Fitness Instructor

Serco Leisure
Burscough Sports Centre
14 Feb 2018
14 Mar 2018
48768
Full Time

Burscough Sports Centre, Lancashire, L40 0SD

Full Time, 36 Hours Per Week- Shift basis

£17,169.00 per annum

Must be Level 2 qualified

Serco Leisure is committed to providing a safe, warm, clean, friendly, fun environment for the local community at an affordable cost. Honesty, integrity and a positive, can do attitude are key to helping us deliver this mission and are values we expect from each individual.

Burscough Sports Centre is part of the West Lancashire Community Leisure Trust. Their vision is the creation and maintenance of a first class range of healthy leisure activities and facilities to serve all parts of the community.

Key purpose of role:

To provide inspiring fitness coaching to customers and to provide advice, guidance and programming to customers on all aspects of exercise and related subjects in accordance with the IsoSpa Customer Intimacy Health and Fitness programme.

Main Responsibilities:

  • Provide clean, safe, warm, friendly and fun facilities.
  •  Provide safe, appropriate, fun and results focussed fitness coaching to customers.
  •  Conduct customer inductions and fitness assessments.
  •  Support and guide customers to set SMART exercise goals.
  •  Maintain a full product knowledge of the services available at the centre and advise customers accordingly.
  •  Adopt a pro-active approach to continuous service improvement.
  •  Contribute to planning and marketing strategies.
  •  Supervise all customers to ensure the correct use of fitness training equipment.
  •  Commitment to maintain REPs registration and attend regular CPD training.
  •  Consistently and actively apply good housekeeping principles, such as turning off lights and equipment when not in use, in order to contribute to our strategy to reduce utility consumption and carbon footprint.

Qualifications:

  • Health and Fitness Instructors will possess a recognised qualification that allows entry at REPS Level 2 or equivalent.
  • To maintain a minimum of REPS Level 2 on a yearly basis in order to remain accredited.

Experience:

The Health and Fitness Instructor should be able to demonstrate a level of experience and knowledge commensurate with the position in:

  •  Exercise Instruction and Coaching
  •  Exercise Programming
  •  Needs Analysis and Goal Setting
  •  Health, safety and professionalism in exercise and fitness instruction.

Essential Skills:

The Health and Fitness Instructor should be able to demonstrate skills commensurate with the position in:

  •  Excellent product knowledge and experience
  •  High quality customer service skills
  •  Excellent communication skills
  •  The ability to empathise and work with customers of all age groups and levels of ability.
  •  Health and safety training and awareness
  •  Planning, marketing and sales promotional skills.

Personal Attributes:

  •  A high standard of personal fitness and a commitment to a healthy lifestyle
  •  An open, honest, approachable and outgoing personality.
  •  High personal integrity and motivation.
  •  Confident and professional

In line with Serco Leisure’s policy, all employees will have a CRB disclosure at an appropriate level

On occasion we receive significantly more applicants than expected for some vacancies and under such circumstances we reserve the right to bring forward the closing date of the advertisement. We therefore strongly advise you to apply for the role promptly to avoid disappointment should the closing date be brought forward. Serco is committed to equal opportunities and requests any potential applicant to contact the Serco Recruitment Team on 0345 010 4000 as soon as possible if an applicant has any additional queries, requirements or will need additional time in submitting an application should the closing date of the advertisement be brought forward.