Yoga Instructor

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

Job summary

A leading leisure centre in Abingdon is seeking an experienced Yoga Instructor to deliver both freestyle and performance-driven classes. The ideal candidate will inspire participants, ensuring energizing and engaging sessions while maintaining safety and quality in every class. With qualifications in fitness instruction and strong communication skills, you'll contribute to a dynamic environment that values employee growth and community wellbeing. Join us to develop your career in an inclusive and supportive setting.

Benefits

Pension schemes

Discounted gym membership

Access to free CPD training

Health assurance

Exclusive discounts on various services

Qualifications

• Must hold fitness class qualifications relevant to the role.
• Ability to effectively communicate with class participants.
• Must be enthusiastic and committed to providing high-quality classes.

Responsibilities

• Deliver a range of freestyle and performance-driven fitness classes.
• Inspire and motivate participants during classes.
• Ensure a safe and effective fitness environment.

Skills

Fitness class qualifications specific to the roles

Strong communication skills

Customer service focus

Commitment and enthusiasm

Knowledge of health and safety

Team player

Job description

Overview

GLL is looking for Yoga Instructors to work at The White Horse Leisure & Tennis 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.

What you’ll do

The role of the Fitness Class Instructor will be a constant performance. The Fitness Class Instructor will be required to deliver both freestyle and performance driven classes. Each class delivered by the Fitness Class Instructor will be full of energy, passion and fun. Adapting the classes to cater for those focused on results the Fitness Class Instructor will deliver and inspire a strong class to ensure the goals are achieved, whilst in a freestyle class the Fitness Class Instructor will use musicality, energy and engagement for a party atmosphere. Whichever class is being taught the Fitness Class Instructor will be an awesome addition to any timetable.

• 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

• Fitness class qualifications specific to the roles
• Strong communication skills
• A real focus on customer service.
• Commitment and enthusiasm
• Knowledge of health and safety
• Be a great team player

Benefits

As a charitable social enterprise owned by its staff GLL has a great range of benefits for its employees:

• A Values driven organisation
• Learning & development to support career development
• Good Pension schemes
• Discounted gym membership for you and your partner.
• Access to an extensive range of free and funded CPD training to develop and enhance your career
• Industry leading rates of pay
• Opportunity to join the GLL Society and have a say in how we are run plus associated social events
• Exclusive discounts on our villas in Portugal
• Exclusive discounts on our Ski chalets in Bulgaria
• Health assurance
• Career pathways, professional development are just the start. To ensure you stay at the top of your game, we provide training with practical and theory elements too.
• Discounts across thousands of retailers (GLL Extras)
• 25% off Red Letter Days
• 25% off Buy A Gift
• 20% off GLL spa experience treatments and associated products.
• Ride to work scheme
• Free eye tests and discounted glasses

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.

One of our core values is ‘More than a Job’, because working with us opens up a wide range of possibilities and opportunities for you, starting with how you work with us. To make sure we’re having a positive impact on our people, we also offer some flexible and part-time working options so you can make sure your new job works for you. Subject to vacancies, whether you are after a contractual commitment and a regular work schedule or the freedom of flexible hours, you may be able to choose an arrangement that works best for you and play your part in improving the health and wellbeing of your community.

We offer two different types of work arrangements:

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

If you are looking for a regular number of hours that you can work, and are flexible to meet the needs of a 7 day a week service, then a full-time or part-time permanent contract might be the right choice for you.

So whether your ambitions lie in sport and leisure, events & catering, health & beauty, corporate support or working with children, you’ll be able to find your ideal new job at GLL.

Passionate about seeing our communities thrive, we invest back into our facilities, projects and people and are Investors in People Silver Award employer.

However you choose to work with us, you can be sure that you will be a valued member of our team, working with great colleagues, and making a real difference to people’s lives.

We are an inclusive employer. We seek and welcome diversity in our teams.

All pay rates are subject to skills, experience, qualifications and location.