Assistant Director of Fitness

The University of Virginia's Department of Recreation is seeking an Assistant Director of Fitness. The Assistant Director assists with leadership and oversight of a comprehensive fitness program at the University, with responsibility for areas such as group fitness, personal training, small group training, and employee wellness programs.

The Assistant Director assists with administrative oversight, organization, development, and promotion of all fitness programs. The Assistant Director assists in managing multiple facilities and programs through coordinated planning, direction, facilitation, and assessment to achieve University goals.

The Assistant Director reports to the Senior Director of Fitness and supervises students and part-time employees. This position will work some nights and weekends, supporting students, programs, and departmental events.

• Assist in directing a comprehensive university fitness program through effective management of resources, fiscal processes, daily operations, and functional area leadership. Program oversight includes personal training, small group training, group fitness, and employee wellness.
• Assist in developing and monitoring calculated, holistic, outcomes‑based programs that meet or exceed the formal fitness demands of the university community.
• Develop strong partnerships with integral university‑based academic and community entities to maximize program and participant outcomes.
• Assist in leading and overseeing logistics for programs and special events; coordinating registrations for programs; securing facility reservations.
• Evaluate and assess programs by practicing cost containment and statistical tracking for budgets, goals, objectives, and evaluations.
• Assist in the recruitment, hiring, training, scheduling, supervising, and evaluation of part‑time program area staff.
• Assist in leading and providing oversight of risk management policies, practices, and procedures within safe operational guidelines, focused on participant and employee safety.
• Assist with the processing of program registrations and fees; payroll tracking; auditing and purchasing; preparation of annual operational budgets, reports, and financial tracking.
• Contribute to positive two‑way communication with all staff and customers; assisting with program marketing, publicity, and promotion; helping identify target markets and support program publicity to recruit participants.
• Acquire/maintain CPR/AED instructor and regular certification.
• Acquire/maintain relevant teaching/training certifications such as CSCS, ACE, NASM, AFAA, NSCA, ACSM.
• In addition to the above job responsibilities, other duties may be assigned.

• Support the Senior Director of Fitness in leading and overseeing the coordination of daily program logistics for fluent, consistent, customer‑centric program administration.
• Balance time appropriately between direct program exposure needs, office hours to ensure daily operations and program service quality, and broader program administration; calibrates time balances with supervisor and annual demands as needed.
• Secure program‑based facility reservations in advance following standard reservation and policy protocols.
• Along with the Senior Director of Fitness, work closely with the departmental promotions team to support program publicity and recruit participants; propose ideas to establish a professional recreational fitness presence on Grounds, identify target markets, and ensure timely programmatic updates to departmental website and promotional materials.
• Assist in coordinating and operationalizing various special events.
• In consultation with the Senior Director, plan, track, and reconcile programming and staffing resource schedules, including proactively establishing back‑up and inclement weather programming response plans.

• Support the Senior Director of Fitness in coordinating an industry‑standard, outcomes‑based program in such a way that:
  • Program plans are envisioned and developed based on evidence‑based decision‑making centered on a balance of outcomes and fiscal stewardship.
  • Program plans and projected outcomes are planned broadly in advance…