Senior Fitness Instructor

Places for People; Loughton; On-site; GBP 24,000 - 32,000; Full time

Job summary

Places for People is looking for a dedicated individual to help shape and implement the fitness offerings at their facilities, including the New Epping Leisure Centre. The successful candidate will support the departmental lead, manage a team to achieve key performance indicators, and develop impactful health initiatives that target communities with considerable health inequalities while benefiting from a comprehensive perks and rewards package.

Benefits

Real Living Wage alignment

2% bonus scheme

Full Health & Fitness membership

Flexible working options

Opportunity to purchase additional annual leave

Ongoing personal learning and development

Company Pension scheme access

Cashback plan for healthcare costs

Discounts on activities, centre shop and cafes

Extra discounts from shops and cinemas

Qualifications

• Experience working in a gym environment.
• Experience delivering group workout classes.
• Level 2 Fitness qualification required.
• Level 3 Fitness qualification desirable.

Responsibilities

• Assist department lead in implementing and reviewing fitness offerings.
• Support and mentor the team to achieve fitness-related KPIs.
• Develop health and wellbeing initiatives for communities.

Skills

Management experience

Group Workout delivery

Customer retention strategies

Technology in fitness

Education

Level 2 Fitness qualification

Level 3 Fitness qualification

Exercise to Music qualification

Group Cycling qualification

Job description

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.