The Lifestyle Coach will provide support and guidance to participants in the lifestyle program and implement standard curriculum designed for the Lifestyle program.

Required Skills

1. Organize program materials and delivering the program with adherence to a CDC-approved curriculum.

2. Facilitate groups to optimize social interaction, shared learning, and group cohesion.

3. Understand and oversee participant safety-related issues with respect to program delivery.

4. Ability to guide behavior change efforts in others without prescribing personal actions or solutions, so that participant increase their self-confidence and capacity to make and sustain positive lifestyle changes.

5. Ability to communicate empathy for participants, who will likely experience difficulty and frustration at times when trying to adopt and sustain health lifestyle behavior changes and who may be unlike the lifestyle coach in terms to weight status and level of commitment to living a healthy life style.

6. Ability to build strong relationships with individuals and build community within a group.

7. Knowledge of basic health, nutrition, and fitness principles.

8. Knowledge of the principles of behavior change, including motivational interviewing techniques.

9. Commitment to the mission of the organization that is offering the program.

10. Flexibility to work with people from all walks of life.

11. Strong interpersonal and communication skills.

12. Attention to detail and data collection.

Required Experience

1. Certified Lifestyle coach (Individuals must agree to undergo training as lifestyle coach).

2. High School Diploma or equivalent, required.

3. Bilingual (English/Spanish).

1. Organize program materials and delivering the program with adherence to a CDC-approved curriculum.

2. Facilitate groups to optimize social interaction, shared learning, and group cohesion.

3. Understand and oversee participant safety-related issues with respect to program delivery.

4. Ability to guide behavior change efforts in others without prescribing personal actions or solutions, so that participant increase their self-confidence and capacity to make and sustain positive lifestyle changes.

5. Ability to communicate empathy for participants, who will likely experience difficulty and frustration at times when trying to adopt and sustain health lifestyle behavior changes and who may be unlike the lifestyle coach in terms to weight status and level of commitment to living a healthy life style.

6. Ability to build strong relationships with individuals and build community within a group.

7. Knowledge of basic health, nutrition, and fitness principles.

8. Knowledge of the principles of behavior change, including motivational interviewing techniques.

9. Commitment to the mission of the organization that is offering the program.

10. Flexibility to work with people from all walks of life.

11. Strong interpersonal and communication skills.

12. Attention to detail and data collection.