Part-Time Health Coach (Preventive & Lifestyle Medicine Focus)

About the role

We're building something new for New York City's independent drivers - the people who keep the city moving but are often left out of traditional healthcare systems. Together with the Independent Drivers Guild and the Workers Benefit Fund (WBF) , we launched the Worker Healthy Living Program (WHLP) - a lifestyle medicine-informed program designed to help drivers live healthier, longer lives through food, movement, sleep, stress management, and community. We're looking for a Health Coach who believes that lasting health change comes from trust, consistency, and support - not just information. This role is for someone who loves working directly with people, helping them make realistic changes in the context of busy, high-stress lives, and building strong relationships with participants over time. This isn't a traditional coaching role. You'll join a small, collaborative care team - including primary care clinicians, advanced practice clinicians, a dietitian, behavioral health support, a medical assistant, and other care team partners - working across in-person and virtual settings, with potential expansion to mobile clinics. You'll support participants through individual and group-based coaching and help embed lifestyle change and patient empowerment into a structured six-month program focused on whole-person health. Beyond participant support, you'll help shape how the program runs - refining workflows, supporting program operations, and helping design systems that make it easier for drivers to stay engaged. You'll also work alongside Akido's AI-powered platform to improve care delivery - using technology to reduce administrative burden and strengthen, not replace, human connection. This is a zero-to-one opportunity . You'll be joining early, with real ownership over how the program is built and grown - from how coaching is delivered to how the model scales across New York City. We're looking for someone who's energized by ambiguity, comfortable experimenting, and motivated to help turn a promising pilot into a sustainable, community-centered model. WHLP is grounded in evidence and designed to prevent and manage chronic conditions such as obesity, pre-diabetes, hypertension, and hyperlipidemia, while also addressing the real-life barriers that shape health - including stress, isolation, financial strain, and work-related challenges. If you're passionate about behavior change, community health, and building trust with populations that have been historically underserved - this is your opportunity to help reimagine what health coaching looks like in primary care from the ground up. This position is part-time and is not eligible for benefits. You'll Be a Great Fit If You Thrive in a collaborative, interdisciplinary care environment Are comfortable working in an early-stage, evolving program - able to move forward with limited direction and help create structure where it doesn't yet exist Enjoy building long-term relationships with participants, not one-off coaching sessions Believe prevention, lifestyle change, and patient empowerment should be central to healthcare Communicate with empathy, cultural humility, and a non-judgmental coaching approach Are excited by working across settings, from a community clinic in Williamsburg to virtual and mobile care across NYC Can meet people where they are and help them take the next best step (not the "perfect" step)

Responsibilities

• Provide 1:1 health coaching to WHLP participants focused on sustainable lifestyle change
• Support participants in goal-setting and skill-building related to:
• Nutrition and healthy eating
• Physical activity and movement
• Sleep and recovery
• Stress management and emotional wellbeing
• Habit formation and behavior change
• Use coaching techniques (e.g., motivational interviewing, stages of change) to help participants stay engaged and build confidence
• Support participants through a six-month lifestyle medicine-informed care program , reinforcing care plans and clinician recommendations
• Help participants identify and navigate barriers to health such as time constraints, financial strain, work schedules, transportation, and food access
• Coordinate closely with the care team (primary care, dietitia

Benefits

Additional Information

Akido builds AI-powered doctors . Akido is the first AI-native care provider, combining cutting-edge technology with a nationwide medical network to address America's physician shortage and make exceptional healthcare universal. Its AI empowers doctors to deliver faster, more accurate, and more compassionate care. Serving 500K+ patients across California, Rhode Island, and New York, Akido offers primary and specialty care in 26 specialties-from serving unhoused communities in Los Angeles to ride-share drivers in New York. Founded in 2015 (YC W15), Akido is expanding its risk-bearing care models and scaling ScopeAI, its breakthrough clinical AI platform. Read more about Akido's $60M Series B . More info at Akidolabs.com .

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