Cardiff University · Professional and Support

Fitness Instructor

Cardiff Fixed-term Full-time £28,031–£28,778 / year
Closes today
Cardiff Met Sport is the driving force behind sport, physical activity, health & wellbeing in Wales' Capital City. Our mission is clear – 'to profoundly enhance the lives of our communities, making them healthier and stronger as an outcome of engaging with us'. We work in partnership with a range of local, regional, and national partners to develop and manage sector leading sport facilities including, the National Indoor Athletics Centre, Tennis Centre, and Archers Arena on our Cyncoed Campus along with a number of 21st Century Schools across the City.

We also strategically lead the delivery of a wide variety of cutting-edge development programmes across schools, communities, clubs, workforce, and health & wellbeing both on our campuses and throughout Cardiff.

As a Fitness Instructor, you will assist the Active Lifestyles Manager in the efficient, effective, and economic delivery of services and the utilisation of resources to fulfil the requirements of Met Active and Cardiff Met Sport. Under the direction of the Active Lifestyles Manager, you will ensure the Met Active facilities and associated areas, the sports programme and service delivery are of the highest standard during all hours.

You will be an enthusiastic and friendly professional with excellent communication and interpersonal skills, coupled with a commitment to providing an excellent experience to Cardiff Met students, staff and external users of the facilities.

Key Responsibilities:

- To work in the Cyncoed and Llandaff Fitness Centres.
- To assist the Health and Fitness Manager in implementing training, fitness testing, personal fitness programmes, and ensuring the needs of students, staff, disabled groups, and external users are met.
- Providing a presence and clear responsibility for the Centres, the equipment, and the customers during hours of duty.
- To be responsible for daily cleaning, and routine checks / maintenance of the fitness equipment and to carry out spot cleaning within the Centres and associated areas as required.
- To deliver / instruct fitness classes in conjunction with the fitness class timetable.
- To provide support to the Active Lifestyles Manager in delivering and promoting healthy university initiatives.
- To assist the Duty Managers in the implementation of the sport programme, ensuring the needs of students, staff and external users are met on both the Cyncoed and the Llandaff Campuses.
- To promote the Sports & Fitness Membership and to issue memberships to students, staff, and external customers.

What You'll Bring:

- REPS / CIMSPA Level 2 Qualification.
- A good understanding of customer care and health and safety.
- Ability to work equally comfortably as part of a team and independently.
- Effective communication and time management skills.
- Good organisational skills.

Benefits:

- Annual leave of 25 days, rising to 30 days after 1 years' service, plus 12 bank holiday / concessionary days.
- Membership of the Local Government Pension Scheme with generous contributions.
- Excellent family friendly policies.
- Opportunities to learn and develop your skills with access to library and digital services facilities.
- Excellent sports and fitness facilities with subsidised membership.
- Free family access to our independent specialist wellbeing support provider, Health Assured.