Fitness Specialist

**Duties**:

- Assist in child and youth team sports, age-appropriate fitness and health initiatives, skill-building clinics, and community outreach. Assist in managing an active program of volunteer coaches and coach certification.
- Assist in the planning and implementation that promotes positive growth and development of children and youth. Assist with providing program oversight and accountability for the performance of staff and safety of program participants.
- Ensure programs follow the National Standards for Youth Sports (NAYS). Trains and monitors coaches in accordance with National Youth Sports Coaches Association (NYSCA) guidelines. Supervises volunteers as required.
- Assist supervisor in developing and managing budget and procurement of supplies and equipment. Collect and maintain up-to-date statistical data for planning and reports. Ensure compliance with requirements and Child and Youth Service (CYS) standards.
- Perform a full range of supervisory functions to staff and assist in recruitment and selection actions. Prepare reports, surveys, and briefings for the command and installation on matters pertaining to CYS.

**Requirements**:
**Conditions of Employment**:

- Must be 18 years of age or older at time of appointment or placement into the position.
- Direct Deposit and Social Security Card is required.
- Meet qualification/eligibility/physical/background requirements for this position.
- Must have current health assessment which documents good mental and physical health, freedom from communicable disease, and immunizations in accordance with current Army and DoD policy including annual influenza vaccinations.
- A one year probationary period may be required (either initially or upon conversion, if applicable).
- Successful completion of annual training requirements within the prescribed time frame and demonstrated on the job competence is required.
- Subject to satisfactory completion of all pre-employment checks in accordance with AR 215-3, para.2 to include a Child Care Tier 1 background investigation.

**Qualifications**:

- A bachelor's degree or higher which included a major course of study or at least 24 semester hours in physical education,
- OR
- All of the following equivalent in scope and complexity to the next lower grade level:

- 1. Experience in the planning, supervision, administration, or delivery of a sports or physical education program which included a variety of individual and team sports.
- 2. Experience in providing skills development and teaching the techniques of various sports.
- 3. Experience coaching multiple sports or providing coaches with sports-specific training in coaching techniques and required skills/fundamentals.- Applicants that possess the highly preferred criteria may be sent first for consideration.
- Full position description can be found here.

**Education**:
Please see the Applicant information kit for additional information on education.

**Additional information**:
**Area of Consideration**

**Manual Application**

**PCS Costs**
- Payment Permanent Change of Station (PCS) may be authorized, based on a determination that a PCS move is in the Government's interest.

**Pay-Band (NF or CY) Allowances and Differential**s
- This is a pay-banded position.
- Sunday premium pay may be authorized by the Garrison Commander. **_If authorized, only regular (full-time, part-time, limited tenure and seasonal) employees may be paid Sunday premium pay._** When authorized, Sunday premium will be paid at the rate of 25% of the basic rate for all hours of non-overtime, when any part of the scheduled tour of duty is performed on Sunday (to a maximum of 8 hours per Sunday). Sunday premium will be paid at the rate of 25% of the basic rate for all hours of non-overtime, when any part of the scheduled tour of duty is performed on Sunday (to a maximum of 8 hours per Sunday).
- Night differential may be authorized by the Garrison Commander. When authorized, night differential will be paid at the rate of 10% basic rate for hours of non-overtime work performed between 1800-0600.

**Incentives and Bonuses**
- Incentives will not be paid.

**Non-Foreign Overseas Allowances**
- Non-foreign overseas allowances, cost of living (COLA), and differentials will not not be paid, contingent upon eligibility.

**Other**:

- Additional referrals may be made from this vacancy announcement for up to 90 days after the closing date.
- Overseas Employment Eligibility_
- U.S. citizens overseas under ordinarily resident status are not eligible for appointment under the Status of Forces Agreement._
- In NATO countries employment of non-U.S. citizens under U.S. conditions is restricted by the NATO SOFA to individuals who are nationals of a NATO country. These individuals may not be employed under U.S. employment conditions in the country of their citizenship._
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**How You Will Be Evaluated**:
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