Job Description

Instructions about applying for this role are at the bottom of this listing. Only applicants who follow them completely will be reviewed for the position.

Nerd Fitness is an online health and fitness site that helps desk jockeys, nerds, and average Joes get strong and healthy in a permanent, sustainable way. We are looking for experienced, self-motivated online Coaches to join our rapidly-growing Online Coaching Program. The role is 100% remote and will require occasional evening and weekend work.

The 50 Foot View: Your Role as a Coach

Nerd Fitness Coaching is an online health and fitness program that combines the best of one-on-one training – expertise and program customization – with the accountability and support of the Nerd Fitness online community to help members get healthy in a sustainable, permanent way. We work with clients to balance fitness, nutrition, and mindset to help them reach goals they thought were once unattainable.

Our Coaching program currently has over a dozen Coaches and hundreds of clients, and uses a proprietary Nerd Fitness Coaching app that enables us to serve clients in a way that suits our unique offering. Our strategy as a company includes deep concentration and commitment to the program’s growth in 2019 and beyond.

While it is not your responsibility to find new clients, it will be your responsibility to lead and inspire the clients assigned to you in a way that feels personal and customized to their particular needs and goals. You’ll chat with them most frequently through our app’s messenger, but you’ll also make phone and video calls. You will be expected to be proactive about protecting the clients on your roster from losing momentum and ultimately quitting. We do not offer a one-size-fits-all approach, and your Coaching style must meet be adaptable to meet clients where they are.

Each Coach on our team serves a minimum of 65-70 clients. Your roster growth will be gradual but demanding, as the first month of a client’s journey with us is the most labor-intensive as you get to know one another and set up programming.

Having many years of in-person Coaching experience will lay the foundation of success in this role, but the skill set needed to thrive as an online Coach is much greater than programming and form checks. Clients do not meet you for an hour, do a workout, and go home. Because of the nature of connection via the app, the role of an online Coach requires elite communication skills, understanding of behavioral psychology, and a willingness to be more involved in the day to day success of your clients. We don’t go outside our scope of practice, but the demands of online Coaching are different than what you may expect at a gym (though our hours don’t start at 5am).

We train you in the procedures, practices, and client retention strategies that have allowed Nerd Fitness Coaching to grow at such an outstanding pace so far. You will have continued, direct support from the Nerd Fitness team and brainstorm new, exciting ideas with the entire Nerd Fitness Coaching staff – a powerful hive mind and support group. You may be working by yourself at home, but you will never feel alone!

This job is hard. We have aggressive goals, very high expectations, and no time for excuses.The flip side? We all genuinely care and support one another, and we are making a real difference on the lives of hundreds of people in our Rebellion – soon thousands. And the most exciting part of all? We’re just getting started.

Our most successful Coaches have these internal strengths in common:

• Fitness AND Nutrition education and training in one or more of the following: Nationally accredited Personal Trainer certification; College degree in a related field; Nutritional coaching certification (like Precision Nutrition); Any related seminars or certifications.
• Minimum 3-5 years experience as a personal trainer, online or in person, with consistently stellar reviews from your clients and superiors. One-on-one client experience preferred.
• Exceptional communication skills; easy to talk and relate to on the phone, via written medium, or through short videos to clients. Talking to people should energize you, as this is what you’ll be be doing the majority of your day.
• Ability to follow outlined organization and structure to the day and to each process in managing client needs.
• Strong internal motivation to meet and exceed goals. While we talk regularly as a team, no one is watching over you all day, so you should be able to self-start and keep a narrow focus on your KPIs.
• Very comfortable with technology, troubleshooting problems, adapting to new systems, and have a knack for teaching it to others.
• Willing to work some nights and weekends, as we have clients from around the world who need to connect as their schedules permit.
• Appreciation of structure, but can also go with the flow. As this new program expands, systems and processes continue to evolve and change. We expect all Coaches to be able to ride (and enjoy!) the wave while also contributing ideas to make us better as a team.
• A problem-solving attitude. We fill our team with problem solvers, not problem finders.
• Office setup conducive to working from home – including computer (bonus points for second monitor setup), smartphone, and reliable internet – and can stay on track despite personal distractions. Also keep in mind that the majority of this role will require you to be sitting at a desk; this can be a challenge for people used to Coaching on their feet all day.

And also these skills with clients:

• Confidence in outlining and delivering a plan using motivational interviewing techniques for each client that balances fitness, nutrition, and mindset that meets clients where they are in relation to their skill and reasons for getting healthy.
• Ability to empathize with clients; they can meet clients’ tone and need for emotion vs. logic both on a call or through text exchanges.
• No hesitation in jumping on a phone or video call with a client who is struggling, then digging to find the root cause instead of treating the symptoms. Hear what clients aren’t saying.
• They help each client identify their own superpowers and kryptonite and use that information to help them stay on track and accountable.
• Experience selling memberships or services to clients. You won’t be responsible for sales in a Coaching role, but this type of experience has proven important when genuinely reminding clients why Coaching is valuable if they express interest in leaving.

Additional preferred knowledge, skills, and abilities:

• Familiar withNerd Fitness philosophy, content, and communication style. You’re a reader/subscriber/adopter of our content.
• Experience or training in behavioral psychology or motivational interviewing.
• Consistent schedule with availability primarily during weekdays, but occasionally nights and weekends.
• Extreme attention to detail and a master at keeping information organized. Admin upkeep will be as important as strong coaching ability in this role.
• Self-starter, familiar with working from home.
• Voracious learner. As a team, we’ll read books and try new techniques together to always be improving.
• No significant overlaps with other work or school responsibilities. While some of our Coaches maintain a few one-on-one clients, we have found that the demands of this role require truly full-time attention in order to be successful.
• Passionate about some aspect of nerd culture. From board games to Star Wars to DnD to puzzles (and so much more), we embrace it all and love relating to clients in this way.

How to Apply

• Your location and time zone
• Your experience working directly with 1-on-1 clients, including online if applicable
• Some of the challenges you think/know arise with Coaching online, along with solutions you’d implement to mitigate
• A brief origin story about how you came to be a Coach and why our Rebels would want you to lead them
• Your earliest start date

Job Categories: Equal Opportunities. Job Types: Full-Time. Job Tags: coach, Fitness, online, Remote, trainer, and work from home. Salaries: 40,000 - 60,000.

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