Fitness Coach at University of Cambridge

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a qualified and experienced fitness professional to join the team at the University of Cambridge Sports Service. If you are passionate about training and motivating individuals and groups to achieve their training and fitness goals, this role could be for you.

You will be part of a team that:

~  Plans, develops and delivers strength and conditioning (S&C) sessions to high performance athletes on TASS and UCAPP – TASS is a national scheme that supports athletes and UCAPP is the University’s own in-house high performance programme for elite athletes that offers support in multiple areas, including S&C, in which the role holder will be a key figure.

~  Designs and carries out S&C sessions for University Sports Clubs and external teams working with a variety of sports such as fencing, rugby league, swimming, modern pentathlon, netball, etc

~  Supports individual customers and groups to achieve their fitness goals by conducting inductions, creating programmes, and delivering personal training sessions and workshops

~  Delivers fitness classes, e.g. Circuits, as part of our group exercise class timetable and contributes to our ‘Active Staff/Students’ programmes.

~  Contributes to the operation of the University Sports Service as a whole; supporting health and safety requirements, customer service, cleaning and maintenance needs, mentoring other staff and opening up/locking up procedures

You should have relevant fitness qualifications e.g. Level 2/3 gym instructors/personal training and UKSCA accreditation or be working towards this with the ability to achieve this within six months, or equivalent strength and conditioning qualifications.

You should have experience of working with a range of individuals and groups; from those training for health reasons through to high performance athletes, and you should be just as passionate about dealing with general gym users as you are athletes and teams.

Once an offer of employment has been accepted, the successful candidate will be required to undergo a Disclosure and Barring Service check (enhanced with children and adults’ barred lists) and a health assessment.

This role is advertised as a full time position in the first instance but the Sports Service also welcomes applications from individuals who wish to be considered for part-time working or other flexible working arrangements.

Further information on the Sports Service can be found at http://www.sport.cam.ac.uk.

If you have any questions that are not covered by the Further Information document or the Sports Service website, or for an informal discussion, please e-mail the Strength, Fitness and Conditioning Manager at recruitment@sport.cam.ac.uk.

Please quote reference DG39982 on your application and in any correspondence about this vacancy.

The University actively supports equality, diversity and inclusion and encourages applications from all sections of society.

The University has a responsibility to ensure that all employees are eligible to live and work in the UK.