Fitness Coach

British Universities & Colleges Sport (BUCS); Cambridge; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading organization in sports and fitness is seeking a full-time Fitness Coach in Cambridge. The role involves planning and delivering strength and conditioning sessions, personal training, and fitness classes for both high-performance athletes and general gym users. The ideal candidate will have relevant fitness qualifications and a passion for helping individuals achieve their fitness goals.

Qualifications

• Relevant fitness qualifications required.
• Experience working with general gym users and high performance athletes.
• Ability to deliver personal training and fitness sessions.

Responsibilities

• Deliver S&C sessions to high performance athletes and University Sports Clubs.
• Conduct inductions and create training programs for individuals.
• Run fitness classes and support overall operation of University Sports Service.

Skills

Motivation

Communication

Teamwork

Education

Level 2/3 gym instructor/personal training

UKSCA accreditation (or working towards)

Job description

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]