Description
Department: Sports Development & Recreation
Salary: Starting from £21,828, rising to £22,681 pro rata
Closing date: Wednesday 20 November 2024
At Team Bath we boast fantastic sports and fitness facilities within our iconic £35m Sports Training Village. Whilst we take great pride in our inspiring spaces and our sporting heritage, its the energy of our people and our customers that truly matters. Were customer focused and pride ourselves in creating fantastic memories and feelings for our customers.
We wish to appoint a part-time Health and Fitness Instructor who shares our values of customer experience and a people-focussed approach. We want you to use your personality to make customers feel like this is a home from home!
About you
You are required to hold a minimum Level 2 Fitness Instructor qualification and will be required to gain Level 3 PT qualification within 6 months. Qualifications in group exercise classes, or a desire to teach are essential.
You will be passionate about the industry, show sound knowledge learned from your fitness qualifications and desire to develop yourself through ongoing learning.
About us
The Team Bath Gym and Fitness Centre is a unique environment aimed to target the student population, athletes and the general public. The Health & Fitness provision has recently undergone a substantial expansion leading to a new larger gym designed to cater for the growing membership base. In addition to the gym there are two purpose-built studios to hold in excess of 100 classes per week.
This is an opportunity to become part of a professional and progressive organisation at the leading edge of sport, health and fitness. We pride ourselves on upholding excellent customer service and delivering fun, energetic and motivational group classes. Excellent communication skills with a genuine passion to help people get results is essential to the role.
We currently run a female-only gym session and are actively encouraging more women to become members. We particularly welcome female applicants, as they are under-represented within this department at this level.
Further information
The gym is open 7 days a week (from 6.30am – 10pm weekdays, and 8am-7pm on weekends).
This is a part-time (18 hours) permanent role which will mainly cover Thursday evenings and Saturday/Sunday. There is also the added benefit of opportunities to teach additional classes and build a personal training base to supplement your income.
For an informal discussion about the role please contact Sam Holmes, Health & Fitness Manager, however, please submit your application via the University website along with a copy of your up-to-date CV.
What we can offer you
– a very generous employer contributory pension scheme
– generous annual leave allowance with an additional 5 discretionary days so that you can enjoy a positive work life balance
– we are a family-friendly University and with an increasingly agile workforce, are open to flexible working arrangements
– an excellent reward package that recognises the talents of our diverse workforce
– a wide range of personal and professional development opportunities
– a number of support options available for new and existing staff to help with the cost of some immigration expenses which you may be eligible for: Relocation allowance, Visa Reimbursement, Interest-Free Loan.
We aim to be an inclusive university, where difference is celebrated, respected and encouraged. We have an excellent international reputation with staff from over 60 different nations and have made a positive commitment towards gender equality and intersectionality receiving a Silver Athena SWAN award. We truly believe that diversity of experience, perspectives, and backgrounds will lead to a better environment for our employees and students, so we encourage applications from all genders, backgrounds, and communities, particularly from under-represented groups, and value the positive impact that will have on our teams.
We are very proud to be an autism friendly university and are an accredited Disability Confident Leader; committed to building disability confidence and supporting disabled staff.
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