Gym Instructor

Horizon Leisure Centres; Waterlooville; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 26,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Free gym access for you +1

Employee discounts

Healthcare Cash Plan

Free 24/7 GP access (SmartHealth)

Employee Assistance Programme

23 days annual leave + 8 bank holidays

Internal recognition schemes

Training, development & progression

Free onsite parking

Hybrid & family-friendly policies

Sick pay scheme

Employee referral scheme

Company pension scheme

Death in service benefit

Job summary

Horizon Leisure Centres in Waterlooville is seeking a Gym Instructor to join our team. This role involves inductions, gym classes, and creating personalised fitness programmes.

You will work a 3-week rolling rota with early, late and weekend shifts. A Level 2 Gym Instructor qualification is essential, and we offer extensive training, benefits, and career progression.

Qualifications

• Level 2 Gym Instructor qualification (or equivalent) with relevant experience.
• First Aid qualification desirable.

Responsibilities

• Inductions one-to-one or small group sessions.
• Carry out gym-based classes as per timetable.
• Write personalised fitness programmes for individual members.
• Proactively maintain the members’ database.
• Promote gym incentives, classes and forthcoming events.
• Help and assist members with questions and queries.
• Keep gym and equipment clean and tidy per cleaning schedule.
• Maintain fitness equipment and update maintenance log.

Skills

Interpersonal skills

Communication

Self-motivation

Work under pressure

Flexibility

Initiative

Teamwork

Education

Level 2 Gym Instructor

Job description

Job title: Gym Instructor

Hours: 40 per week

Location: Waterlooville Leisure Centre

Salary: £ 24,509.06 (under 21) / £26,436.80 (21 and over)

Working Pattern: This role is based on a 3-week rolling rota covering a mixture of early, late and weekend shifts. Shifts typical range between 5:45am and 10:00pm, with regular weekend working. Full rota details are available below or on request.

Looking for a workplace that ignites your passion, values respect, encourages innovation, and embraces being dynamic? Look no further! This role offers you the opportunity to join a team that believes in empowering its colleagues to unlock their full potential with Horizon.

The Trust:

Horizon Leisure Centres is a leisure trust operating since 1997, with centres in Waterlooville, Havant and Guildford. We are passionate about health and wellbeing and are committed to making an outstanding positive impact on our customers and within our local community. Our mission is to support and inspire our local communities to live healthier and happier lives by providing affordable access to sport and leisure facilities to all.

The Role:

We are looking for a Gym Instructor to join us in transforming our business from 'good' to 'great'! This is a thrilling time for our company, and we need a key team member like you to help us achieve unprecedented success.

Our ideal candidate!

Our ideal person will have a Level 2 Gym Instructor qualification (or equivalent) with relevant experience in a similar role.

What does the role involve?

The main focus of the role will be to ensure the efficient operation of the Gym under the supervision of the Gym Team Leader. A hands‑on role that requires you to:

• To carry out inductions on a one to one or small group session basis
• To carry out gym based classes as per timetable
• To carry out and write personalised fitness programmes for individual members
• To proactively maintain the members’ database
• To promote the gyms incentives, classes, and forthcoming events
• To help and assist members with questions and queries
• To ensure the gym and fitness equipment is kept clean and tidy as per the cleaning schedule
• To maintain fitness equipment and update the maintenance log

Qualifications:

• First Aid Qualification (desirable)
• Gym Instructor Qualification Level 2 or Higher (essential)

Skills and competencies:

• Excellent interpersonal skills
• Excellent communication skills
• Self-motivated
• Ability to work under pressure
• A flexible approach to work
• Ability to work on own initiative
• Excellent team working skills

What you can expect from us:

• A comprehensive induction and training programme; you don’t need to have worked in the leisure industry before. We will teach you all you need to know!
• Support from the wider team who have a great deal of combined knowledge and experience and who are eager to help you succeed!
• Variety; no two days is the same!
• An environment that encourages innovation and free thinking, surrounded by really dynamic, empowered individuals.

Benefits:

• Free access to our award-winning gym’s and exercise classes for you and a +1
• Employee discounts and wellbeing platform
• Healthcare Cash plan
• Free 24/7 access to GPs using our SmartHealth plan
• Employee Assistance Programme - support for when you need it most
• 23 days annual leave + 8 days bank holiday
• Internal recognition schemes
• Opportunities for training, development and progression
• Free onsite parking - subject to availability
• Hybrid and family friendly policies
• Generous company sick pay scheme
• Employee referral scheme
• Company pension scheme
• Death in service benefit
• And much more....

This role will be based at Waterlooville but will be expected to travel to other company site as the need requires.

Interview Process:

The recruiting manager will review your CV and if shortlisted, you will be invited to a formal interview/assessment process where we will evaluate your suitability for the role.

The successful candidate will be subject to an Enhanced DBS check.

As you can imagine, we get a great response to all our job adverts and as a consequence, there may be times when due to the volume of applicants to need to close a vacancy early.