Fitness Manager - Carlisle
Apply locations: Carlisle
Time type: Full time
Posted on: Posted Yesterday
Application deadline: June 22, 2025 (4 days left to apply)
Job requisition id: JR12966
Role: Fitness Manager (Flex contracts available)
Reporting to: General Manager
Location: Carlisle
The Gym Group is simply the best in our industry! Our amazing teams have skills, abilities, and can-do attitudes that make this a great place to work.
We have strong, embedded values and an easy-going culture which ensures we put our people first. We pride ourselves on being fun, innovative, inclusive, and engaging. We are now looking for a Fitness Manager to join our Carlisle gym.
So, what’s stopping you? Apply today and know that We’re With You every step of the way.
About us…
The Gym Group is not like your average gym! To our members, we’re the lowest cost nationwide 24/7 gym with over 230 gyms and counting. To our teams, we are fun, welcoming, engaging, and inclusive. We challenge our limits and push ourselves to impact positive change with our goals and initiatives. Our mission is to break down barriers to fitness for all.
We’re #1 in our industry for our values, culture, and people – check out Glassdoor. We offer a fantastic place to work with a great culture. Recognised as #25 in the Top 50 places to work in the UK in 2022, we invest heavily in our people, retaining GOLD in our Investors in People award for six years and Silver in Wellbeing last year. We are a disability confident and inclusive employer, proud of our diversity and inclusion efforts. We have undertaken significant digital projects and plan to continue being innovative, creative, and agile.
That’s what you’re looking for, right?
Role overview
As a Fitness Manager, you will support the General Manager in running the gym successfully and deputise in their absence. You will be passionate about fitness, embrace our culture, and embody our values, supporting and encouraging others.
Your core duties will include:
* Leading member engagement and our in-gym service to improve satisfaction scores.
* Managing and motivating our team of fitness trainers, role modeling our values.
* Developing the Group Exercise timetable and upskilling staff to deliver classes.
* Driving the gym’s commercial performance.
* Maintaining high operational standards, managing cleaning, maintenance, and liaising with third-party suppliers.
* Ensuring compliance with health & safety policies and conducting regular checks.
* Supporting the GM with admin tasks like rotas, time tracking, and security.
* Acting as a keyholder and emergency contact.
* Optionally, personal training in your own time, managing your own business with full earnings and no license fee.
Ideal candidate:
* Passionate about health, fitness, and wellbeing.
* Experienced in leading teams and setting standards.
* Committed to understanding member expectations.
* Able to work within compliance parameters while delivering excellent service.
* Proven success record and a positive attitude.
* Level 2 qualified Fitness Instructor or studying for it.
Ready to apply? Here are some perks:
* Paid benefits including holiday and sick pay.
* Development opportunities and career support.
* Share plan, flexible working, discounts, pension, social platform, season ticket loans, wellbeing programs, healthcare, and free gym membership for you and a friend or family.
If you face accessibility challenges, email your CV to recruitment@thegymgroup.com or call 0203 319 4838 for support. We encourage applications from diverse backgrounds and are flexible with working arrangements. Let’s find the right fit for you!
We’re proud of our culture, our awards, and our commitment to our people. Join us and help us grow, innovate, and reach new heights. We’d love to see you thrive here!
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