Senior Fitness Instructor

Places for People; Chigwell; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

Join Places for People as a Senior Fitness Instructor, where you'll play a crucial role in shaping fitness offerings and mentor the team to enhance community health. With a strong focus on creating active, healthy environments, this role allows you to make a real impact while enjoying comprehensive benefits, including health memberships and flexible working arrangements.

Benefits

We align with the Real Living Wage foundation

A bonus scheme for all colleagues at 2%

Full Health & Fitness membership for you, a nominated adult, and up to 4 juniors

Flexible working options

Opportunities for ongoing learning and development

Access to our Company Pension scheme

Cashback plan for healthcare costs – up to £500 saving per year

Discounts of up to 50% on activities, centre shop and cafes

Extra perks including huge discounts from shops and cinemas

Qualifications

• Experience in a gym environment and delivering group workout classes required.
• Level 2 Fitness qualification a must, Level 3 desirable.
• Management experience in fitness is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Help shape and implement fitness programs in the facility.
• Support and mentor the team to achieve fitness KPIs.
• Develop health and wellbeing initiatives targeting communities.

Skills

Experience of working in Gym environment

Experience of delivering Group Workout classes

Management experience within gym environment

Education

Level 2 Fitness

Level 3 Fitness

Exercise to Music

Group Cycling or Les Mills

Job description

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We are Places for People Group, we're a social enterprise that believes it's people that make a community. That's why we build homes and deliver services for everyone in the community to thrive. At Places Leisure we are changing lives by creating active places and healthy people for communities to thrive, and we want to be the UK's leading health and wellbeing enabler.

We aren't your typical company. We apply the same philosophy to our People as we do to our communities, ensuring our team is appreciated and supported. At Places for People, you're more than just a number - you're part of our cause.

More About Your Role

As a support to the department lead, you will help to shape, plan, implement and review the fitness offer within your facility, as well as an exciting opportunity to assist with the launch of the New Epping Leisure Centre. Assist the department lead to support, mentor and manage the team to achieve all fitness related KPI's. Your key focuses will align to the healthy communities and fitness strategy on a page seven aspirations - customers, colleagues, retention, technology, commercial, group workout and environment In addition, develop a range impactful health and wellbeing initiatives, targeted at communities who experience the greatest health inequalities

For more information please download our job profile available on our website.

More About You

• Experience of working in Gym environment
• Experience of delivering Group Workout classes
• Level 2 Fitness - Required
• Level 3 Fitness – desirable
• Exercise to Music, Group Cycling or Les Mills
• Management experience within gym environment
  
  

Benefits

We are a large, diverse and ambitious business, which will give you all the challenge you could wish for.

We know that there's always more we can do to make you smile, that's why we offer a comprehensive benefits package with each role, yours will include:

• We align with the Real Living Wage foundation
• A bonus scheme for all colleagues at 2%
• Full Health & Fitness membership for you, a nominated adult and up to 4 juniors
• Flexible working (including part time working, shift work and more)
• An opportunity to purchase additional annual leave
• Lots of opportunity to access ongoing personal learning and development
• Access to our Company Pension scheme
• Cashback plan for healthcare costs – up to £500 saving per year
• Discounts of up to 50% on activities, centre shop and cafes
• Extra perks including huge discounts and offers from shops, cinemas and much more.
  
  

What's next?

If you meet the criteria and are ready to make the next step in your career then apply following our simple 5 minute application process, upload a CV and a supporting statement which demonstrates how you meet the requirements of the role.

Please note that we may bring the closing date forward, if we receive a large number of quality applications. If you are interested in this role we would advise applying immediately to avoid disappointment.

If you are using a mobile device such as an iPad then ensure your CV is stored in the cloud, we currently support Google Drive, OneDrive and Dropbox.

At Places for People, safeguarding is everyone's responsibility. We are committed to creating safe communities for our customers and colleagues by protecting children, young people, and adults at risk from harm, abuse, and neglect.

We follow robust safeguarding policies and procedures, ensuring all employees, volunteers, and contractors uphold the highest standards of safeguarding and accountability. Our recruitment process includes pre-employment checks, including Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) checks where applicable, to promote a safe and secure working environment.

By joining Places for People, you are expected to contribute to our safeguarding culture, following our policies and reporting concerns to protect those in our communities.

Armed Forces - We are proud to support the Armed Forces Covenant. Places for People will guarantee an interview for any candidate who is serving or has formerly served in the Armed Forces, as a reservist, armed forces veteran (including the wounded, injured and sick), cadet instructor and military spouse/partner and who meets the essential criteria for the vacancy.

Disability Confident - We are proud to be a member of the Disability Confident scheme certified as Level 2 Disability Confident Employer. This helps us to successfully employ and retain people with disabilities and health conditions. Disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria for a vacancy will be guaranteed an interview. The Equality Act 2010 (Disability Discrimination Act 1995 for NI) defines a disabled person as someone who has a physical or mental impairment that has sa substantial and long-term negative effect on their ability to do daily activities.

Neurodivergent – Neurodiverse individuals have highly valuable skills, and we recognise that a traditional interview process sometimes works against them and doesn’t allow them to self-advocate. Neurodiverse applicants who meet the criteria for a vacancy will be guaranteed an interview.

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