Gym Instructor: Glasgow Life

Triathlon Scotland; Glasgow; Hybrid; GBP 18,000 - 24,000; Full time

Job summary

Glasgow Club is seeking a dedicated Gym Instructor to join our Health & Fitness team across Glasgow venues. You’ll report to the Health & Fitness Co-ordinator and deliver varied fitness programmes, helping members on their journeys and supporting citywide events.

You will promote safe exercise, monitor gym user safety, and ensure equipment is well maintained. Flexibility to cover shifts including early mornings, evenings and weekends is essential.

Qualifications

• Level 2/3 Health and Fitness Qualification.
• Strong interpersonal skills to engage and motivate members.
• Fitness coaching qualifications or willingness to learn new skills.
• Ability to work with fitness programming software such as My Wellness.

Responsibilities

• Deliver a range of fitness programmes and activities to members.
• Promote health and fitness at local and citywide events.
• Ensure safety, monitor behaviour and prevent injury on the gym floor.
• Assist with equipment maintenance, cleaning and facility prep.

Skills

Interpersonal skills

Fitness coaching

My Wellness

Education

Level 2/3 Health and Fitness Qualification

Tools

My Wellness

Job description

Location: Glasgow Club Bellahouston - G52 1HH, Glasgow International Arena - G40 3HG, Glasgow Club Scotstoun - G14 9HY

Hours: 35 hours per week.

Both the permanent and fixed-term roles are full-time, working on a shift rotation over 7 days. This includes early starts, evening finishes and weekends, between 5.30am and 10.30pm.

Examples of shifts include:

5.30am-2.30pm

2.00pm- 10.30pm

Saturday 7.00am – 4.00pm

Sunday 7.00 am- 4.00pm and 12.00pm – 8.00pm

Start and finishing times of shifts may vary from venue to venue.

Interested in part-time hours?

We are also recruiting separately for part-time Gym Instructor vacancies.

Contract type:

Permanent

Fixed Term until 28 July 2028

Location: City-wide, with your main base discussed at interview.

What you’ll do

As a Gym Instructor, you’ll be part of an established Health & Fitness team, reporting to the Health & Fitness Co-ordinator. You’ll play an essential role in each member’s fitness journey, providing a variety of fitness programmes and delivering a range of fitness activities to suit everyone. You will be involved in promoting health and fitness at local and citywide events. You will gather gym user information and oversee the general safety and behaviour of customers to help prevent injury, misuse and damage to facilities and equipment. The safety of our customers and staff is paramount, so you will follow industry and government guidelines and protocols to provide a safe environment, helping with the preparation and cleaning of the facility and maintenance of equipment. To ensure Glasgow Club can deliver the best experience to its customers, you will need to be flexible, adaptable to change and open to delivering new activities.

Your work will make a visible and lasting difference. This could be:

Supporting our communities

Creating cultural experiences

Or working behind the scenes to make it all happen

Who you are

Level 2/3 Health and Fitness Qualification in Gym, Exercise and Fitness Knowledge

Good interpersonal skills to engage and motivate members

Fitness Coaching qualifications in group fitness activities or the flexibility to learn new skills

The ability to work confidently with fitness programming software such as My Wellness

Membership of the Protection of Vulnerable Groups Scheme will be essential on taking up appointment. Please note successful candidates for the above position will be required to pay for their PVG Membership/or Scheme Checks.

These posts are excepted under Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exclusions and Exceptions) (Scotland) Order 2013 (as amended).