Fitness Instructor - Part Time - Arun Leisure Centre

Freedom Leisure; Bognor Regis; On-site; GBP 8,000 - 11,000; Part time

Job summary

A leading leisure provider is seeking a Fitness Instructor in Bognor Regis. The role involves inspiring individuals to engage in fitness activities and personal training, while also supporting the GP Referral Programme. Ideal candidates will possess a professional fitness qualification and a GP referral qualification. This role offers a competitive salary and numerous employee benefits, including discounts and funded training opportunities, aiming to create a healthy and supportive workplace environment.

Benefits

Employee Assistance Programme

Discounted staff membership

Incremental holidays

Various insurance and saving schemes

Cycle-to-work scheme

Qualifications

• Passion for fitness and helping others.
• Experience managing a varied workload.
• Excellent interpersonal skills.

Responsibilities

• Inspire clients to train effectively and safely.
• Provide advice on exercise prescription.
• Conduct one-on-one training sessions.

Skills

Excellent communication skills

People management skills

Team oriented approach

Ability to establish relationships

Education

Professional related fitness qualification

Level 3 GP referral qualification

CIMSPA Registration

Job description

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

At Freedom Leisure, we’re all about positive vibes, great people and making a 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.

In this role you will also be our Exercise GP Referral Instructor to provide support for the GP Referral Programme, giving advice on safe exercise prescription to clients and evaluating the results from the programme. Ideally you will have the GP referral qualification, First Aid Certificate and a Certificate in Defibrillation.

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. Variety comes with being a Fitness Instructor and no two days are the same, you could be carrying out one to one training, offering workout advice, checking the equipment, or teaching a class. If you have the skills and passion, we want to hear from you.

We also welcome applications from passionate Instructors who can bring something new to the programme. Our key focus is to ensure our employees and customers to have the best experience possible, so if this sounds like you, we want to hear from 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: 16.5 hours per week, Monday - Sunday (rota basis)

• Professional related fitness qualification
• Exercise referral qualification Level 3 GP referral
• CIMSPA Registered
• Experience of managing a varied workload.
• Previous Fitness Operational experience
• Health Promotions experience
• The skill to establish key customer relationships swiftly and appropriately.
• Excellent communicator
• Excellent people management skills
• Well developed interpersonal skills, able to negotiate and persuade people both internally and externally
• Team orientated approach, able to work across organisation boundaries and demonstrate interest and be supportive of the work of colleagues

Desirable

• Group exercise related qualification
• Group Exercise Teaching Experience
• First Aid at work
• Cardiac Rehab qualification Level 4
• Experience of sales
• An ability to analyse problems, situations and information, think laterally and present creative solutions
• Assertive and use of initiative

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: 22nd December 2025

Salary: up to £10,504 per annum