Energise Leisure Centre is looking for a Healthy Living Instructor with an interest in, fitness and referrals to improve people's level of fitness, health - and ultimately, quality of life. As a not-for-profit, charitable social enterprise, we're different. Reinvesting back into our facilities, communities and people, we're committed to improving the lives of the communities that we serve.
The successful candidate taking the role of Healthy Living Instructor will have a passion to help people through physical activity and movement. A Healthy Living Instructor provides one to one and group interventions that motivate and support customers to recognise the benefits of being active for them and their condition. A Health Living Instructor will work with customers who have long term health conditions but also work with customers to provide a proactive approach to improved health and wellbeing. The Health Living Instructor will have the opportunity to embed themselves as part of centre teams and lead colleagues on the heath agenda. If you are successful in this role you would work with our Healthwise facilitators and Healthwise coordinator.
Key Responsibilities:
1. To supervise members using the gym facility during our supervised gym hours
2. To deliver a series of physical activity opportunities within identified settings, including chair based exercise, gentle exercise classes, strength and balance classes, core stability classes and others sessions, gym programmes and classes as required by the needs of the Healthwise Programme.
3. To provide an empathetic and supportive environment for all service users to continue their exercise on referral journeys in the most appropriate setting for them as individuals
4. To maintain the cleanliness of the gym.
5. Taking gym inductions
6. To work within the Healthwise Team and fitness team, to develop, deliver and support initiatives which will promote the health and wellbeing of people who attend Energise, including the promotion of increased physical activity
Role Requirements
7. A minimum Level 2 Fitness Instructor Qualification
8. Have an interest in individuals who are on referral and rehab programmes
9. Ability to organise and deliver a range of different physical activity opportunities appropriate to client group, season etc.
10. Ability to organise own workload to ensure that all administrative functions including record keeping are completed in a timely manner.
11. Ability to work independently
As a charitable social enterprise owned by its staff GLL has a great range of benefits for its employees:
12. A Values driven organisation
13. Learning & development to support career development
14. Good Pension schemes
15. Discounted gym membership for you and your partner.
16. A full time permanent position – Change accordingly
17. Industry leading rates of pay
18. opportunity to join the GLL Society and have a say in how we are run plus associated social events
19. Exclusive discounts on our villas in Portugal
20. Exclusive discounts on our Ski chalets in Bulgaria
21. Health assurance
22. 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.
23. Discounts across thousands of retailers (GLL Extras)
24. 25% off Red Letter Days
25. 25% off Buy A Gift
26. 20% off GLL spa experience treatments and associated products.
27. Ride to work scheme
28. Free eye tests and discounted glasses