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Health and Fitness Specialist
Architect of the Capitol · Posted 2 days ago
On-site Washington, DC $71K – $111K Apply by Oct 19, 2026 Health Aid And Technician ESFJISFJISFPISTJ Engineering
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The position is located in the Architect of the Capitol, Senate Office Buildings, Assistant Superintendent Client Services Division, Senate Health and Fitness Facilities. Responsible for administering programs in exercise, general nutrition, stress management, and other preventive health measures to Members of Congress. Provides activities to enhance the health, physical fitness and restorative needs of the Members, including Yoga, Pilates, and general strength and conditioning.
What You'll Do
- →Tour of Duty: Monday - Friday 6:00 am – 2:30 pm Work schedule may require some overtime.
- →Responsibilities include Develops individualized strategies for promoting and coaching health, fitness, and restorative self-care.
- →Designs and administers exercise programs on request for individuals' specific needs.
- →Plans individual and group exercises programs that build cardiovascular endurance, neuromuscular strength and balance and flexibility, and other aspects of functional capacity.
- →Conducts health and physical fitness assessments prior to developing an individual exercise plan.
- →Conducts assessments that may include but are not limited to cardiovascular exercise capacity, blood pressure monitoring, heart rate monitoring, body composition analysis, strength, balance, mobility, flexibility, posture and functional capacity.
- →Leads exercises individually and in group settings.
- →Teaches individuals about exercise-related techniques in self-awareness, self-monitoring, and self-management of bodily functions.
- →Instructs techniques for specialized group fitness activities.
- →Develops educational and service programs promoting preventive health practices, health risks awareness, and recreation programs for members within the Wellness Center.
- →Instructs members in the proper use of various equipment and facilities, such as treadmills, electronic and computer programmed stationary cycles, air resistant stationary cycles, arm cycles, stair stepping machines, elliptical step machines, rowing machines, skiing machines, various modes of strength training machines, therapeutic whirlpools, and other fitness devices as appropriate.
- →Maintains a secure, confidential computer and/or hard copy record keeping system to account for preventive health care records for each participating member.
- →Administers basic life support (i.e., CPR/AED) and first aid as is necessary.
- →Complies with all safety procedures for equipment utilized.
Requirements
- ✓Must be certified in Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR/CCR) and skilled in the use of the Automatic Electronic Defibrillator (AED).
- ✓Proof of certification must be provided if selected.
- ✓A bachelor's degree in Exercise Physiology, Exercise Science, Health Science, Physical Education, or related field is desired.
- ✓A master's degree in Exercise Physiology, Exercise Science, Health Science, Physical Education, or related field is desired.
- ✓Appointment subject to background investigation and favorable adjudication.
- ✓You must be able to pass a drug test.
- ✓Your resume and question responses must demonstrate the job-related KSAs.
- ✓You must meet the definition of specialized experience.
Benefits
- ★A variety of health insurance plans; retirement system with investment options; paid holidays; paid sick and annual (vacation) leave; life insurance; incentive systems; subsidized transportation; training and development opportunities, etc.
- ★The Architect of the Capitol offers eligible employees opportunity to participate in the Student Loan Repayment Program.
- ★Selected applicant(s) may be eligible to earn a higher annual leave accrual rate credit towards annual leave accrual based on prior non-Federal or uniformed service work experience.
- ★The amount of service credit will be based on specialized experience or qualifying experience that is provided on the applicant profile submitted.
- ★As such, if you are a new employee to the Federal Government or a rehire, it is important that you provide a work history that lists all directly related positions held, and it must include the dates of employment (month/day/year).
Personality Fit
Job ID: 415f8505-7fc8-4375-bfe0-edab0e4b7a54
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