Fitness Assistant

Commander, Navy Installations Command; Singapore; On-site; SGD 26,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

Commander, Navy Installations Command is seeking a facility staff member to provide customer service, manage gear and registrations, and assist with planning and publicizing activities at overseas facilities in Singapore.

The role involves instructional support, safety orientation, and simple facility maintenance to ensure welcoming, well-organized fitness and recreation programs for patrons and families.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalent required; transcripts may be requested.
• Foreign education evaluations may be required for overseas applicants.
• All substitutions of education for experience must follow OPM standards.

Responsibilities

• Provides customer service to patrons using the facility, greeting customers, checking IDs, issuing gear, and registering patrons for use.
• Handles daily reports and cash handling; manages fees and deposits; assists in planning, scheduling, and publicizing activities.
• Evaluates fitness activities and monitors participants, volunteers, and contractors; reports issues to management.
• Assists in selecting and instructing fitness, sports, and aquatic activities; conducts instructional classes.
• Performs basic fitness orientation and ensures safety; sets up events and maintains facilities and equipment.
• Maintains cleanliness and inventory; reports maintenance problems.
• Makes minor repairs and coordinates outdoor maintenance as needed.

Skills

Customer service

Cash handling

Event planning

Facility management

Safety procedures

Education

High school diploma or equivalent

Job description

• Hiring Agency: Commander, Navy Installations Command

This position is assigned to the Non-Appropriated Fund (NAF) Fitness, Sports, and Deployed Forces Support Branch; Fleet Readiness; Commander, Navy Installations Command (CNIC); Commander, Navy Region Japan; NSA Singapore

Key Responsibilities

Administrative Support (includes but not limited to): Provides customer service to patrons using the facility, to include: greeting customers; checking identification cards to ensure only authorized users are entering facility; issuing and receiving gear/equipment; and registering patrons for facility use, events, and/or classes. Answers telephone, providing information in regards to facility hours of operation, upcoming special events and programs, etc.

Completes the Daily Activity Reports, handling cash where fees apply, verifying the amount of money collected and dropping the cashier bag in the drop safe. Assists in planning, scheduling, and publicizing various activities and maintaining related supplies in order to attract and motivate participants. Oversees the sale of retail items associated with activities.

Evaluates the effectiveness of ongoing Morale, Welfare and Recreation (MWR) fitness activities from the standpoint of participants' responses, resources, and program objectives. Monitors patrons, volunteers and contractors at the assigned program/event and reports any issues to management.

Assists in the selection of fitness, sports, and aquatics activities to be offered, both within the required basic program categories and additional ones possible through available resources and desirable in terms of participant's interests and needs. Instructional Support (includes but not limited to): Monitors assigned participants in indoor and outdoor activities to include intramural sporting events. Conducts instructional classes in the assigned recreational area.

Performs basic fitness orientation; identifies and corrects unsafe fitness techniques. Demonstrates procedures common to the activities and instructs in the use of related equipment. Establishes/reviews the schedule of events, conducts tours, sets-up/prepares gymnasiums/facilities/playing fields prior to scheduled start time for events (e.g., lap swim, lifeguard training, exercise programs, races, pool parties, sporting events, etc.).

Ensures adherence to regulations and safety procedures. Facility/Equipment Maintenance (includes but not limited to): Ensures facility and sporting fields are open and/or closed at the posted time. Monitors and checks the security of premises. Monitors activity within the facility, circulating among the patrons to assist with basic use of equipment/gear and to maintain good order and discipline.

Ensures athletic playing surfaces are properly maintained, safe, and ready for play. Assists in properly cleaning and maintaining equipment/facilities, maintains inventory, performs general janitorial services to ensure interior spaces are in a clean, neat, and orderly state at all times (e.g., sweeping and mopping floors; dusting and cleaning workout areas, mirrors, bathrooms, and locker areas; straightening equipment and accessories, etc.).

Makes minor repairs to facilities and equipment when appropriate and assists with outdoor maintenance. Reports maintenance problems, material deficiencies, and unsafe conditions or discrepancies that cannot be repaired in-house to the supervisor.

Requirements & Education

When education is a basic requirement for the position, or when substituting education for experience, applicants MUST submit a copy of high school transcripts, college transcript, or a list of courses, which includes grades earned, completion dates, and quarter, and/or semester hours earned as part of the application package. Foreign education must include evidence that it is comparable to education received at accredited educational institutions in the United States.

Transcripts from foreign colleges must be evaluated for U.S. equivalency in order to be considered. Applicants are responsible to obtain and submit proof of creditability of education as evaluated by a credentialing agency, which is a private U.S. organization. Credential evaluations are not free, and applicants are responsible for the cost of the selected service.

All substitutions of education for experience will be made in accordance with OPM approved qualification standards. To receive consideration for a non-related degree or eligibility based on a combination of education AND experience, a college transcript is required. All transcripts MUST show students name and the name of the awarding university or educational institution, degree type, awarded/conferred date, and the field of study.

*If your degree has not been awarded/conferred, you must provide a copy of your HS Diploma or equivalent along with transcript(s). Only attendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Education are acceptable to meet positive education requirements or to substitute education for experience. For additional information, please go to the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) and the U.S.

Department of Education websites at http://www.opm.gov/qualifications and http://www.ed.gov/admins/finaid/accred/index.html

Which agency is hiring for this position?

This position is with Commander, Navy Installations Command, Department of the Navy.

What is the salary for this position?

The posted pay range is $17.25 – $17.25/hr.

What security clearance is required?

This position requires a Other security clearance.

What is the application deadline?

Applications close on 2026-12-31.

Who is eligible to apply?

This position is open under the 'Overseas' hiring path.