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Gym Instructor

Bury Council

Bolton Street, Bury, BL9 0EZ£26,403 - £28,142Closes: 08/05/2026

Bury leisure are looking at recruiting two highly motivated and enthusiastic applicants for the role of gym instructors.

Post 1: To work across bury leisure sites, 16 hours per week mixture of fixed pattern and annualised hours.

Full time equivalent salary for the role: £26,403 - £28,142 (£11,555- £12,186 pro rata)

Working patterns are available on request.

Bury leisure current operate two sites both with gym facilities. You will be expected to engage in a variety of promotions, generating leads and hitting challenging targets around the sales and retention of members. You will be expected to conduct health checks, carry out inductions and work in partnership with our Exercise Referral Officers.

You will be reportable to the duty manager at each site and each site has a gym lead.

You will be expected to conduct health checks, carry out inductions and work in partnership with our Live well team.

It is essential that you are passionate about fitness, have fantastic people skills and a strong commercial focus. You must hold a recognised Level 3 gym instructor qualification.

Both Centres operate a 7 day a week service and all patterns include a mixture of lates, evenings and weekend work.

About Bury
The Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare or children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff to share this commitment. Appointment may be subject to a satisfactory disclosure at the appropriate level under the Disclosure and Barring Service.
In line with safer recruitment, please ensure that your application/CV covers your full employment history and there is a reason noted for any gaps in employment. Successful candidates will be asked to provide relevant references for the past ten years and character references will not be accepted.

As a Corporate Parent, ensure that the work and services you deliver considers our care experienced young people, promotes their life chances empowers them to influence the policies, services, and decisions that affect them, champions their rights, and ensure they grow up in the best possible way


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We are committed to Bury being an equal society that recognises values and embraces all people, regardless of any difference, for the skills, abilities and experiences they bring into the workforce and the wider community. Therefore we guarantee an interview for disabled people, looked after children/ care leavers, armed forces personnel (including reservists and veterans) and carers of adults or disabled children if they meet the essential criteria.

Next steps

For an informal chat regarding the role please contact Bury leisure on bury.leisure@bury.gov.uk
Interviews will be held within 2 weeks of the closing date.

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