Fitness Class Instructor

Better; Greater London; On-site; GBP 40,000 - GBP 60,000; Part time

Job summary

A leading leisure operator in Greater London is seeking passionate Fitness Class Instructors to join Morden Leisure Centre. The role requires dynamic individuals who can deliver high-quality fitness classes and inspire a diverse range of customers. Ideal candidates will possess Exercise to Music Level 2 or similar qualifications and strong communication skills. The position offers flexible hours, excellent career progression, and various employee benefits including pension scheme access and membership discounts. Join us to make a positive impact in your community.

Benefits

Access to a pension scheme

Health Assurance

Free annual eye tests

Discounted leisure centre membership

Qualifications

• Passion and ambition to teach various fitness genres.
• Commitment to delivering high standard classes.
• Knowledge of health and safety regulations.

Responsibilities

• Deliver a safe and effective fitness class.
• Ensure classes are fun and enthusiastic for participants.
• Adapt classes for customers of different ages and levels.

Skills

Strong communication skills

Customer service focus

Team player

Adaptability

Energy and enthusiasm

Education

Exercise to Music Level 2 and/or Fitness Instructor Level 2 qualification

Job description

GLL is looking for Fitness Class Instructors to work at Morden Leisure Centre. If you have the passion, skills, and ambition to join us as a Fitness Class Instructor, there’s never been a more exciting time to join us. This is more than a Fitness Class Instructor job, it's a career.

Fitness classes are performers, empowers, and inspirers. A Fitness Class Instructor applying for this role will be approachable, dynamic, and have copious amounts of energy. Strong communication skills, the ability to adapt, and to lead by example are key aspects of the Fitness Class Instructor. The ideal Fitness Class Instructor will be able to teach a plethora of genres and will commit to delivering a high standard class.

What you’ll do:

• The ability to deliver a safe and effective class
• Consistently perform a fun, enthusiastic, high‑quality class
• Adapt, progress, and regress where required for all ages and levels
• Inspire all customers through class delivery and the transferring of energy and motivation
• Ensure all customer expectations are exceeded

As a leader within the leisure industry, we can also offer scope to progress your career, and job variety like nowhere else.

What you need:

• Exercise to Music Level 2 and/or Fitness Instructor Level 2 qualification
• Strong communication skills
• A real focus on customer service
• Commitment and enthusiasm
• Knowledge of health and safety
• Be a great team player

As a charitable social enterprise and cooperative owned by our staff, GLL is a unique organisation for you to have a career with!

The basics:

This is a part time, flexible position. Hours of work will be negotiated with you in line with the needs of the service, flexible working may be possible, 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.

We offer two different types of work arrangements:

• A permanent employment contract - part time or full time
• A flexible worker engagement by joining our flexible worker pool

We are an inclusive employer. We seek and welcome diversity in our teams. All pay rates are subject to skills, experience, qualifications and location.