The role
Can you help Southwark Council to shape a brand new leisure service that supports all its residents to lead healthy lives?
Southwark is a large, ambitious and progressive council with a ‘can do’ attitude and enviable reputation. As a council, we are successful, passionate and forward-thinking. In June 2023, Leisure Services transferred to full council management. This is a unique opportunity to be part of building a new future for leisure services in Southwark.
We are looking for a passionate and experienced Fitness Professional who will help us to deliver our fitness product to our residents, members and visitors at the centres.
We are looking for someone who is passionate about fitness and helping people to achieve their goals, brings good energy, has a proactive and positive attitude and cares for our customers. You will be passionate about leisure and encourage healthy activity and help reduce health inequalities in the borough.
Reporting to the Centre Fitness Manager, the successful candidate will have a passion for delivering excellent customer service. The successful candidate will
- Ensure the smooth day to day operations within the gym.
- Maintain vigilant supervision of the gym users ensuring their safety at all times.
- Complete all cleaning and maintenance schedules, ensuring faults are reported immediately.
- Conduct 1-2-1 Gym Appointments.
- Offer training plans to include screening of customers, fitness assessments and prescribing lifestyle changes, dietary considerations and health and fitness development plans.
- Deliver consistent excellent customer service and provide a professional, efficient and cheerful presence at all times.
The role will sit in the Environment, Neighbourhood and Growth department, which is responsible for the day-to-day management of parks and open spaces, trees, sports and leisure, cemeteries, youth and play, highways, roads, parking, refuse collection, street cleansing, culture and libraries.
Additional salary details
Benefits and more information:
In your role, we want you to feel supported, challenged and rewarded. You will benefit from our family-friendly policies including flexible working, home working, and a local government pension scheme, plus many other staff benefits. You will join a motivated, driven and supportive team that strives for excellence and values its members. You will also be part of a successful and high-achieving development team that is making a real difference to the lives of residents in the borough. Our offer includes:
For more information about the wide variety of benefits you can take advantage of please visit our Staff Benefits page.
Recruitment timetable
Application closing date: 16th April 2024
Interviews will take place in the week beginning: 25th April 2024
Guaranteed Interview Scheme
As part of our commitment to inclusion, we offer guaranteed interviews for specific groups of people. To qualify, you'll need to meet the minimum requirements for the role, and identify with one of the below criteria:
- Members of the Armed Forces and veterans
- Are currently in care, or have previously been in care
- If you consider yourself to be disabled or if you have a long-term health condition
We are an organisation who is passionate about our people and understands that richness of diversity is a requirement to provide the best possible services to our communities. This is demonstrated through our council-wide ambitious commitment to tackle racial inequality in our communities and workforce through our Southwark Stands Together initiative. We particularly welcome applications from members of the black, Asian and ethnic minority communities to increase representation at senior management level in the Council.
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