Fitness Instructor in Bristol

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Salary: £25, per annum

Position Type: Permanent

Type of Employment: Full Time

Hours: 37.5 hours per week

Location: MOD Abbey Wood, Bristol, England, BS34 8JH

An opportunity to join an experienced, versatile team, delivering first class services at MoD Abbey Wood. Previously security cleared personnel are particularly encouraged to apply.

Position Overview

We are looking for a full-time, versatile, and enthusiastic Fitness Instructor, responsible for the safe operation of the Fitness Centre and able to deliver creative and professional fitness programmes to suit the fitness levels of military and civilian personnel.

Main Responsibilities

• Provide fitness programmes, assessments and inductions for military and civilian personnel.
• Assist with daily cleaning requirements of the fitness equipment as well as ensuring that the gym equipment is maintained to a first-class condition.
• Instruct fitness classes and assist with military fitness testing.
• Carry out other reasonable tasks as required; this could include cover for other Mitie team members and other building management and access control duties.
• Operate in a friendly manner and actively promote a safe working culture and adhere to the Health and Safety procedures, processes, and the law.

What we are looking for

• A reliable, trustworthy, competent, and physically fit person with the ability to work independently and as part of a team.
• Confident, self-motivated, and able to use own initiative, highly responsive to company and customer requirements.
• Pro-active and consistent with the ability to adapt quickly to the different needs of the business.
• A professional qualification in fitness, Level 2 in Fitness Instruction at minimum.
• Certificate in Exercise to Music desirable.
• First aid qualification desirable (training can be provided).
• Coaching skills desirable.
• Ability to teach some of the following classes: Circuit training, Spinning, Boxercise and Kettlebells.
• Capability to multi-task when and where needed, as required by the business.
• Working knowledge of Health and Safety requirements.
• Effective interpersonal communication skills.
• Flexible approach to accommodate changing requirements and priorities.
• Good customer facing skills and the ability to develop close working relationships.
• Basic IT literacy.

Additional Information

• MOD security clearance and DBS Standard required.
• To meet national security vetting requirements, you will normally need to have been resident in the UK for at least 3 years to gain a Counter Terrorist Check, 5 years for Security Clearance and 10 years for Developed Vetting prior to the date of application.
• All Developed Vetted posts are required to be UK Nationals.
• Proof of right to work in UK essential.
• The Contract operates a flexible output during the overarching service hours of Mon to Fri.
• Required to wear approved company work wear.

Our market-leading offering provides you with benefits that suit your lifestyle. We have a virtual GP on hand for you and members of your household. So you can get expert advice by video or phone without having to leave your home. We offer financial wellbeing assistance through our Salary Finance scheme. For example, you could access 50% of your earned pay before payday for a small fee. Salary Finance also offers competitive loans.

When you join us, we’ll give you a link to our flexible lifestyle benefits platform, Choices. You might choose to purchase up to five extra days’ holiday each year. You might buy critical illness insurance, seek dental treatment or buy technology products at an affordable cost. There are many choices!

We give you access to high street discounts from thousands of well-known retailers, gyms and more through our MiDeals platform. And we have a cycle-to-work scheme. Life cover of up to four times your salary is available. We also offer enhanced pension contributions, a save-as-you-earn scheme, and a Mitie Matching Share Plan (you could even be awarded free shares in Mitie).

We award our employees with Mitie Stars as recognition for their hard work. There are cash prizes up for grabs each month and at the end of the year there’s a chance to scoop a top prize of £10!

Our success is a direct result of the experience and quality of our people. Progressing your career is therefore a top priority for us. We offer a diverse variety of training and development avenues via a wide selection of learning resources to suit you.

We are committed to ensuring our recruitment process is inclusive and accessible to all. If you have a disability or long-term condition (for example dyslexia, anxiety, autism, a mobility condition or hearing loss) and need us to make any reasonable adjustments, changes or do anything differently during the recruitment process, please let us know by emailing us.