Fitness Instructor in Welwyn Garden City

GLL is looking for a Fitness Instructor based in Hatfield. If you have the skills and ambition to join us, there has never been a more exciting time to join us. This is more than a Fitness Instructor job; it's a career. As a Fitness Instructor, part of your role is to inspire people to train independently and keep coming back, helping them understand their fitness aspirations.

It all starts with an induction, for you to understand someone's ability and ambitions and ultimately devise a bespoke programme that suits their needs. As a real people-person, this will come naturally as you quickly build people's trust and confidence. If you love variety, you'll thrive here, as you never know who you'll be supporting next. A typical day could be anything from providing a personal service in the gym and offering workout advice to checking the equipment and even teaching classes.

That means we're looking for a Fitness Instructor with physical fitness, combined with a can-do attitude and the eye for detail needed for paperwork. An obvious passion for all things fitness will need to shine through all you do too, so that you can make a positive difference to people's lives.

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
• 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 differences 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

What you need:

• A minimum NVQ level two Fitness Instructor Qualification
• 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 gym-based classes
• Ability to engage with all customers to actively encourage participation in all our services and activities

The basics:

• This is a Flexible position. Hours of work will be negotiated with you in line with the needs of the service; flexible working may be possible, but 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.