
Kids Sport and Activity Instructor
Part-timePrinceton, NJPart-time$15.5–18.5/hrPosted 2 days agoStill listed 1 day ago
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Job overview
The Kids Instructor provides educational and fitness-minded programming for children from three months to 11 years in the Kids Academy. The role organizes and leads activities and games, supports children’s development, and may host parties and other events. Instructors help maintain a safe, healthy environment and communicate with parents and team members.
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Position Summary
The Kids Instructor provides best-in-class, educational/fitness-minded programming for our children. They organize, instruct and implement safe, fun and entertaining activities and games for children between the ages of three months to 11 years in the Kids Academy. Kids Instructors may also host parties and other events.
Job Duties and Responsibilities
- Greets, acknowledges, and interacts with members and guests in a friendly and professional manner
- Fosters children’s cognitive, social, emotional, and physical development by instructing organized activities in accordance with the Kids Academy Schedule
- Prepares and sets up for class and transfers kids to and from programming
- Maintains records of children’s attendance, development, and incidents.
- Monitors and interacts with children to maintain a safe and healthy environment with respect to the toys, sports equipment, other children, and surroundings
- Utilizes positive behavior management techniques and communicates clearly with parents and team members
- Promotes all Junior programming to increase participation in all Kids & Aquatics programming
- Maintains the Kids Academy and other program areas by following the cleaning checklist and performing assigned tasks. Restocks supplies after each class
- Handles incidents and emergencies in a calm and professional manner
Position Requirements
- Less than a High School Diploma or GED
- Completion of all Kids On-Demand Required Learnings prior to first day of work
- First Aid certification, Infant/Child and Adult CPR/AED certification required within the first 60 days of hire
Preferred Requirements
- 6+ months of teaching children ages 3 – 11 in similar programs or activities
- Ability to engage a group of children in an activity
- Customer service and strong communication skills
Pay This is an hourly position with wages starting at $15.50 and pays up to $18.50, based on experience and qualifications.
Benefits
All team members receive the following benefits while working for Life Time:
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A fully subsidized membership
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Discounts on Life Time products and services
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401(k) retirement savings plan with company discretionary match (21 years of age and older)
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Training and professional development
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Paid sick leave where required by law
Full-time Team Members are eligible for additional benefits, including:
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Medical, dental, vision, and prescription drug coverage
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Short term and long term disability insurance
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Life insurance
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Pre-tax flexible spending and dependent care plans
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Parental leave and adoption assistance
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Paid time off, including 5 to 20 vacation days per calendar year (based on tenure) and paid sick leave
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Deferred compensation plan, if the team member meets the required income threshold
Life Time is a place for everyone. As an organization, we are committed to an inclusive, diverse and equitable workplace that respects and celebrates the unique contributions of each individual while ensuring we remain an equal opportunity employer that recruits, hires, trains and promotes based on merit and qualifications.
How this job compares
Set against the 478 open Fitness Instructor jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 6, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$15.5–18.5/hr
- US median$22–26/hr252 hourly ranges
This range's midpoint, $17/hr, is 32% below the US median midpoint ($25/hr) — in the lowest quarter of Fitness Instructor hourly ranges across the US.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 15 open Fitness Instructor jobs in New Jersey and 478 across the US. None of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most across the US
- Life Time Fitness (this employer)59 open
- 24 Hour Fitness, INC.53 open
- Orangetheory Fitness47 open
- Experience
- Fitness Instructor postings that state a minimum ask for 1 year of experience at the median; the middle half ask for 1 to 2 years (145 postings).
- Education
- 29 of the 478 open Fitness Instructor jobs (6%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 6, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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