Sport and Exercise Psychologist

**Nexfit** is hiring **Sport and exercise psychologist **to join our Fitness team.

As a **Sport and exercise psychologist**,you'll help athletes and teams involved in sport, from amateur to elite professional level, deal psychologically with the demands of the sport. You'll also help them improve their personal development and performance in order to reach their full potential.

As an exercise psychologist, you'll work with the general public to increase motivation and participation in exercise, encouraging a healthy lifestyle and advising on the psychosocial benefits that exercise can offer.

**Responsibilities**

As a sport and exercise psychologist, you'll need to:

- assess your clients' needs and abilities, and monitor sporting performance and behaviour
- implement strategies to help clients overcome difficulties, improve performance or realise potential
- work with a multidisciplinary team including other psychologists, nutritionists, GPs, coaches and physiologists
- deliver counselling and/or workshops covering issues such as goal setting, visualisation and relaxation
- develop tailored interventions to assist athletes in preparation for competition and to deal with the psychological demands of the sport
- counsel clients who are ill or in poor physical or mental health, and who may benefit from participation in more regular exercise
- develop tailored interventions to assist athletes in preparation for competition and to deal with the psychological demands of the sport
- provide athletes with strategies to help them handle issues such as nerves, self-confidence and motivation
- set up activities to help improve both individual and team performances
- equip athletes with mental strategies to cope with and overcome setbacks or injuries
- advise coaches how to improve squad cohesion or communication
- deliver group workshops on areas such as self-analysis of performance or techniques to develop mental skills within the sport.

**Working hours**

Working hours for practitioners vary depending on the client and the nature of the sport or exercise psychology role. Although you would generally work office hours, evening or weekend work may also be required to fit in with training and sports competitions.

Hours within education or healthcare settings are mainly 9am to 5pm.

**Skills**

You'll need to show evidence of the following:

- an interest in sport
- excellent communication and interpersonal skills
- active listening and reflection skills
- patience and the ability to motivate others
- flexibility in order to work in a range of settings with different clients
- problem-solving skills
- decision-making ability
- teamworking skills
- commitment to research and continuing professional development (CPD)
- the ability to work under pressure and cope with challenging situations
- a methodical approach to work
- general IT and administrative skills.

**Qualifications required**:

- University degree in psychology
- Minimum 3 years of work experience in psychology, preferably in the fitness industry and/or gyms or clubs.
- Good communication skills - Good editorial and analysing skills
- Ability to work with different teams and different partners.
- Good command of Arabic and English language
- Excellent writing, facilitation, and organizational skills
- Good community mobilization skills & Computer knowledge
- Microsoft Word, Excel, Outlook.

**Job Types**: Full-time, Contract
Contract length: 12 months

**Salary**: E£1.00 - E£2.00 per month

Application Question(s):

- What is your expected salary?

**Experience**:

- Fitness pyschology: 3 years (required)
- Fitness industry: 3 years (required)

**Language**:

- English (required)

License/Certification:

- Psychologist license (required)

Shift availability:

- Day Shift (required)
- Night Shift (required)