Gymnastics Coach in Burgess Hill

We are Places for People Group, a social enterprise that believes it’s people that make a community. 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 apply the same philosophy to our People as we do to our communities, ensuring our team is appreciated and supported.

More About Your Role

We have an exciting new opportunity for a Gymnastics Instructor at Places Leisure, where you will be working in a fun, lively environment with likeminded people. You will help to inspire others to work together and deliver their very best. With your passion for teaching gymnastics and excellent class programming and instructing skills, you will be full of enthusiasm whilst engaging with our customers and impressing them with your extensive knowledge and expertise. It would be beneficial if you are a fully qualified Gymnastics Instructor and hold a valid British Gymnastics Membership, along with previous experience in a coaching environment. However, if you are keen to become a Gymnastics Instructor, we would love to hear from you as we would be happy to support you in achieving this qualification.

There are many opportunities available for you within Places Leisure. Your career with us as a Gymnastics Instructor is a great first step to many different routes including a Trampoline Instructor and a Gymnastics Head Coach. In the Gymnastics Instructor role, we will offer ongoing training and development opportunities, including support with your Gymnastics Instructor qualifications and much more.

More About You

• Passionate about helping people of all ages learn or improve on their Gymnastics skills.
• Work with customers in groups and sometimes on a one-to-one basis to motivate and instruct them during their lessons.
• Use your positive energy and enthusiasm to assist the Head Gymnastics Coach in preparing engaging and fun lesson plans.
• Be a friendly, approachable, and patient individual with the ability to build trust, encourage and motivate your students.
• Thrive on supporting students to achieve their potential, drawing on your continual knowledge and experience of industry best practice whilst applying teaching skills in the most effective way.
• Always looking to seek out development opportunities and potential ideas to further improve the service we provide.
• Work as a team to keep our facilities clean and safe, adhering to regulations and our company procedures.

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.

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.

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.