Senior Fitness Coach

Loughborough Sport; Loughborough; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 36,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Shift allowance 12.5% (term time)

Shift allowance 5% (vacation time)

Job summary

Loughborough Sport is seeking an experienced and ambitious Senior Fitness Coach to join our team, taking a leading role in shaping fitness and personal training services. You will lead and develop the Fitness Coach team, drive high standards of coaching, customer engagement and gym floor delivery, and expand our one-to-one coaching offer with energy and creativity to attract and support customers.

This role also ensures day-to-day facility operations and staff deployment with a focus on service

Qualifications

• Leadership and team development experience
• Strong coaching skills with a customer-focused approach
• Excellent communication and reliability

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop the Fitness Coach team to high coaching standards and gym floor delivery
• Drive growth and quality of one-to-one coaching and personal training offers
• Coordinate staff deployment and maintain excellent customer care, cleanliness and operational readiness
• Drive continual improvement and decisive leadership in daily operations

Job description

Full time and open ended with a shift allowance of 12.5% term time and 5% vacation time

Loughborough Sport is seeking an experienced and ambitious full-time Senior Fitness Coach to join the team. This is an exciting opportunity to take a leading role within one of the world’s most recognised sporting environments, combining operational leadership with the opportunity to shape and develop our fitness and personal training services.

The successful candidate will lead and develop the Fitness Coach team, driving high standards of coaching, customer engagement and gym floor delivery. A key focus will be the continued development of our newly defined one-to-one coaching and personal training offer, bringing ideas, energy and creativity to how we attract, engage and support customers.

We are particularly interested in experienced Personal Trainers who are ready to take the next step in their career, develop other coaches and have a wider impact beyond their own client base.

Alongside service development, the role remains firmly grounded in the day-to-day operation of the facilities. The successful candidate will coordinate staff deployment and ensure consistently high standards of customer care, cleanliness, presentation and operational readiness. Strong leadership, excellent communication, reliability, initiative and the confidence to make decisions and drive continual improvement are therefore essential.

Contact for informal enquiries: Jay Hawker, [e-mail]

Closing date for receipt of applications: 30th September 2026

Interviews: w/c 12th October 2026https://vacancies.lboro.ac.uk/tlive_webrecruitment/wrd/run/ETREC107GF.open?VACANCY_ID=264663fhRC&WVID=5913100PrZ