Fitness Coach

University of Cambridge; Cambridge; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

The University of Cambridge is seeking a full-time Fitness Coach to join our dynamic Sports Service team. In this role, you will support a wide range of fitness activities, work with high-performance athletes and help individuals achieve their fitness goals. Ideal candidates will possess relevant qualifications and experience in fitness training, along with a passion for motivating others.

Qualifications

• Relevant fitness qualifications required.
• Experience working with individuals and groups, from health-focused users to high-performance athletes.

Responsibilities

• Plan and deliver S&C sessions to high performance athletes.
• Support clients with fitness goals and deliver personal training sessions.
• Conduct fitness classes and contribute to student and staff fitness programmes.

Skills

Motivation

Training

Communication

Customer Service

Education

Level 2/3 gym instructors/personal training qualification

UKSCA accreditation (or working towards it)

Job description

We are seeking a full-time Fitness Coach to support delivery of our growing wellbeing, fitness, strength and conditioning activities. If you are passionate about training and motivating individuals and groups to achieve their training and fitness goals, this role could be for you!

You Will Be Part Of a Team That

• Plans, develops and delivers strength and conditioning (S&C) sessions to high performance athletes on TASS and UCAPP. (TASS is a national scheme that supports athletes and UCAPP is the University's own in-house high-performance programme for elite athletes that offers support in multiple areas, including S&C in which the role holder will be a key figure).
• Designs and carries out S&C sessions for University Sports Clubs and external teams working with a variety of sports such as fencing, rugby league, swimming, modern pentathlon, netball, etc.
• Supports individual customers and groups to achieve their fitness goals by conducting inductions, creating programmes, and delivering personal training sessions and workshops.
• Delivers fitness classes (e.g. circuits) as part of our group exercise class timetable and contributes to our active students and staff programmes.
• Contributes to the operation of the University Sports Service as a whole, supporting health and safety requirements, customer service, cleaning and maintenance needs, mentoring other staff and opening up/locking up procedures.
  
  

You should have relevant fitness qualifications e.g. Level 2/3 gym instructors/personal training. UKSCA accreditation is desirable (or be working towards this with the ability to achieve this within eighteen months), or equivalent strength and conditioning qualifications.

You should have experience of working with a range of individuals and groups; from those training for health reasons through to high performance athletes, and you should be just as passionate about dealing with general gym users as you are with athletes and teams.

Appointment to this role will be subject to a satisfactory completion of a six-month probationary period, as well as a satisfactory completion of a Disclosure and Barring Service check (enhanced with children and adults' barred lists).

For an informal discussion, please contact Tristan Coles, Fitness, Strength and Conditioning Manager via [e-mail]

For more information on the Sports Service, visit: www.sport.cam.ac.uk

Click the 'Apply' button below to register an account with our recruitment system (if you have not already) and apply online.

Prospective candidates are encouraged to use the Suitability for the Role section of the application form to highlight how they meet the person specification and what skills, knowledge and experience they would bring to the role.

The interviews will take place during the week commencing 7 July 2025.

For a full Job Description and Person Specification, please see the Further Particulars of the role.

If you have any questions which are not covered by the Further Particulars or the Sports Website, please e-mail [e-mail]

Please quote reference DG46248 on your application and in any correspondence about this vacancy.

The University actively supports equality, diversity and inclusion and encourages applications from all sections of society.

The University has a responsibility to ensure that all employees are eligible to live and work in the UK.

Further information

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