Recreation Assistant Jobs in California
Recreation Assistant jobs in California are consistently in demand, with openings concentrated in parks and recreation departments, senior living communities, adaptive recreation programs, and school-based after-school services at every level from entry-level aide to senior program coordinator. Los Angeles, San Diego, and the Bay Area generate the most hiring activity, with established employers such as the City of Los Angeles Department of Recreation and Parks, County of San Diego Parks and Recreation, and YMCA of the USA's California affiliates among the most active. Therapeutic recreation, aquatics programming, and youth development are the specialties California employers seek most consistently. Find a role that fits below and apply directly.
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Benefits:
- Dental insurance
- Employee discounts
- Free uniforms
- Health insurance
- Opportunity for advancement
- Training & development
- Vision insurance
- Wellness resources
Assistant Personal Training Manager
Highlights:
- Full time
- $26/hour
- $500 Monthly bonus potential
- Health benefits plus vision and dental
- Employee perks: Top level membership with all amenities, guest privileges, classes, hydro massage, tanning and your own personal trainer!
- Management and leadership training
- FREE CEU's through Crunch University
Are you ready to step up to the next level of your fitness career? Do you love coaching clients, but also feel ready to grow in your leadership and sales skills, while earning more income at the same time?
Welcome to Crunch Fitness!
We are a growing fitness franchise based in southern California, that offers its employees state-of-the-art workout facilities, free membership to over 450 Crunch locations, your own personal trainer, benefits, and professional development.
The Company
Crunch Fitness is a no judgement zone where people from every background can join a community of positivity, energy, and fun-filled goal crushing! We are famous for our colorful personality and kickass group training programs.
- We are proud to be known for the great care we take with clients and employees alike.
- While we believe in the power of fitness to improve lives, we also know exercise is hard work and everyone can use a little more motivation. So we’ve fused fitness and entertainment so that we can make serious exercise fun.
JOB SUMMARY:
The Assistant Personal Training Manager (APTM) ensures that we deliver consistent, genuinely caring, and inspiring service superior to our competition through our respected and empowered personal training professionals.
You are responsible for communicating and upholding the company mission, vision and standards, in particular by leading by example.
APTMs are responsible for growing their club’s PT total revenue. This is accomplished in a manner consistent with our mission to take such great care of every member and guest you interact with today, that they come back again tomorrow, one step closer to their fitness goals.
The APTM needs to train and develop their team members to consistently deliver on the vision and mission, and execute the basics in areas such as punctuality, dress code, session quality, compliance, friendliness and cleanliness.
The APTM is the point of reference for fitness expertise within the club.
SPAN OF CONTROL / ORGANIZATIONAL RELATIONSHIP / PEOPLE MANAGEMENT:
- Job Scope: 1 club
- Direct report: Personal Training Manager
- Secondary report: General Manager and VP of Personal Training
- This position co-manages the following positions inside the club:
+ Personal Trainers
- This position helps manage the following positions inside the club:
+ Front desk staff
Schedule:
The APTM position is a full-time position. Hours and schedule will vary based on the needs of the club.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES:
The APTM is responsible for performing the following activities for the club:
Sales Production [approximately 25 hours per week]
The APTM is directly responsible for month on month increasing total PT revenue, recurring revenue and minimizing attrition in alignment with the vision and mission. To achieve this objective, the APTM:
- Services Kickoffs about 50% of the time.
- Is the number one producer of new sales and expected to sell 2.5k of new recurring EFT per month.
- Supports membership staff sell memberships as need.
- Directly responsible for keeping the KO pipeline full by building value in the KO. This is done by
- Interacting with members on the floor
- Interacting with members at the front desk
- Making service calls to members
- Is responsible for helping process client cancellation and deactivations.
SERVICE [approximately 15 session hours per week]
The APTM position is a player-coach position and trains clients 15 session hours per week according to their compensation plan. The APTM also supports the club in maintaining cleanliness, equipment maintenance, and making sure all weights and equipment are stored properly.
STAFFING AND DEVELOPMENT [As needed]
Maintain a fully engaged and high performing fitness team that aligns with company mission, vision and goals.
To achieve this objective, the APTM will:
- Develop and manage performance of qualified Personal Trainers by:
- Daily coaching and inspiring the team
- Develop and help manage monthly business plans for each trainer
- Reviewing client folders and provide oversight of all programming
- Conducting trainer audits and evaluations
- Scheduling 1-on-1 & team meetings with trainers as needed
- Ensure PT certifications are current and up to date
- Required to interview 2 new PT candidates per month
- Required to onboard new personal trainers
- Train & develop all staff as needed regarding fitness and the Kickoff.
- Help manage the Personal Trainer schedule including staying within budgeted non-session hours as submitted to and approved by the General Manager.
- Coaching and discipline staff under the guidance of your direct supervisor.
- Ensure accurate administration of Personal Training including session usage, dotFIT/ nutrition recommendations, workouts programs on My PT Hub, measurement tracking, etc.
QUALIFICATIONS:
Knowledge, Skills & Abilities:
- The APTM must be an expert Personal Trainer.
- The APTM must exemplify our 4 core values: (1) share a love for learning and a desire to be the best at what we do. (2) have an appreciation for hard work. (3) be a person of integrity and character. (4) be a person with a great heart, exemplified in your love for others.
- Knowledge of Crunch Certified Personal Training Program including program software (dotFIT, ABC/ Datatrak, Crunch-U, VFP, Styku, Where applicable). Knowledge of Personal Training technique and program design.
- Strong sales and communication skills.
- A strong drive to help people succeed.
- Must be able to adjust and operate all club equipment.
- Experience in coaching/motivating groups.
- Strong Leadership, interpersonal & communication skills.
- Able to generate, maintain & demonstrate a friendly, enthusiastic & positive attitude.
- Possesses a strong member service focus.
- Responds professionally to requests and inquiries from guests, members and staff.
EDUCATION LEVEL:
- High School Diploma or GED required
- Bachelor’s Degree preferred
- Current Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) & AED Certifications
CERTIFICATIONS: (ONE OR MORE OF THE FOLLOWING CERTIFICATIONS)
Qualifications:
- American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM)
- Certified Personal Trainer
- American Council on Exercise (ACE)
- Personal Trainer Certification
- The Cooper Institute
- Personal Trainer Certification
- International Fitness Professionals Association (IFPA)
- Personal Fitness Trainer Certification
- National Academy of Sports Medicine (NASM)
- Certified Personal Trainer
- Corrective Exercise Specialist (CES)
- Performance Enhancement Specialist (PES)
- National Exercise and Sports Trainers Association (NESTA)
- Personal Fitness Trainer Certification
- International Sports Science Association (ISSA)
- Certified Personal Trainer
- National Federation of Professional Trainers (NFPT)
- Personal Trainer Certification
- National Strength and Conditioning Association (NSCA)
- Certified Personal Trainer
- Certified Strength and Conditional Specialist (CSCS)
Experience:
Preferred: 1 – 2 years as a Personal Trainer
Preferred: Prior management experience in retail/hospitality industry leading 3-10 employees
Preferred: Consultative sales experience
Physical Requirements:
- Ability to work in club office; move about club floors and rooms; review, revise, create club paperwork; communicate with employees, members, and the public
- Regularly required to demonstrate or explain proper physical fitness activities, techniques and procedures. Regularly required to lift up to 50 pounds
The Location
SIR Fitness is based in southern California and our 13 franchise locations include Garden Grove, Huntington Beach, Fountain Valley, Tustin, San Clemente, Orange, Anaheim, Vista, Oceanside, Carmel Valley, Eastlake and University Square. Our clubs are filled with the best strength and cardio equipment in the industry, including a functional training zone with turf, olympic lifting platforms, group fitness studio, and tons of machines and free weights. We’re also proud to offer a Relax and Recover zone with hydromassage beds, tanning booths, and lounge. Some clubs also feature state of the art cycle studios, 3D body scanner and sauna. Our gyms also offer personal training and nutrition coaching, group fitness classes, and HIIT Zone classes.
Why Should You Apply?
- Grow your career while doing what you love, in a company where you are valued, heard and cared for
- Leadership, sales and customer service training
- Work perks! Take a workout class on your lunch break, free gym membership, fun and casual work environment, meet new people every day!
- Feel good about the work you do - you are radically transforming lives through fitness!
Don't wait! Apply Today!
Benefits:
- Dental insurance
- Employee discounts
- Free uniforms
- Health insurance
- Opportunity for advancement
- Training & development
- Vision insurance
- Wellness resources
Assistant Personal Training Manager
Highlights:
- Full time
- $26/hour
- $500 Monthly bonus potential
- Health benefits plus vision and dental
- Employee perks: Top level membership with all amenities, guest privileges, classes, hydro massage, tanning and your own personal trainer!
- Management and leadership training
- FREE CEU's through Crunch University
Are you ready to step up to the next level of your fitness career? Do you love coaching clients, but also feel ready to grow in your leadership and sales skills, while earning more income at the same time?
Welcome to Crunch Fitness!
We are a growing fitness franchise based in southern California, that offers its employees state-of-the-art workout facilities, free membership to over 450 Crunch locations, your own personal trainer, benefits, and professional development.
The Company
Crunch Fitness is a no judgement zone where people from every background can join a community of positivity, energy, and fun-filled goal crushing! We are famous for our colorful personality and kickass group training programs.
- We are proud to be known for the great care we take with clients and employees alike.
- While we believe in the power of fitness to improve lives, we also know exercise is hard work and everyone can use a little more motivation. So we’ve fused fitness and entertainment so that we can make serious exercise fun.
JOB SUMMARY:
The Assistant Personal Training Manager (APTM) ensures that we deliver consistent, genuinely caring, and inspiring service superior to our competition through our respected and empowered personal training professionals.
You are responsible for communicating and upholding the company mission, vision and standards, in particular by leading by example.
APTMs are responsible for growing their club’s PT total revenue. This is accomplished in a manner consistent with our mission to take such great care of every member and guest you interact with today, that they come back again tomorrow, one step closer to their fitness goals.
The APTM needs to train and develop their team members to consistently deliver on the vision and mission, and execute the basics in areas such as punctuality, dress code, session quality, compliance, friendliness and cleanliness.
The APTM is the point of reference for fitness expertise within the club.
SPAN OF CONTROL / ORGANIZATIONAL RELATIONSHIP / PEOPLE MANAGEMENT:
- Job Scope: 1 club
- Direct report: Personal Training Manager
- Secondary report: General Manager and VP of Personal Training
- This position co-manages the following positions inside the club:
+ Personal Trainers
- This position helps manage the following positions inside the club:
+ Front desk staff
Schedule:
The APTM position is a full-time position. Hours and schedule will vary based on the needs of the club.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES:
The APTM is responsible for performing the following activities for the club:
Sales Production [approximately 25 hours per week]
The APTM is directly responsible for month on month increasing total PT revenue, recurring revenue and minimizing attrition in alignment with the vision and mission. To achieve this objective, the APTM:
- Services Kickoffs about 50% of the time.
- Is the number one producer of new sales and expected to sell 2.5k of new recurring EFT per month.
- Supports membership staff sell memberships as need.
- Directly responsible for keeping the KO pipeline full by building value in the KO. This is done by
- Interacting with members on the floor
- Interacting with members at the front desk
- Making service calls to members
- Is responsible for helping process client cancellation and deactivations.
SERVICE [approximately 15 session hours per week]
The APTM position is a player-coach position and trains clients 15 session hours per week according to their compensation plan. The APTM also supports the club in maintaining cleanliness, equipment maintenance, and making sure all weights and equipment are stored properly.
STAFFING AND DEVELOPMENT [As needed]
Maintain a fully engaged and high performing fitness team that aligns with company mission, vision and goals.
To achieve this objective, the APTM will:
- Develop and manage performance of qualified Personal Trainers by:
- Daily coaching and inspiring the team
- Develop and help manage monthly business plans for each trainer
- Reviewing client folders and provide oversight of all programming
- Conducting trainer audits and evaluations
- Scheduling 1-on-1 & team meetings with trainers as needed
- Ensure PT certifications are current and up to date
- Required to interview 2 new PT candidates per month
- Required to onboard new personal trainers
- Train & develop all staff as needed regarding fitness and the Kickoff.
- Help manage the Personal Trainer schedule including staying within budgeted non-session hours as submitted to and approved by the General Manager.
- Coaching and discipline staff under the guidance of your direct supervisor.
- Ensure accurate administration of Personal Training including session usage, dotFIT/ nutrition recommendations, workouts programs on My PT Hub, measurement tracking, etc.
QUALIFICATIONS:
Knowledge, Skills & Abilities:
- The APTM must be an expert Personal Trainer.
- The APTM must exemplify our 4 core values: (1) share a love for learning and a desire to be the best at what we do. (2) have an appreciation for hard work. (3) be a person of integrity and character. (4) be a person with a great heart, exemplified in your love for others.
- Knowledge of Crunch Certified Personal Training Program including program software (dotFIT, ABC/ Datatrak, Crunch-U, VFP, Styku, Where applicable). Knowledge of Personal Training technique and program design.
- Strong sales and communication skills.
- A strong drive to help people succeed.
- Must be able to adjust and operate all club equipment.
- Experience in coaching/motivating groups.
- Strong Leadership, interpersonal & communication skills.
- Able to generate, maintain & demonstrate a friendly, enthusiastic & positive attitude.
- Possesses a strong member service focus.
- Responds professionally to requests and inquiries from guests, members and staff.
EDUCATION LEVEL:
- High School Diploma or GED required
- Bachelor’s Degree preferred
- Current Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) & AED Certifications
CERTIFICATIONS: (ONE OR MORE OF THE FOLLOWING CERTIFICATIONS)
Qualifications:
- American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM)
- Certified Personal Trainer
- American Council on Exercise (ACE)
- Personal Trainer Certification
- The Cooper Institute
- Personal Trainer Certification
- International Fitness Professionals Association (IFPA)
- Personal Fitness Trainer Certification
- National Academy of Sports Medicine (NASM)
- Certified Personal Trainer
- Corrective Exercise Specialist (CES)
- Performance Enhancement Specialist (PES)
- National Exercise and Sports Trainers Association (NESTA)
- Personal Fitness Trainer Certification
- International Sports Science Association (ISSA)
- Certified Personal Trainer
- National Federation of Professional Trainers (NFPT)
- Personal Trainer Certification
- National Strength and Conditioning Association (NSCA)
- Certified Personal Trainer
- Certified Strength and Conditional Specialist (CSCS)
Experience:
Preferred: 1 – 2 years as a Personal Trainer
Preferred: Prior management experience in retail/hospitality industry leading 3-10 employees
Preferred: Consultative sales experience
Physical Requirements:
- Ability to work in club office; move about club floors and rooms; review, revise, create club paperwork; communicate with employees, members, and the public
- Regularly required to demonstrate or explain proper physical fitness activities, techniques and procedures. Regularly required to lift up to 50 pounds
The Location
SIR Fitness is based in southern California and our 13 franchise locations include Garden Grove, Huntington Beach, Fountain Valley, Tustin, San Clemente, Orange, Anaheim, Vista, Oceanside, Carmel Valley, Eastlake and University Square. Our clubs are filled with the best strength and cardio equipment in the industry, including a functional training zone with turf, olympic lifting platforms, group fitness studio, and tons of machines and free weights. We’re also proud to offer a Relax and Recover zone with hydromassage beds, tanning booths, and lounge. Some clubs also feature state of the art cycle studios, 3D body scanner and sauna. Our gyms also offer personal training and nutrition coaching, group fitness classes, and HIIT Zone classes.
Why Should You Apply?
- Grow your career while doing what you love, in a company where you are valued, heard and cared for
- Leadership, sales and customer service training
- Work perks! Take a workout class on your lunch break, free gym membership, fun and casual work environment, meet new people every day!
- Feel good about the work you do - you are radically transforming lives through fitness!
Don't wait! Apply Today!
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Where California roles are concentrated, by current openings.
Recreation Assistant Job Market in California
A snapshot from current California openings, updated as new roles post.
Who's Hiring
- Claremont McKenna College3
- California State University2
- Saint Mary's College of California2
- University of California - Santa Cruz2
- Archdiocese of Los Angeles1
Top Industries Hiring
- Education11
- Government & Public Sector1
- Sports & Recreation1
What California Employers Look For
The qualifications that appear most often in recreation assistant jobs across California.
- CPR and First Aid certification required or to be obtained within 30 days of hire
- High school diploma or equivalent with coursework in recreation, kinesiology, or a related field
- Experience leading structured recreational programs for youth, seniors, or individuals with disabilities
- Valid California driver's license with a clean driving record for community program transport
- Ability to pass a California Department of Justice background check and fingerprint clearance
- Basic proficiency in program scheduling software and standard office applications
Recreation Assistant Jobs in California: Frequently Asked Questions
How do you become a recreation assistant in California?
Most recreation assistant positions in California require a high school diploma and CPR and First Aid certification, both of which can be obtained through the American Red Cross or the American Heart Association. California does not require a state license for entry-level recreation assistants, but completing coursework in recreation administration, kinesiology, or therapeutic recreation at a California community college strengthens your application considerably. Candidates interested in therapeutic recreation should work toward the Certified Therapeutic Recreation Specialist credential offered through the National Council for Therapeutic Recreation Certification.
How much do recreation assistants make in California?
Recreation assistants in California earn a median of about $39,780 a year, based on May 2025 Bureau of Labor Statistics wage data, ranging from around $35,900 for the lowest 10% to over $56,150 for the top 10%. Pay rises with experience, specialty, and employer.
Which companies hire recreation assistants in California?
Employers hiring recreation assistants in California right now include Claremont McKenna College, California State University, and Saint Mary's College of California, based on current listings on Migrate Mate as of June 2026. California's large municipal parks departments, county health systems, and nonprofit youth-serving organizations make it one of the most active states in the country for this role.
Which California cities have the most recreation assistant jobs?
Claremont, Long Beach, and Moraga have the most recreation assistant openings in California right now. Los Angeles dominates due to its dense municipal parks network and large senior living sector, while San Diego's military family recreation programs and outdoor recreation infrastructure drive strong demand, and the Bay Area's concentration of nonprofits and county health and human services departments fuels consistent hiring across its suburban communities.
Are there remote recreation assistant jobs in California?
Yes, but they're rare. Recreation assistant work is almost entirely on-site because the role involves direct program facilitation with participants in person. About 0% of recreation assistant openings tied to California are remote or hybrid as of June 2026, and those positions typically involve administrative coordination, scheduling, or virtual health and wellness programming rather than hands-on activity leadership.
How can I get hired as a recreation assistant in California with little or no experience?
Volunteering with a California county parks department or a nonprofit such as Special Olympics California is the most realistic first step, as many departments convert reliable volunteers into paid part-time aides. The City of Los Angeles Department of Recreation and Parks and the County of San Diego regularly post seasonal and part-time recreation leader positions that require no prior professional experience. Obtaining a CPR and First Aid certification before applying and highlighting any coaching, childcare, camp counselor, or senior companion work gives candidates a concrete advantage in the application.
Where can I find and apply to recreation assistant jobs in California?
You can find and apply to recreation assistant jobs in California on Migrate Mate, which lists current California openings from parks departments, healthcare systems, nonprofits, and community organizations. Find the roles that fit your experience and location and apply directly from the listing.
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