Description
Position Title: Cognitive Performance Specialist
About The Organization: Inspire others and change lives through your energy and passion for fitness and well-being. Make a transformational impact on people's health engagement. Join our group of entrepreneurial professionals and become part of a fun and winning team! Aquila is an award-winning on-site health and fitness management company which was recognized as one of the Inc. 5000 fastest growing private U.S. companies. For over two decades, Aquila has been providing innovating programming and results-oriented fitness and wellness management to Fortune 1000 companies, government agencies, educational institutions, and private corporate establishments.
EOE Statement:
Aquila is an equal employment opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin or any other characteristic protected by law.
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Full-Time/Part-Time: Full-Time
Description:
Aquila's Cognitive Performance Specialist is responsible for designing and implementing mental skills development programming for a client account.
Salary range: $100,000-$120,000 annually depending on experience and qualifications
Work Hours: Monday-Friday, 8 am - 5 pm
Start Date: Sometime between February 2026 - April 2026
Location: in-person, Laurel, MD, with limited travel within DC metro area
Benefits:
- Medical, dental, and vision coverage
- Life and Disability coverage
- Ten paid vacation days annually
- Five to seven sick days annually
- Paid federal holidays
- Tuition reimbursement
- Continuing education reimbursements
- Service/tenure bonuses
- Commuter pre-tax benefits
- Fitness retailers discount programs
- 401k plan with company match
- Monday to Friday schedule, no weekend work
Responsibilities:
- Design and implement mental skills development drills and programming for population
- Evaluate the effectiveness of mental performance services
- Attend and participate in Health and Resiliency classes to provide program overviews, classroom educational briefings, and individual training sessions
- Assist with development of curriculum and initiatives for the resiliency program.
- Demonstrate leadership qualities and sound judgement
- Interfaces and assists other client offices, representatives, contractors or entities as requested to promote health, fitness, and wellbeing to all employees
- Meet with client contact as requested
- Tracks participant and program data for measurement of individual and program goal achievement, outcomes and results; creates outcomes focused management reports based on the identified business plan goals and objectives.
- Develops relationships with members, clients and key contract clients to promote goodwill
- Responsible for facilitation of the Aquila internship program when appropriate
- Additional duties and responsibilities as needed.
Qualifications:
- Master's degree in clinical counseling or sport psychology or related field
- Current certification as a Certified Mental Performance Consultant (CMPC) preferred
- Ten (10) years of experience working as a Cognitive Performance Specialist with military personnel or professional athletes, which includes a minimum of five (5) years classroom teaching experience
- U.S. Citizenship required (this is a federal agency)
- Must pass a physical training examination
- Must be able to physically push, lift and drag one hundred (100) pounds
- Must be able to work both indoors and outdoors, for extended periods of time in any weather
- Limited travel within DC area may be required
- Must pass a high level security clearance background check process
Location: Laurel, MD
Security Clearance: Ability to pass a high level federal security clearance background check
Shift: -not applicable-
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