Head of Fitness

Join a multi-site brand as Head of Fitness, where you'll lead and elevate their training team to deliver unparalleled fitness experiences.

You’ll take charge of the Gym's fitness operations, ensuring world-class programming and delivery across all group classes . Whether refining class timetables, mentoring coaches, or engaging members, you’ll look to deliver an exceptional offering, while building a supportive, results-driven environment.

You will manage and grow a team to ensure clients get the best experience when in club and they reap the rewards of training within the studio. You will help with the development of the team on an ongoing basis.

The role demands a background in Sport Science, with a desire to be right at the forefront of the fitness space. Your energy, knowledge, and operational skills are also essential to ensure smooth and efficient management.

The Role...

● Salary: £40-45,000

● Working Hours: 30 hours p/w (minimum)

● Leave: 28 Days per annum. (incl. Bank Holidays)

Responsibilities:

• Ensuring the highest level of delivery when it comes to the studio’s fitness offering.
• Constant monitoring of the fitness offering to ensure its continual development.
• Attending and participating in management meetings.
• Developing and managing action plans to reach overall goals.
• Recruiting staff and ensuring optimal staffing levels.
• Training new team members
• Define and unify the club’s fitness direction
• Manage targets, revenue, budgets, and reporting
• Develop the brand's class offerings
• Schedule and manage timetables based on demand and feedback
• Analyse PT and class attendance and performance
• Ensure effective delivery of classes
• Oversee all events and workshops programming
• Allocate programs and members across coaches and clients
• Providing the team with ongoing assistance and training and ensuring their overall development as coaches.
• Instil a development programme with regards to the above.
• Developing personal trainers to grow revenue and to assist members in reaching fitness goals.
• Review all programming weekly.
• Stay current with fitness industry trends and research to continuously enhance your knowledge and skills.
• Support and engage with clients outside of training sessions, offering guidance, motivation, and accountability through various communication channels.
• Replacing Coaches in the event of absence.

Prerequisites:

• 3+ years work experience as personal trainer and group exercise coach.
• Certified personal trainer certification.
• First Aid Certification.
• A passion for wellness and a commitment to change people’s lives.
• Excellent interpersonal, time management and organisational skills.
• Good attention to detail, energy and resilience.
• Ability to work within a dynamic team and the ability to lead and motivate a team.
• Ability to help generate revenue projections.
• Excellent communication skills.
• Ability to build relationships with fellow team members and members based on the company's core values.
• Passionate about health, fitness and helping others achieve their goals.

Preferred experience (but not essential):

• Bachelor's degree in Sports science, physical education, kinesiology or related field preferred.
• 1+ years work experience in fitness management position.

Extra Details:

• Great Salary
• Discounted rates of retail product and F&B offering
• Fun, empowering environment to work in, for a company at the forefront of health and wellness.

To be successful in this role, you need to employ decision-making abilities regarding a diverse range of activities. Preferred applicants are effective multitaskers, love to motivate, engage well with others and are always wanting to position the club at the forefront of the industry.

Your recruiter for this role is Heloise Nangle, Co-Founder at Jobs In. Fitness, and can be contacted simply by applying for this role below. Jobs In. Fitness are a fitness recruitment agency, specialising in hundreds of fitness jobs in the UK like these. If you are keen to be considered please ‘apply now’. Please note that only applicants matching the strict criteria above will be contacted as part of the recruitment process.