Overview
Health & Fitness Coach (CC13037) – Bath, BA2 7AY
At Team Bath we boast fantastic sports and fitness facilities within our iconic £35m Sports Training Village. Whilst we take great pride in our inspiring spaces and our sporting heritage, it’s the energy of our people and our customers that truly matters. We’re customer focused and pride ourselves in creating fantastic memories and feelings for our customers.
We wish to appoint a part-time Health and Fitness Coach who shares our values of customer experience and a people-focussed approach. We want you to use your personality to make customers feel like this is a home from home!
About us
The Team Bath Gym and Fitness Centre is a unique environment aimed to target the student population, athletes and the general public. The Health & Fitness provision has recently upgraded all equipment within gyms 1,2 and 3. In addition to the gyms there are two purpose-built studios to hold a wide range of classes per week.
This is an opportunity to become part of a professional and progressive organisation at the leading edge of sport, health and fitness. We pride ourselves on upholding excellent customer service and delivering fun, energetic and motivational group classes. Excellent communication skills with a genuine passion to help people get results is essential to the role.
We currently run a female-only gym session and are actively encouraging more women to become members. We particularly welcome female applicants, as they are under-represented within this department at this level.
About you
You are required to hold a minimum Level 2 Fitness Instructor qualification and will be required to gain Level 3 PT qualification within 6 months. Qualifications in group exercise classes, or a desire to teach are essential.
You will be passionate about the industry, show sound knowledge learned from your fitness qualifications and desire to develop yourself through ongoing learning.
Further information
The gym is open 7 days a week (from 6.30am – 10pm weekdays, and 8am-7pm on weekends).
We wish to appoint someone to work part-time (18 hours per week on Friday evening, Saturday and Sunday). There is also the added benefit of opportunities to teach additional classes and build a personal training base to supplement your income.
For an informal discussion about the role please contact Sam Holmes, Health & Fitness Manager (sh931@bath.ac.uk), however, please submit your application via the University website along with a copy of your up-to-date CV.
This is an opportunity to become part of a professional and progressive organisation at the leading edge of sport, health and fitness. We pride ourselves on upholding excellent customer service and delivering fun, energetic and motivational group classes. Excellent communication skills with a genuine passion to help people get results is essential to the role.
We consider ourselves to be a university where difference is celebrated, respected and encouraged. We have an excellent international reputation with staff from over 60 different nations and have made a positive commitment towards gender equality and intersectionality receiving a Silver Athena SWAN award. We truly believe that diversity of experience, perspectives, and backgrounds will lead to a better environment for our employees and students and encourage applications from all genders, backgrounds, and communities, particularly from under-represented groups, and value the positive impact that will have on the university. We are committed to maintaining a safe and secure environment for our students, staff, and community by reinforcing our Safer Recruitment commitment.
We’re very proud to be a signatory of the Armed Forces Covenant. an accredited Disability Confident Leader; autism friendly university, committed to building disability confidence and supporting disabled staff.
What we can offer you
We’re continually expanding our benefits package to better support you and enhance your experience with us and the below is just an example of some of the many great benefits we offer:
- Free counselling services through Health Assured
- Cycle to work scheme
- Electric vehicle salary sacrifice scheme
- Staff discount at Team Bath gym
- Staff discounts on postgraduate tuition fees
- Staff discount on language courses
- Generous employer contributory pension schemes
- Generous annual leave allowance with an additional 5 discretionary days so that you can enjoy a positive work life balance
- A wide range of personal and professional development opportunities including Apprenticeships, LinkedIn Learning and more
- Free entry to the Holburne Museum in Bath
- Local discounts and more
- A family-friendly workplace
- An excellent reward package that recognises the talents of our diverse workforce
- Relocation allowance
Find out more about our benefits and watch the video to hear from our staff about what makes the University of Bath a great place to work as well as following us X and LinkedIn.
Closing Date: 09 Oct 2025
Department: Operations & Facilities Support
Salary: £24,500 pro rata
Please note the annual salary quoted is inclusive of a market supplement to ensure the annual pay rate aligns with our commitment as a voluntary living wage employer.
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