As a Group Exercise Instructor, you will play a crucial role in delivering high-quality fitness classes to our members. Your responsibilities will include leading group sessions, motivating participants, ensuring safety during workouts, and providing excellent customer service. This position requires a strong knowledge of exercise techniques, the ability to create engaging workout routines, and effective communication skills. You will collaborate closely with the fitness team to maintain a positive and inclusive environment for all participants.

We offer:

• a competitive rate of pay
• great opportunities in a large unitary council - many of our casual workers decide to apply for permanent positions
• statutory leave entitlement
• lots of opportunities to work in the public sector to make a difference

• Conducting a variety of group exercise classes that cater to different fitness levels and interests.
• Encouraging and inspiring members to achieve their fitness goals while maintaining a fun and engaging class atmosphere.
• Monitoring class participants to ensure they are performing exercises correctly and safely, providing modifications when necessary.
• Interacting with members before and after classes, addressing any questions or concerns, and creating a welcoming and supportive environment.
• Designing and implementing diverse workout routines that keep classes fresh, exciting, and challenging.
• Working closely with the fitness team to share best practices, coordinate class schedules, and contribute to the overall success of the fitness program.

• You must have a Group Exercise Instruction Qualification.
• Les Mills Qualification (desirable).
• Exercise to music Qualification.
• Previous experience teaching group fitness classes.
• Strong understanding of exercise techniques, fitness principles, and safety guidelines.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, ability to motivate and engage participants, and capable of providing modifications for varying fitness levels.
• Positive, energetic, and enthusiastic about fitness, with a genuine interest in helping others achieve their fitness goals.
• Ability to work effectively as part of a team, share best practices, and contribute to a supportive and collaborative work environment.

Our Values and Behaviours

Our values define who we are and how we operate, by forming the foundation for how we interact with our customers, colleagues and provide our services. They are also at the forefront of our decision making and delivery and are:

Customer-focused
Respectful
Efficient
Supportive
Trustworthy

Our key commitments help ensure that the priorities we make, now and in the future, maintain the necessary breadth of focus in those areas that we believe matter most.

Disability Confident Employer

We are proud to be a recognised Disability Confident Employer and is committed to providing an inclusive recruitment process and will offer an interview to disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria for the role.  

Our Employment and Disability Service provides bespoke support to individuals facing barriers to employment, helping them work towards their goals to start, stay and succeed in employment. For further information please click here The Employment and Disability Service (EADS) | North Northamptonshire Council

Armed Forces Community 

The council obtained the Gold status award for the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme (ERS).

Further information can be found at Jobs and careers | North Northamptonshire Council (northnorthants.gov.uk)