Fitness Instructor - Full Time - Guildford Spectrum

Freedom Leisure; Guildford; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 24,000; Full time

Job summary

A charitable leisure trust is looking for a passionate Fitness Instructor to join their team. This role involves inspiring clients, providing tailored workouts, and ensuring safe equipment use. The ideal candidate will have a Level 2 fitness qualification and excellent people skills. Enjoy benefits like discounted memberships and career progression opportunities while making a positive impact in the community. Salary up to £23,555 per annum.

Benefits

My Staff Shop benefits scheme

Discounted Staff membership

Incremental holidays

Employee Assistance Programme

Company pension

Insurance and saving schemes

Financial advice

Cycle-to-work scheme

Fully funded training

Qualifications

• Passion for fitness and helping others.
• Ability to build trust and confidence with clients.
• Experience in instructing fitness sessions.

Responsibilities

• Assist gym users with exercise queries.
• Provide high standards of customer service.
• Instruct fitness sessions for various ability levels.

Skills

Excellent people skills

Ability to tailor workouts

Outgoing personality

Education

Level 2 fitness qualification

Professional related fitness qualification

Job description

Join the Energy at Freedom Leisure – Do Good Feel Good!

At Freedom Leisure, we’re all about positive vibes, great people, and makinga real impact. Yes, we run leisure and cultural facilities, gyms, and swimming pools—but at the heart of it all, it’s our people who make the difference.

As one of the UK’s leading charitable leisure trusts, we’re proud of our mission of Improving Lives Through Leisure. We’re here to help communities live healthier, happier lives by making our centres welcoming, inclusive, and accessible to everyone - because everyone deserves to feel good. We’re all about delivering amazing customer service with a smile—every single day. We create spaces where people feel at home, supported, and inspired.

If you’re passionate about helping others and love creating great experiences, you’ll feel right at home with us. You don’t need to be an expert to get started - we’ll give you all the training and support you need. With over 130 centres across England and Wales, there’s loads of room to grow. Many of our team have built amazing careers doing what they love, helping customers day-to-day and making people feel good.

We’re proud to be a workplace where everyone is welcome, valued, and supported to thrive—because when our team reflects the communities we serve, we all grow stronger together.

We are looking for a Fitness Instructor to join our team! We are looking for someone who has a real passion for fitness along with the relevant qualifications. As a Fitness Instructor, you need to inspire people to train, to tailor the workouts to the individual making them fun and effective, ensuring that they use the equipment both effectively and safely. The role of a Fitness Instructor is varied and interesting as you never know who your next client is going to be, so you will need to possess excellent people skills to build peoples trust and confidence in you.

In the event that a high volume of suitable applications are received, the post may close prior to the specified closing date. Please apply as soon as possible if interested.

Hours: 37 hours per week, Monday - Sunday (rota basis)

• To assist support the gym users with exercise queries and programs on a day-to-day basis.
• To provide the highest standards of customer service and safety at all times in accordance with the policies, procedures and systems.
• To instruct fitness sessions, at various levels of ability on both a group and individual basis.
• Professional related fitness qualification.
• Outgoing personality with a can do attutude.
• Level 2 fitness qualification (minimum).

We want you to love coming to work, feeling healthy, happy and valued. That's why we've developed a benefits package with you in mind, so what can we offer you?

• My Staff Shop, our very own staff benefit scheme, gives employees access to a great range of benefits. Get discounts on cinema tickets, travel bookings, high street e-vouchers, gift cards, days out, leisure activities and your day to day spending.
• Discounted Staff membership (including family members)

• Incremental holidays

• Employee Assistance Programme - 24/7 confidential, independent and professional counselling.

• Company pension

• Various insurance and saving schemes

• Financial advice

• Cycle-to-work and Car Leasing tax-efficient schemes (salaried staff only)

• All this as well as fully funded training and career progression opportunities in a team working environment

Closing date: 12th September 2025

Salary: Up to £23,555 per annum