Description:
Inspire Healthy Living – Join Baptist Senior Family as Our Next Wellness Coordinator!
Are you passionate about helping others stay active, engaged, and confident at every stage of life? At Baptist Senior Family, we’re looking for an energetic and knowledgeable Wellness Coordinator to develop and lead engaging fitness classes and wellness programs for residents and employees across our community.
As part of the Baptist Senior Family Wellness team, you’ll play an active, highly visible role in our Culture of Wellness—leading group exercise classes, introducing residents to safe and effective fitness opportunities, supporting individual wellness goals, and helping create programs that promote strength, balance, mobility, independence, and overall wellbeing. If you love teaching, motivating others, and building relationships through wellness, this could be the perfect opportunity for you.
Why You’ll Love This Role
As our Wellness Coordinator, you won’t spend your day behind a desk. You’ll be actively engaging with residents and employees, leading fitness and aquatic classes, developing new wellness programming, and helping participants discover ways to remain strong, active, and independent.
You’ll have the opportunity to bring your creativity and expertise to a diverse wellness program serving older adults with a wide range of abilities and fitness levels. From group strength and balance classes to aquatic programming, fitness assessments, wellness education, and individual coaching, your work will have a direct impact on quality of life.
If you’re an enthusiastic fitness professional who loves leading a room, building relationships, creating inclusive programs, and helping people achieve meaningful wellness goals, you’ll thrive at Baptist Senior Family.
What You’ll Do
Lead Engaging Fitness & Wellness Classes: Develop and personally lead a variety of group fitness, aquatic, strength, balance, flexibility, conditioning, and wellness classes designed to meet the abilities and interests of older adults and employees.
Develop Campus-Wide Wellness Programming: Plan, implement, promote, and evaluate fitness and wellness programs across Providence Point and Baptist Manor while continuously creating new opportunities that encourage participation and support our Culture of Wellness.
Assess, Educate & Motivate Participants: Provide fitness orientations, assessments, equipment instruction, wellness counseling, and individualized recommendations that help residents and employees safely progress toward their personal wellness goals.
Coordinate Fitness Operations: Help schedule and coordinate fitness classes, instructors, contractual staff, and wellness programming while supporting the Wellness Director in training staff and maintaining consistent, high-quality services.
Create a Safe & Welcoming Wellness Environment: Monitor fitness and aquatic spaces, reinforce safety protocols, maintain equipment and supplies, participate in emergency preparedness activities, and serve in lifeguard responsibilities when needed.
Build Engagement & Community: Develop strong relationships with residents and employees, support wellness advisory groups and worksite wellness initiatives, and create programs that encourage continued participation, connection, and healthy lifestyles.
Measure & Improve Program Success: Track participation and satisfaction, evaluate program effectiveness, assist with wellness communications and promotional materials, and use data and participant feedback to continuously strengthen programming.
Work Schedule:
Full-Time—with flexibility to support wellness classes and programming based on resident and departmental needs.
Requirements:
Qualifications
Required:
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College degree in Exercise Science, Fitness, Health & Wellness, or a related field, with at least two years of related experience.
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Current certification through ACSM, ACE, AFAA, SilverSneakers, or another recognized fitness organization.
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Demonstrated experience leading group exercise classes and adapting programming for participants with varying fitness levels and abilities.
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Knowledge of strength, flexibility, balance, aerobic conditioning, chair and floor exercise, and fitness equipment.
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Experience with fitness assessments, evidence-based programming, participant motivation, wellness coaching, and exercise prescription.
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CPR/AED certification or ability to successfully complete required in-house certification.
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Lifeguard/First Aid certification or ability to become certified as required for the position.
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Strong interpersonal and communication skills with an energetic, positive, and customer-focused approach.
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Comfortable using computers and technology to support scheduling, communication, participation tracking, and program evaluation.
Preferred:
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Experience developing and leading fitness or wellness programs for older adults.
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Group Exercise, Personal Training, or equivalent professional certification.
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Current Lifeguard, CPR/AED, and First Aid certifications.
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Experience teaching aquatic fitness, balance, mobility, strength, or other evidence-based programming for older adults.
Perks & Benefits:
Comprehensive Benefits: Health, dental, vision, 403(b) matching, paid time off, and more—starting on day one!
Wellness Extras: Work in an environment built around wellness, with access to our gym, pool, and fitness facilities.
Professional Growth: Opportunities to expand your certifications, develop innovative programming, and continue growing as a wellness professional.
Convenient Location: Easy access in Scott Township with free parking and a PAT bus stop at our entrance.
Why Baptist Senior Family?
Named a U.S. News & World Report Elite Facility!
5 Star Facility
A mission-driven organization focused on uplifting lives, one person at a time.
Be part of a positive, supportive workplace where wellness is more than a program—it is part of the culture we create for residents and employees every day.
Ready to Uplift Lives? Apply Today!
Contact our Human Resources Department at (412) 489-3511 for accommodation requests or apply online. Bring your energy, expertise, and passion for wellness to Baptist Senior Family and help our residents continue building strength, confidence, connection, and independence.
Your journey to a fulfilling and rewarding career starts here—uplift lives and make a difference with us!
Equal Opportunity Employer:
Baptist Senior Family ("BSF") is an equal opportunity employer and complies with all applicable federal, state, and local fair employment practices laws. BSF strictly prohibits and does not tolerate discrimination against employees, applicants, or any other covered persons because of race, color, religion, creed, national origin or ancestry, ethnicity, sex (including gender, pregnancy, sexual orientation, and gender identity), age, physical or mental disability, citizenship, past, current, or prospective service in the uniformed services, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected under applicable federal, state, or local law. All BSF employees and representatives are prohibited from engaging in unlawful discrimination. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including, but not limited to, hiring, training, promotion, discipline, compensation, benefits, and termination
