Fitness Instructor - Part Time - Weldon Wellbeing Pavilion
Freedom LeisureJoin the Energy at Freedom Leisure – Do Good Feel Good!
At Freedom Leisure, we’re all about positive vibes, great people and making a real impact. Yes, we run leisure and cultural facilities, gyms, and swimming pools - but at the heart of it all, it’s our people who make the difference.
As one of the UK’s leading charitable leisure trusts, we’re proud of our mission of Improving Lives Through Leisure. We’re here to help communities live healthier, happier lives by making our centres welcoming, inclusive and accessible to everyone - because everyone deserves to feel good. We’re all about delivering amazing customer service with a smile - every single day. We create spaces where people feel at home, supported and inspired.
If you’re passionate about helping others and love creating great experiences, you’ll feel right at home with us. You don’t need to be an expert to get started - we’ll give you all the training and support you need. With over 130 centres across England and Wales, there’s loads of room to grow. Many of our team have built amazing careers doing what they love, helping customers day-to-day and making people feel good.
We’re proud to be a workplace where everyone is welcome, valued and supported to thrive - because when our team reflects the communities we serve, we all grow stronger together.
About the Weldon Wellbeing Pavilion
The Weldon Wellbeing Pavilion is a brand new purpose built community leisure and wellbeing hub opening in early 2026. The Pavilion aims to improve lives through leisure by providing inclusive, affordable and sustainable activity spaces for the entire community.
Developed in partnership with Ebbsfleet Garden City Trust, the Pavilion will be a vibrant local centre supporting health, fitness, sport and community events.
Facilities You’ll Be Part Of
- Our team will operate a wide range of brand new facilities including:
- A fully equipped gym
- Multi use fitness studio for classes and group exercise
- Community hall (capacity up to 200 people) for sports & private hire
- 3G football pitch and tennis court
- Changing rooms and a fully accessible Changing Places facility
- On site café, breakout spaces & reception area
This is an exciting opportunity to help shape a new community hub from the ground up.
We are looking for a Fitness Instructor to join our team - someone with a genuine passion for fitness and the relevant qualifications to match.
As a Fitness Instructor, you will inspire members to train, tailoring workouts to each individual to ensure sessions are both fun and effective. You’ll also support customers in using equipment correctly, confidently and safely.
This is a varied and rewarding role where no two days are the same. Strong people skills are essential, as you’ll be building trust and confidence with every individual you support.
Alongside delivering high‑quality fitness experiences for all members and guests, you will promote activity levels within the centre and contribute to membership growth. This includes using the sales process to help achieve sales and income targets, conducting face‑to‑face appointments to build positive rapport and guide customers onto the Freedom member journey programme, and proactively contacting all membership leads by phone, email or text whenever required.
In the event that a high volume of suitable applications are received, the post may close prior to the specified closing date. Please apply as soon as possible if interested.
Hours: 16 hours a week, Monday to Sunday (rota basis)
- REPs Level 3 Personal Trainer
- Experience of managing a varied workload
- The skill to establish key customer relationships swiftly and appropriately
- Excellent communicator
- Well developed interpersonal skills, able to negotiate and persuade people both internally and externally
- Team orientated approach, able to work across organisation boundaries and demonstrate interest and be supportive of the work of colleagues
- Exercise referral qualification
- Experience of sales
- Group exercise related qualification
- Group Exercise Teaching Experience
- Health Promotions experience
- Previous Fitness Operational experience
We want you to love coming to work, feeling healthy, happy and valued. That's why we've developed a benefits package with you in mind, so what can we offer you?
- My Staff Shop, our very own staff benefit scheme, gives employees access to a great range of benefits. Get discounts on cinema tickets, travel bookings, high street e-vouchers, gift cards, days out, leisure activities and your day to day spending.
- Discounted Staff membership (including family members)
- Incremental holidays
- Employee Assistance Programme - 24/7 confidential, independent and professional counselling.
- Company pension
- Various insurance and saving schemes
- Financial advice
- Cycle-to-work and Car Leasing tax-efficient schemes (salaried staff only)
- All this as well as fully funded training and career progression opportunities in a team working environment
Closing date: 20th March 2026
Salary: up to £10,186 per annum
Freedom Leisure is proud to be an equal opportunities employer.
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people, and vulnerable adults, and we expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.