Shift Leader and Instructor

The Little Gym International; Dallas (TX); On-site; USD 30,000 - 40,000; Part time

Job summary

The Little Gym International in Dallas is looking for enthusiastic individuals to take on leadership roles while teaching children in a fun and engaging environment. This position emphasizes child development and creating a positive experience for both kids and parents.

The ideal candidate will be involved in teaching classes, providing exceptional customer service, and contributing to team training and evaluation. Your role will include maintaining high standards and being a vital part of a successful children's fitness franchise.

Qualifications

• Ability to teach classes and manage customer service quality.
• Being open to a rotating schedule and learning various roles.
• Maintaining a positive mood and engaging with children.

Responsibilities

• Teach classes based on a proven curriculum.
• Provide outstanding customer service.
• Participate in managing customer service quality.
• Train and evaluate team members.
• Learn daily business operations.

Skills

Customer service

Leadership

Communication

Problem-solving

Education

Background in child development, physical education or gymnastics

Job description

The Little Gyms of Dallas are looking for folks that want to be developed as leaders. A leader in the gym teaching children as well as in a team environment. If you love learning, bringing your best to work, teaching (in any capacity) and smiling all day long, then you’re going to fit right in. We are passionate about child development, team member growth and fostering an environment for learning and success.

What We Expect From You

• 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. Our parallel bars are high and so are our standards! We will train you how to answer customer questions and inquiries so that you are successful in navigating relationships and conversations.
• Participate in managing customer service quality in addition to keeping our business practices top notch to ensure every experience exceeds expectation.
• Train & evaluate the team to keep everyone at the top of their game to help us maintain our bragging rights as #1 Children’s Fitness Franchise.
• Learn the daily business operations and be either the or one of the go-to's for customers and/or team members.
• Have a learning mindset. We want to help you develop skills in leadership, communication and problem-solving to be successful here and anywhere else you want to go.
• Be open to rotating work days – we need a key person in place throughout the week. This means having a rotating schedule with other leaders on our team and learning everything about The Little Gym from how to teach a class, how to develop trainees, to how to enroll a new family!

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! Making others feel good makes you feel good.
• You’re liked by both kids and their parents.
• 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.
• You are excited to see how kids walk out of our classes more confident each day, and believe you can do the same.
• You’ll get your steps in and close your activity rings while you work because you’ll be moving all day.
• You take the role seriously in community and with every child you meet.
• You understand that this may not be your career forever but it will provide training and skills that impact your professional and personal life.

The pay range for this position is dependent upon prior coaching/gymnastics/management experience. This initial range will be for a training period and will increase upon completing the first level of training. Team members working 35+ hours are also eligible for insurance. Finding a job you love is similar to dating, it can take a few tries to find "the one". If you have any questions, you can reach out. We're happy to speak with you if you want to know more about who we are or what we do.