YMCA of Fredericton is expanding to the North Side at 605 Cliffe Street. This new gym will include state of the art equipment with a focus on functional training, strength and conditioning. Position Overview The Wellness Specialist will work with members to orient them with the facility and fitness equipment, maintain the facility to a high standard, enroll new members and general supervision to ensure member safety. Duties- Offer all new users of the facility an orientation of the fitness of the fitness equipment
- Interacting with Members
- Perform daily safety and cleanliness inspections
- Cleaning of equipment and other cleaning duties as required
- Report maintenance and equipment issues
- Process new memberships and payments
- Opening & closing procedures
- Adherence to YMCA of Fredericton quality standards and health and safety guideline.
- Continuing education for safety, effectiveness and current trends
- Personal Training Certification an asset
- Kinesiology Student or Graduate an asset
- Personal experience with gym equipment use is required
- Customer Service skills
- Friendly, positive, motivating personality
- Relevant computer skills
- Workplace Standard First Aid with CPR & AED
- Must have a strong collaborative work ethic, ability to work as part of a team
- Experience and sensitivity in dealing with diverse youth and adult members, including people of different cultural and racial backgrounds, visible and invisible dimensions of diversity.
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Swim Instructor
The YMCA of Fredericton responds to critical social needs in the community and works to provide solutions. By nurturing the potential of children, youth and adults, the YMCA connects people to life-building opportunities, as well as to each other and enhances their quality of life. Location: YMCA of Fredericton, 570 York St, Fredericton, NB Salary: $16.25/hour Status: Part Time Employment Start Date: Must be able to start regularly scheduled shifts by September 11th Position Overview:- Delivers course content and examines participants following established YMCA criteria.
- Maintains regular and predictable attendance. Secures a substitute if unable to cover scheduled shift.
- Develops and implements sequential weekly lesson plans.
- Recognizes participant learning styles and delivers content accordingly.
- Coaches and develops participants to meet success.
- Communicates (verbal and written) child’s progress to parents and supervisors.
- Maintains accurate, up to date weekly progress sheets and records for participants.
- Takes attendance, ensures participants are signed into and out of the program.
- Sets up and takes down recreational, program and other equipment as required – at the same time checking that equipment is safe and in good repair (reporting immediately all malfunctions and removing the damaged equipment immediately from circulation).
- Completes all documentation related to swim lessons (ie incident reports, attendance, progress reports, etc.).
- Actively participates in scheduled programs, meetings and special events.
- In collaboration with individual program members, program volunteers and YMCA program staff, assists and encourages program members to access additional appropriate programs offered at this location.
- Demonstrates appropriate behaviours in line with our mission, vision and values as reflected in our YMCA competencies; takes a member focused approach to increase their understanding of programs offered across the association. Represents the YMCA and the association in a professional manner.
- Understands the legal responsibilities and moral imperative to report suspected child abuse to Child Protection Services.
- Understands the importance of the volunteer staff partnership and integrates the value of philanthropy and volunteerism in dealings with members, volunteers, donors and staff.
- Other duties as assigned.
- Current certifications in the following Lifesaving Society awards: Bronze Cross, Workplace Standard First Aid & CPR-C.
- Criminal Record Check/Vulnerable Sector Check
- Current YMCA or Lifesaving Society Swim Instructor certification.
- Previous experience instructing swim lessons an asset.
- Well-developed interpersonal, and relationship building skills; ability to establish rapport and excellent communication(verbal & written) with members, staff and volunteers.
- Organizational skills.
- Commitment to working in a socially inclusive environment responding with sensitivity and personal awareness to the diverse needs of members including visible and non-visible dimensions of diversity.
- Must have evening and weekend availability.
- Hours: evenings and weekends
- Pool environment
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Housekeeping
The YMCA of Fredericton responds to critical social needs in the community and works to provide solutions. By nurturing the potential of children, youth and adults, the YMCA connects people to life-building opportunities, as well as to each other and enhances their quality of life.
Location: YMCA of Fredericton, 570 York St, Fredericton, NB
Salary: $15.50/hour
POSITION OVERVIEW
Housekeeping, reporting to the Manager, Operations, are responsible for light cleaning duties to support quality program and services. The YMCA of Fredericton has 2 locations that require housekeeping services - a 60,000-square foot full accessible facility featuring a Wellness Centre, 25 meter pool, therapeutic pool, full gymnasium, fitness studio, cycling studio licensed childcare and outdoor playgrounds, 3 locker rooms and numerous classroom facilities located at 570 York St. The second location is a childcare facility located at 605 Cliffe St, inside the Willie O’Ree arena.
CORE RESPONSIBILITIES
Housekeeping
- Service, clean, and supply locker rooms, public restrooms, etc.
- Laundering of towels.
- Clean building floors by sweeping, mopping, scrubbing, and/or vacuuming.
- Steam-clean or shampoo carpets.
- Gather and empty trash.
- Clean and polish fixtures.
- Clean windows, glass partitions, and mirrors.
- Dust furniture, walls, machines, and equipment.
- Set-up and take down of rooms in a timely manner.
- Follow SAM Standards
- Facility cleaning experience is an asset.
- A criminal record and vulnerable sector check is required as a condition of employment.
- Must be physically capable of performing a wide variety of physical tasks including walking, running, sitting, lifting, crouching, or kneeling for extended periods of time.
- Use of Personal Protection Equipment (PPE) will be required.
- Regularly works near moving mechanical parts.
- Noise level may be loud occasionally.
- Exposure to chemicals used in general cleaning and sterilization practices.
- Work hours include evenings and weekends.
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Lifeguard
The YMCA of Fredericton responds to critical social needs in the community and works to provide solutions. By nurturing the potential of children, youth and adults, the YMCA connects people to life-building opportunities, as well as to each other and enhances their quality of life. Location: YMCA of Fredericton, 570 York St, Fredericton, NB Salary: $15.75/hour Employment Start Date: Immediately Positions Available: 3 - 4 Positions Position Overview- Must have availability between the hours of 8:00am - 4:30pm Monday through Friday
- Ensures adherence to all safety and life guarding procedures, and in the event of an emergency respond as trained by the Lifesaving Society and YMCA.
- Ensures that members, volunteers and other staff adhere to pool conduct guidelines and maintain order in their designated area as a proactive approach to ensuring safety and accident prevention.
- Administers swim assessments and swim tests.
- Set up and take down recreational, program and other equipment as required – at the same time checking that equipment is safe and in good repair (reporting immediately all malfunctions and removing the damaged equipment immediately from circulation).
- Completes all documentation related to the pool (ie incident reports, pool chemistry, etc.).
- Assists staff team in some cleaning duties related to pool and equipment.
- Current certifications in the following Lifesaving Society awards: National Lifeguard-Pool and Workplace Standard First Aid & CPR-C.
- Criminal Record Check/Vulnerable Sector Check
- Previous experience in lifeguarding is an asset.
- WHMIS certification is an asset.
- Well-developed interpersonal, and relationship building skills; ability to establish rapport and excellent communication (verbal & written) with members, staff and volunteers.
- Commitment to working in a socially inclusive environment responding with sensitivity and personal awareness to the diverse needs of members including visible and non-visible dimensions of diversity.
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