Aqua Instructor

**Job details**:
Job reference
- REQ3972

Date posted
- 24/04/2024

Application closing date
- 07/05/2024

Location
- Cossington Street Sports Centre

Salary
- £17.20 Per Hour

Package
- Blank

Contractual hours
- 2

Basis
- Part time

Job category/type
- Sports and Leisure

Attachments

Group Exercise instructor Job Specification.docx

**Aqua Instructor**:
Job description

Part Time / 2 Hours Per Week / Permanent

Are you a Aqua Instructor who can deliver motivating and engaging sessions for all ages and ability levels?

Active Leicester run group exercise class across leisure centres in the city. This is an exciting opportunity for a suitably qualified aqua instructor who wants to help grow and develop our programme. Join us and you’ll become a valued member of our highly motivated, passionate, and dynamic team. We offer a suite of exercises classes such as aqua aerobics, aqua combat aqua pole and many more.

**Shift Pattern**

We have up to 10 hours per week, fixed term contracts for 12 months. Hours of work may include morning, daytime, evenings, and weekends. Our leisure centres are typically open 6am - 10pm. There classes are on set days each week, however this may change to best suit our programme and centres.

The role will be placed at our Cossington leisure centre but you will have the flexibility to work across the various sites. Find a sport and leisure centre (leicester.gov.uk)

This post has been awarded a temporary market supplement therefore the hourly rate of pay will be £17.20 per hour.

**What you’ll be doing**

As a Group Exercise Instructor, you’ll work closely with the leisure centre teams to deliver group exercise classes to Active Leicester members, ensuring you create a safe and welcoming environment for physical activity. You’ll prepare activity space, set up and dismantle necessary equipment before and after sessions. You’ll develop and supervise a programme of exercise, assess the fitness levels of participants, and provide expert advice to users of the service. You’ll play a key role in expanding the health and fitness offering at Active Leicester and help deliver our vision.

**What you’ll need**

With an appropriate level 2 award in Group Exercise e.g. aqua, Exercise to Music, Group Cycling, Bootcamp etc, you’ll have previous instructing experience. You’ll have a good understanding of devising and delivering engaging group exercise classes for participants of varying abilities and from a variety backgrounds and cultures. Alongside a passion for physical activity you’ll demonstrate a knowledge of the barriers to participation and how these can be overcome to increase participant engagement.

Using excellent communication skills, you’ll deliver high levels of customer service and be able to appropriately deal with irate or distressed customers. You’ll be able to motivate and encourage members of all ages to ensure everyone feels confident within your sessions.

**What we can offer you**

As well as the satisfaction of helping to improve thousands of lives across Leicester, you can look forward to a work environment that encourages a healthy work/life balance. You’ll enjoy generous annual leave, membership of the Local Government Pension Scheme and the option of flexible working. We’ll also give you the chance to develop your skills and expertise with a variety of training and development opportunities. In addition, you can choose from a number of flexible benefits, including childcare vouchers, discounts on city buses and trains and help with relocation to Leicester, where appropriate.

**Join us**

We’re committed to recruiting a diverse and highly-talented workforce as we continue to build a council that is fitting and representative of our great city. That’s why we’ve designed our recruitment process to put you at your ease, make you feel welcome and bring the best out of you. We’ll do all we can to make our recruitment process as fair as possible.