Fitness Instructure

Job description

About Haringey

Haringey is a fantastic place to live and work – the world in one borough. A place brimming with creativity, personality, radicalism, and community. It is a place where we stand up for each other. A place that is proudly distinctive. We’ll be celebrating all this and more as the “rebel borough” when we are the 2027 London Borough of Culture.

Our history champions change-makers and everyday rebels; revelling in our differences, battling discrimination, championing equality, and doing things our own way. Haringey’s people are a huge asset, with knowledge, expertise, and passion. Our staff members embody our organisational values: Caring, Creative, Courageous, Collaborative and Community-focused. These values keep us looking forward, ambitious for the future, and continuously striving to do our very best for all of our residents.

About the role

Are you passionate about helping people achieve their health and fitness goals? We are looking for an enthusiastic Fitness Instructor to join our Leisure Services team. In this role, you will provide a visible and welcoming presence in the gym, deliver inductions, support members to exercise safely, and develop engaging fitness programmes for both adults and juniors.

A key aspect of this position is supporting the delivery of specialist fitness sessions and helping to create a comfortable, culturally sensitive and inclusive environment where participants feel confident and supported to engage in physical activity.

About the team

You will join a dedicated and customer-focused leisure team committed to improving community health and encouraging active lifestyles. Working closely with colleagues across our leisure centres, you will help maintain clean, safe and well-equipped gym and studio environments while delivering exceptional customer experiences. The team is passionate about supporting residents of all ages and backgrounds, offering a varied programme of activities, fitness advice, and health initiatives. This is a dynamic role that offers the opportunity to make a tangible difference while working in a vibrant leisure setting.

About you

We are looking for a motivated and approachable individual who is passionate about fitness and customer service. You will hold a CIMSPA Accredited Level 2 Gym Instructor qualification and have experience delivering excellent customer service within a diverse environment. You will possess a sound understanding of health and safety legislation, strong communication skills, and the ability to motivate and engage customers to achieve their fitness goals. Experience in membership sales and retention within a leisure environment is essential, along with good numerical and written skills, a flexible approach to working hours, and a results-driven mindset. If you are vigilant, proactive and committed to helping others improve their wellbeing, we would love to hear from you.

Due to the nature of the role, which includes delivering women-only fitness sessions and supporting service users who require a female instructor for reasons of privacy, dignity, culture and religion, this post is open to women only. Being a woman is a genuine occupational requirement for this role in accordance with Schedule 9, Part 1 of the Equality Act 2010.

Working for Haringey

At Haringey Council we are committed to creating a workplace culture where all our people feel valued, included, and able to be their best at work, and we recognise the benefits of a diverse workforce so welcome applications from all ethnicities and communities so that we continue to make a difference to our residents and community.  Our benefits package includes a leave entitlement of up to 31 days + bank holidays, potential hybrid working opportunities, health and wellbeing support, a generous local government pension scheme and a range of discount schemes across leisure and culture that provide both financial and money-saving discounts.

Please note: we reserve the right to end this advert before the noted deadline if we receive sufficient applications. If you wish to apply for this role, please ensure that you do so as soon as possible.  

Additionally, we are aware that automated emails may be diverted through to junk email folders.  Please continue to check these through the application process.  If you have any questions about the status of your application, please contact ResourcingHub@haringey.gov.uk