Fitness Instructor

GLL; United States; Remote; USD 28,000 - 38,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension scheme

Health Assurance & Counselling

Ride to Work scheme

Free annual eye tests

Discounted nationwide membership

Job summary

GLL is seeking a Fitness Instructor at Edmonton Leisure Centre to deliver engaging, safe exercise sessions and group classes. You will assess clients, plan personalised programmes and monitor progress, helping members achieve their goals through progressive training.

The role emphasizes a welcoming, professional service, with opportunities to run group cycles and one-to-one sessions while promoting participation and wellbeing within the community.

Qualifications

• Minimum NVQ Level 2 Fitness Instructor Qualification.
• Group Cycle CPD or qualification required.
• Experience delivering group or class sessions.
• Positive image with welcoming, professional service.

Responsibilities

• Plan, instruct and evaluate safe exercise sessions.
• Provide 1-2-1 or group inductions and programmes.
• Teach classes or small group training with appropriate progression.
• Demonstrate and adapt exercises for safety and client needs.
• Motivate clients to promote retention and adherence.

Skills

NVQ Level 2 Fitness Instructor

Group Cycle CPD

Experience of class delivery

Customer service

Job description

GLL is looking for a Fitness Instructor based at Edmonton Leisure Centre. If you have the skills and ambition to join us as a Fitness Instructor, there has never been a more exciting time to join us. This is more than a Fitness Instructor job, it's a career.

What you'll do:

• Collecting and checking information, relating to individual clients
• Analysing information relating to individual clients
• Identifying and agreeing smart short, medium and long term goals
• Planning, instructing and evaluating safe and appropriate exercise sessions.
• Providing 1-2-1 or group inductions and general exercise programmes, including the introduction to new equipment where appropriate.
• Teach classes or small group training. Training will be given for them to be able to do this.
• Selecting relevant exercises and designing appropriate programmes which address safety at all times
• Producing suitable programme cards for a range of clients/members
• Suggesting relevant exercise adaptations to allow for individual client difference or needs.
• Using logical and progressive teaching methodologies to introduce a range of exercises in relation to client goals.
• Selecting and/or correctly demonstrating a variety of training methods that can be used by clients/members.
• Providing clients/members with general advice on how to progress their individual programmes.
• Providing assistance to clients/members at all times in order to correct unsafe technique where required.
• To positively interact and motivate clients/members using appropriate strategies in order to promote retention and adherence to exercise.

• A minimum NVQ level two Fitness Instructor Qualification
• Group Cycle CPD or Qualification
• Experience of class delivery
• A good positive image and the ability to provide welcoming, helpful and professional service to keep customers returning week after week.
• Proactively market and promote the Group Cycle classes
• Ability to engage with all customers to actively encourage participation in all our service and activities

As a charitable social enterprise and cooperative owned by our staff, GLL is a unique organisation for you to have a career with!

The basics:

This is a Full time permanent position. Hours of work will be negotiated with you in line with the needs of the service, flexible working may be possible, working from home is not possible in this role.

We are an accredited Living Wage employer with industry leading rates of pay We can offer a career, not just a job with extensive Learning & development support available. A uniform will be supplied and must be worn GLL is Values Driven, not Profit Driven. We work hard to benefit the communities we operate in. As a staff owned organisation you will be given the opportunity to join the Society and have a stake in your business.

Additionally GLL offers employees a range of employment benefits:

• Access to a pension scheme.
• Health Assurance and access to Counselling services
• Access to the tax efficient Ride to Work bicycle purchase scheme.
• Free annual eye tests
• Discounted nationwide (over 200 centres) inclusive leisure centre membership for you and your partner. This includes GLL Extras!

GLL Society benefits (if you choose to join the Society after your probation period) include:

• The right to stand for the Society board and to vote for board members to represent you
• Access to team building and fun events such as Treks, Concerts outings etc
• Access to a range of benefits exclusive to our people - ask your line manager for details or check out the Intranet

About GLL:

As the UK's largest leisure operator and charitable social enterprise, we offer a range of careers for everyone in our local communities. We manage over 400 facilities across England, Wales, and Northern Ireland, including public sport and leisure centres, elite sporting venues, libraries, and children's centres.

Our people are from the communities we serve and help us make real changes in their local area.

One of our core values is 'More than a Job', because working with us opens a wide range of possibilities and opportunities for you, starting with how you work with us. To make sure we are having a positive impact on our people, we also offer some flexible and part-time working options so you can make sure your new job works for you. Subject to vacancies, whether you are after a contractual commitment and a regular work schedule or the freedom of flexible hours, you may be able to choose an arrangement that works best for you and play your part in improving the health and wellbeing of your community.

We offer two different types of work arrangements:

• A permanent employment contract - part time and full time
• A flexible worker engagement by joining our flexible worker pool

If you are looking for a regular number of hours that you can work and are flexible to meet the needs of a 7 day a week service, then a full-time or part-time permanent contract might be the right choice for you.

So whether your ambitions lie in sport and leisure, events & catering, health & beauty, corporate support or working with children, you'll be able to find your ideal new job at GLL.

Passionate about seeing our communities thrive, we invest back into our facilities, projects and people and are Investors in People Gold Award employer.

However you choose to work with us, you can be sure that you will be a valued member of our team, working with great colleagues, and making a real difference to people's lives.

We are an inclusive employer. We seek and welcome diversity in our teams.

All pay rates are subject to skills, experience, qualifications and location.