Fitness Instructor

Job Overview:

Storm Fitness & Leisure is looking to recruit a flexible, versatile, enthusiastic person to join their team. Hours will include evenings and weekends.

You must be flexible to cover shifts when required and provide support for students and customers using the fitness suite. As a fitness instructor you will be responsible for inductions to the gym, programme writing, cleaning and maintenance checks.

Other duties include supervisor/key holder, responsible for opening and closing the centre, carrying out reception duties and supervising the day to day running of the sport centre depending on experience.

Job Requirements:

The successful candidate would need to hold a recognised minimum level 2 Gym Instructor qualification.  First aid, class instructor qualification and knowledge of reception work would be an advantage.

The successful candidate will have excellent communication skills, IT skills (MS Word, Excel, and Outlook), with the ability to work accurately. A confident and professional approach when dealing with students, staff and outside organisations is required.

An understanding of Safeguarding including Prevent and Keeping Children Safe in Education legislation will also be required.

The right candidate will have:

• High standards of communication and interpersonal skills.
• The ability to work as a team player & on your own initiative.
• Experience of managing team workloads.
• The ability to meet deadlines.
• The ability to motivate customers.
• Highly motivated and enthusiastic.
• Excellent punctuality.
• Highly efficient and have ability to manage workload and priorities
• A resilient and positive outlook

Why choose us:

Our strategy is to create a Career Focused, Digital Learning environment, ensuring that the learner experience and our relationship within our community, local and regional employers, are at the heart of everything we do. We are proud to be selected as finalists for the AoC Beacon awards for effective use of digital Technology in FE.  Providing a high achieving, focused learning environment allowing our students to achieve the grades they need for higher educations, or the skills and aptitude required to secure a suitable role in their chosen career. Our college is set in the leafy suburbs of Essex, with easy access to surrounding areas and amenities, we are based in a well-connected location both by road and rail.

What we offer:

• A dedicated and friendly team of professionals who are keen to develop and learn.
• Excellent pension provision
• CPD days - opportunities to grow and development through mentorship and coaching
• Free onsite parking
• Staff appreciation days
• Eye care vouchers
• Onsite Starbucks & Restaurant
• Discounted gym membership.
• Free Employee Assistance Programme available 24/7, 365 days offering legal & financial advice, as well as general support & guidance.

*subject to terms & conditions

This role is considered exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975, 2013 and 2020. Which means that when applying for certain jobs and activities certain spent convictions and cautions are ‘protected’, so they do not need to be disclosed to employers, and if they are disclosed, employers cannot take them into account. Further information about filtering offences can be found in the DBS filtering guide.  It is an offence to apply for the role if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children.

Shortlisted candidates will be required to complete a self-declaration of their criminal record or information that would make them unsuitable to work with children. Self-declaration is subject to Ministry of Justice guidance on the disclosure of criminal records, further information can be found on GOV UK

USP College is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults, we therefore expect all staff to share this commitment. The successful applicant will be required to undertake an enhanced disclosure via the Disclosure and Barring Service, and any other checks that the role requires to ascertain suitability for working with children and/or vulnerable adults, which may include online searches.

We will hold and process any personal data, including sensitive (special category) personal data, relating to you in accordance with our legal obligations, in the manner set out in the Privacy Notice for staff and in accordance with our Data Protection Policy, which is set out on the College’s website, found here.  You should familiarise yourself with our Data Protection Policy (and all other subsidiary policies to it) and comply with them at all times. Neither the Privacy Notice for Staff nor those policies form a part of your contract of employment.