Seriously Fun Program Director
Full Time • Clifton Park - 3288
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Life’s too short to not work someplace awesome! If you have tons of energy, love kids, and are looking for a way to give back to your community, you may be the person we are looking for!
The Little Gym of Clifton Park is seeking an energetic, self-motivated, and organized individual to help lead the operations and growth in our dynamic and fun children’s gym.
Why is The Little Gym a great place to work?
The Little Gym of Clifton Park is seeking an energetic, self-motivated, and organized individual to help lead the operations and growth in our dynamic and fun children’s gym.
Why is The Little Gym a great place to work?
- Strong sense of fulfillment
- Keep fit as you work
- Fun, high-energy work environment
- Comprehensive ongoing career training
- Excellent opportunity for career growth and advancement
Company Overview:
With more than 300 locations across the globe, The Little Gym is the world’s premier enrichment and physical development center for kids 4 months through 12 years. For over four decades, The Little Gym has helped millions of kids experience the thrill of achievement, develop new skills, and find new confidence through a variety of gymnastics-based programs. Parent/Child, Pre-K, and Grade School classes are all taught in a clean, fun, safe, and nurturing environment, which encourages children to develop at their own pace.
As a part of The Little Gym team, you will be part of a family dedicated to the growth and development of children all over the globe.
Applicants must be available to work evenings and at least one weekend day consistently.
With more than 300 locations across the globe, The Little Gym is the world’s premier enrichment and physical development center for kids 4 months through 12 years. For over four decades, The Little Gym has helped millions of kids experience the thrill of achievement, develop new skills, and find new confidence through a variety of gymnastics-based programs. Parent/Child, Pre-K, and Grade School classes are all taught in a clean, fun, safe, and nurturing environment, which encourages children to develop at their own pace.
As a part of The Little Gym team, you will be part of a family dedicated to the growth and development of children all over the globe.
Applicants must be available to work evenings and at least one weekend day consistently.
Job Summary:
The Program Director works very closely with the Gym Director and is primarily responsible for overseeing day-to-day operations. The ideal candidate will also excel at teaching classes to the extremely high standards established by The Little Gym International. The Program Director will spend approximately 70% of their time teaching, with the balance of their time devoted to day-to-day operations and to building a top-notch team of individuals who are 100% committed to providing outstanding customer service.
- Teach amazing classes based on our proven curriculum and teaching method (don’t worry, we’ll teach you how!)
- Provide outstanding customer service and membership experience. We treat our members like family here.
- Oversee the full of breadth offered programs to ensure the extremely high standards of The Little Gym International are met
- Oversee training and evaluation of your fellow The Little Gym team members
- Ensuring daily tasks are completed (i.e. daily phone calls, texts, emails, attendance, cleaning, payment collection, inventory check, facility/equipment maintenance)
- Managing gym instructors, delegating tasks, and communicating information from management clearly and effectively
- Building gym enrollment by championing The Little Gym philosophy and programs to all intro visits and customers, leading the gym and setting exemplary standards for intro conversions and member retention
- Assisting the Regional Director with interviewing, hiring, building, and training a stellar team
- Scheduling lead and assist instructors for classes, birthdays, camps, and special events, responding to scheduling needs, time off requests, and resolving issues/coverage needs
- Teaching high energy and fun classes, in accordance with The Little Gym curriculum
- Leading team trainings and meetings, in collaboration with the Assistant Program Director and/or Regional Director
- Providing outstanding customer service and responding to issues in a professional and courteous manner
- Posting gym specific announcements and re-posting user generated content on social media
- Developing special events and bringing ideas to management for member engagement opportunities
- Leading marketing efforts for the gym
- Collaborating with Gym Director and Owners to set revenue and membership goals for gym while also being responsible for payroll/expense control
- Analyzing key business indicators and reporting on metrics and gym progress with Gym Director and Owners during weekly/monthly meetings
- Performing other duties as assigned by Directors or Owners
- Working in tandem with the Gym Director to ensure unified leadership communication and experience at this location
You’d fit in here if…
- You’re totally open to being a goofball and love giving high 5’s. (A background in child development, physical education, and/or gymnastics helps as well)
- You live to serve! Helping others be their best, helps you feel your best
- Kids really like you, but their parents really like you too
- You were voted most likely to be in a good mood by your high school classmates
- You love to have fun but you know when to buckle down and do work
- Looking for career growth into a Gym Director role
- Night (3-7 pm) and weekend availability preferred
As a part of The Little Gym team, you will be part of a family dedicated to the growth and development of children all over the globe. If this sounds like the job you’ve been dreaming about, what are you waiting for? We’ve been waiting for you!
Compensation: $32,000.00 - $40,000.00 per year
When you work somewhere this fun, it doesn’t even feel like a job.
Want to wake up excited to go to work every morning, confident that you’re making a difference while having a blast? You’ve come to the right place. The Little Gym is the world’s premier enrichment and physical development center for children ages 4 months through 12 years. Programs offer children a Springboard to Life’s Adventures by using movement-based learning and imaginative play to help build the confidence and skills needed at each stage of childhood.
For over 40 years, our trained instructors have nurtured happy, confident kids through parent/child classes, gymnastics, dance and sports prep, plus enjoyable extras like camps, Parentsʼ Survival Nights and Awesome Birthday Bash parties. As a part of The Little Gym team, you will be part of a family dedicated to the growth and development of children all over the globe. We are looking for fun, outgoing, talented individuals who are looking to make a difference in their community. If this sounds like you, check out our open positions!
All associated locations are independently owned and operated by a franchisee. Your application will go directly to the franchise, and all hiring decisions will be made by the management of that franchise. All inquiries about employment at this franchise should be made directly to the franchisee, and not to The Little Gym Franchising Corporate.
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You will make a difference! Working with children of all ages to help build both confidence and skills is super rewarding.
With plenty of running, jumping, and tumbling, it won't be hard to get your steps in.
You'll feel like a Rockstar in your local grocery store every time you run into a member of your The Little Gym!
You get to wear yoga pants, t-shirt and socks EVERY DAY!