Job Description

The Gym Staff/Fitness Instructor is responsible for ensuring the smooth and safe operation of gym and wider Centre for Sport facilities. This includes:

• Supervising users,
• Enforcing Health & Safety and facility regulations,
• Delivering fitness support services such as inductions and personal programmes.

Key Responsibilities

• Supervise gym users and equipment to ensure safe usage.
• Implement and follow Normal Operating Procedures (NOPs) and Emergency Action Plans (EAPs).
• Enforce regulations to protect the Health & Safety of all facility users.
• Provide Centre Assistant support when required (e.g., during breaks, absences, or peak times).

Customer Engagement & Support

• Conduct gym inductions for new members to teach safe and effective equipment use. As well as deliver Synergy Gym Classes
• Design and deliver Personal Exercise Programmes tailored to individual fitness goals.
• Support Health Awareness Events and help promote university-wide wellbeing initiatives.

Maintenance & Reporting

• Assist with the maintenance of gym equipment.
• Report any health and safety hazards to the Operations Manager.

Skills, Knowledge & Attributes

• Strong understanding of gym safety protocols, NOPs, and EAPs.
• Experience in providing fitness instruction and customer service.
• Ability to design exercise programmes for a variety of users (e.g., students, athletes).
• Effective communication and supervision skills to engage with gym users confidently.
• Relevant fitness qualifications (e.g., Level 2 Gym Instructor, Level 3 Personal Trainer).
• Experience supporting community health initiatives.
• Team player, adaptable, and proactive in contributing to broader facility needs.

About you
Are you a natural leader with motivational skills and able to support, guide and encourage others in the team to achieve individual and team objectives whilst demonstrating respect for others, fairness, equality, tolerance and openness. Can you plan and organise to achieve results as well as prioritise? Do you enjoy delivering excellent customer service as well as great communication, and working in a team environment?
You will need these attributes -

• Must have a flexible approach to working hours.
• Must be able to work alone, but also as part of a wider team.
• An appreciation for the confidentiality involved in Fitness Instruction.
• An ability to demonstrate initiative and motivation.
• An understanding of equal opportunities.

Where is this role based?
This post is based at our lively campus where we have invested in the latest facilities and resources to give both our staff and students access to everything they need to succeed.
We are one of the largest providers of Higher Education in the South West with 38,000 students and 4,000 staff from right across the globe. Based in , one of the UK's most exciting and forward-thinking cities, we are regionally embedded and globally connected, with an established network of employer and academic partners.
We offer a wide range of including progressive pay rates, generous annual leave and career average pension schemes as well as retail savings, onsite nursery and opportunities for training and personal development.
Add your individuality to ours
UWE Bristol recognises the power of a .
We are proud to be part of a vibrant, multicultural city that celebrates diversity, we're always looking for talented people from all backgrounds to join us. Our people are our strength, and diversity enhances our creativity and leads to better decision-making and problem-solving. Bring your talent and ambition to our growing community and find yourself in a stimulating and supportive environment where you'll thrive.
We particularly encourage applications from global majority candidates as we are currently under-represented in this area of the organisation, however all appointments are made strictly on individual merit.
As a employer, we welcome applications from those who identify as having a disability.
Further information
If you would like to speak to us to find out more about this role please contact Helen Wickham or Tom Werrett on 0117 3286200 or email:
This is a fixed term contract to cover maternity, working 20 hours per week.
UWE Bristol is a campus-based University and it is vital to our success and the delivery of an outstanding experience for our students that our campuses are dynamic and vibrant places to learn and spend time. This role is therefore campus based for all of your time.
To ensure fairness and equity all salary offers will be made in line with the University's salary assessment guidelines and will be based on your relevant skills and experience.
This post requires enhanced DBS clearance.
We are unable to provide sponsorship for this role under the Home Office Skilled Worker visa route. As we are unable to sponsor anyone requiring a visa for this role candidates must therefore be able to provide their own right to work in the UK.
Should you be shortlisted you will be asked to provide your right to work documents at your interview. Please refer to the which provides details of which documents are acceptable.
Please note that UWE does not cover any visa or health surcharge costs
Please also refer to the which provides details of which documents are acceptable to prove your right to work in the UK. Should you be shortlisted you will be asked to produce your right to work documents at your interview.
Advice to applicants
We'd love to hear from you - if you are excited about joining us at UWE please complete our application form as soon as possible.
Once we have completed shortlisting we will let you know the outcome of your application by email, so please check your inbox for updates.

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