Fitness Manager

Fitness Manager at Places for People We are Places for People Group, a social enterprise that believes it’s people that make a community. We build homes and deliver services for everyone to thrive. At Places Leisure we change lives by creating active places and healthy people for communities, and we want to be the UK’s leading health and wellbeing enabler. Responsibilities As the Fitness Manager you will supervise the entire fitness team, ensuring all individual and Personal Training/Small Group Training and Programming targets are achieved. You will work with the management team, reporting directly to the Contracts Manager and provide KPI and financial budgetary information, and manage the class timetable including group exercise classes. Qualifications You will have developed a career within the fitness industry (or military physical training) and be looking to continue in a managerial role. You will be equally comfortable delivering fitness training as planning long‑term strategies to promote and develop a busy fitness function. An NVQ level 3 in fitness (or equivalent) is essential. Benefits We align with the Real Living Wage foundation A bonus scheme for all colleagues at 2 % Full Health & Fitness membership for you, a nominated adult and up to 4 juniors Flexible working (including part‑time, shift work and more) Opportunity to purchase additional annual leave Lots of opportunity to access ongoing personal learning and development Access to our Company Pension scheme Cashback plan for healthcare costs – up to £500 saving per year Discounts of up to 50 % on activities, centre shop and cafés Extra perks including huge discounts and offers from shops, cinemas and much more We are a large, diverse and ambitious business, which will give you all the challenge you could wish for Next Steps If you meet the criteria and are ready to take the next step in your career, apply through our simple 5‑minute application process and upload a CV and supporting statement demonstrating how you meet the role’s requirements. Please note that we may bring the closing date forward if we receive a large number of quality applications – we advise applying immediately to avoid disappointment. For mobile users, ensure your CV is stored in the cloud – we currently support Google Drive, OneDrive and Dropbox. Safeguarding and Equality Safeguarding is everyone’s responsibility. We are committed to creating safe communities for customers and colleagues by protecting children, young people and adults at risk from harm, abuse, and neglect. We follow robust safeguarding policies and procedures, ensuring all employees, volunteers, and contractors uphold the highest standards of safeguarding and accountability. Our recruitment process includes pre‑employment checks, including Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) checks where applicable, to promote a safe and secure working environment. By joining Places for People, you are expected to contribute to our safeguarding culture, following our policies and reporting concerns to protect those in our communities. Armed Forces We guarantee an interview for any candidate who is serving or has formerly served in the Armed Forces, as a reservist, armed forces veteran (including the wounded, injured, and sick), cadet instructor and military spouse/partner and who meets the essential criteria for the vacancy. Disability Confident We are a member of the Disability Confident scheme, certified as Level 2 Disability Confident Employer. Disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria for a vacancy will be guaranteed an interview. The Equality Act 2010 (Disability Discrimination Act 1995 for NI) defines a disabled person as someone who has a physical or mental impairment that has a substantial and long‑term negative effect on their ability to do daily activities. Neurodivergent Neurodiverse individuals have highly valuable skills, and we recognise that a traditional interview process sometimes works against them and doesn’t allow them to self‑advocate. Neurodiverse applicants who meet the criteria for a vacancy will be guaranteed an interview. Seniority level Mid-Senior level Employment type Full‑time Job function Other #J-18808-Ljbffr