Exercise Instructor

Staff - Non Union

Job Category

Miscellaneous Staff

Job Profile

Misc Staff Hourly - Sport Instructor

Job Title

Exercise Instructor

Department

Cresswell Laboratory | Centre for Brain Health | Faculty of Medicine

Compensation Range

See details below.

Posting End Date

September 3, 2025

Note: Applications will be accepted until 11:59 PM on the Posting End Date.

Job End Date

August 31, 2026

This position is expected to be filled by promotion/reassignment and is included here to inform you of its vacancy at the University.

This offer is conditional upon successful completion of a Criminal Record Check.

The expected pay for this position is $32.50/hour.

At UBC, we believe that attracting and sustaining a diverse workforce is key to the successful pursuit of excellence in research, innovation, and learning for all faculty, staff and students. Our commitment to employment equity helps achieve inclusion and fairness, brings rich diversity to UBC as a workplace, and creates the necessary conditions for a rewarding career.

Job Summary

The Vision of the BC Brain Wellness Program is Brain Wellness, Beyond All Boundaries.

We are leveraging the collective power of clinical care, lifestyle programs, education, and research to design a comprehensive and integrated approach to brain wellness for people with chronic brain conditions, care partners and healthy agers.

The BC Brain Wellness Program is an interactive effort to establish clinically relevant lifestyle approaches to complement medical treatment in the clinics at the Djavad Mowafaghian Centre for

Brain Health. By combining clinical care with interventions that support healthier lifestyles, the BC Brain Wellness Program team hopes to improve and sustain quality of life for people living with brain disorders and their care partners, as well as to offer healthy agers the opportunity to enhance their wellness and engage in preventative lifestyle measures.

The BC Brain Wellness Program brings together the Djavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health, the Allan McGavin Sports Medicine Clinic at the University of British Columbia and Vancouver Coastal Health. Expertise is drawn from many fields including the School of Music, Physiotherapy, Kinesiology, Neurology, Psychiatry, Neurosciences, Nutrition as well as several community partners.

The position is for a contract Exercise Instructor (~17.5 hours per week). They will be responsible for modifying and improving the exercise intervention based on their expertise, and ensuring accurate data collection. The individual will work with participants one-on-one and in small group settings to deliver kinesiology and personal training services to meet the various needs of program participants. The individual will instruct group exercise classes. The individual must be aware of the brain wellness exercise program standard practices and must be knowledgeable in the field of exercise prescription. They must ensure: 1) patient confidentiality and safety; 2) Clinical data reliability and quality.

Organizational Status
The individual will work closely in a multidisciplinary team environment, and have access to electronic medical records. They will work with the exercise team lead.

Work Performed
- Provides the following services through one-on-one kinesiology services for people with chronic neurological and degenerative conditions and conditions that affect balance.
- Functional assessment and falls risk screening
- Exercise prescription and programming specific too their condition, exercise guidelines for that condition and patient identified goals
- Falls prevention and falls prevention though exercise
- Aerobic, balance, functional strength and flexibility training - tailored and specific to each participant
- Conducts online and in-person assessments.
- Provides education on proper movement and exercise mechanics.
- Creates personalized exercise and rehabilitation plans for brain wellness kinesiology clients.
- Provide supervision and educational support to the Kinesiology student volunteers.
- Instruct exercise classes for program and research classes in remote and in-person settings.
- Prepare appropriate exercise class programming to facilitate an engaging class that is inclusive.
- Communication with the wider healthcare team to flag changes in function and flag potential increased falls risk
- Other related tasks assigned by the program manager.

Consequence of Error/Judgement

Supervision Received
The individual will work closely with staff, clinical investigators, clinicians, clinical fellows, nursing and multidisciplinary staff as well as students at the BC Brain Wellness Program. Overall supervision will be provided by the Program Manager and Team Lead in Exercise Programs and Education.

Supervision Given

The individual may supervise kinesiology students from the Work Integrated Learning course, KIN471.

Minimum Qualifications
- Willingness to respect diverse perspectives, including perspectives in