Fitness Coach

Priority Candidates will be considered in the first instance

Various locations across the Wigan Borough Leisure Centres

Salary: Grade 4, £23,500 - £24,702 per annum. £12.18 - £12.80 per hour

37 hours per week

Permanent

Your role:

As a BeWell Fitness Coach, you will be part of a team helping to increase participation within a local Neighbourhood. You will support management in delivering and driving a community offer that meets the need of the local community in both leisure centres and wider community settings. This may include gym and studio products, such as Gym Inductions, 121 Consultations, Programme Reviews and Health Assessments for customers with low-risk health conditions in group or on a 1 to 1 basis.
We are dedicated to developing individuals who are passionate about improving fitness to residents whether in the gym or across the Boroughs many community assets to ensure you succeed to become the best Instructor you can be.
About you:
You will have the ability to work in a fast-paced environment whilst ensuring that you always deliver a high level of professional customer service.
You will be expected to work a variety of shifts which will vary across Monday to Friday and weekends on a rota basis.
You must have a Recognised Fitness qualification at Level 2 and a Current First Aid Certificate OR ability to successfully obtain within 4 weeks of conditional offer made – Individual will be booked on a course within the 4-week’s timeframe.
About us:
Wigan Council has been voted ‘Overall Council of the Year’ at the APSE (Association for Public Service Excellence) Awards and has recently published The Deal 2030, our ambitious plan for our borough. We are signed up to the Greater Manchester Continuous Service Commitment ensuring that your service will be continuous or 'unbroken' between the supporting organisations.
The BeWell team are committed to supporting the health and wellbeing of our residents across the Wigan Borough. Whether this be supporting our youngest residents embark on their first swimming lesson or supporting individuals and community groups with existing exercise and wellbeing programmes. We pride ourselves on offering an extensive and diverse range of physical activity to support our residents.

Wigan Council has been voted ‘Council of the Year’ at the 2019 LGC Awards and has recently published The Deal 2030, our ambitious plan for our borough. We are signed up to the Greater Manchester Continuous Service Commitment ensuring that your service will be continuous or 'unbroken' between the supporting organisations.
Here at Wigan, we are proud to support flexible working patterns, when the service can accommodate this. We also take a blended approach to where we work, depending on the work we do. This may include working from home (My Place), the office (Our Place) or the community (Your Place). We like to thank our employees for their hard work and commitment by giving them the opportunity to access a range of exclusive rewards and benefits click here to find out more about working for #TeamWigan.
Wigan Council prides itself on equality, inclusion and promoting diversity within the borough and aims to recruit a workforce that reflects our diverse communities. We invest in training and developing our staff, in a positive learning environment, and aim to be a consciously inclusive employer. We welcome applications from everybody in the community and would particularly encourage applicants from our underrepresented groups to apply. At Wigan, it is really important to us that applicants demonstrate our Team Wigan behaviours, and we do all we can to make sure that everyone feels like they belong. We have guidance in place to ensure that all applicants are treated fairly and consistently at every stage of the recruitment process.

To be appointable in this role you must be able to prove you have the right to work in the UK. If you are unsure, please visit the below link to check you qualify to apply. Please note, at present we are not a licenced sponsor. Prove your right to work to an employer: Overview - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)

For further information, please contact Dave Boardman on 01942 487800

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£23,500

permanent

full time