GLL is looking for a Health Living Instructor with minimum Level 3 Exercise Referral to improve people's level of fitness, health - and ultimately, quality of life. As a not-for-profit, charitable social enterprise, we're different. Reinvesting back into our facilities, communities and people, we're committed to improving the lives of the communities that we serve.
The successful candidate taking the role of Healthy Living Instructor will have a passion to help people through physical activity and movement. A Healthy Living Instructor provides one to one and group interventions that motivate and support customers to recognise the benefits of being active for them and their condition. A Health Living Instructor will work with customers who have long term health conditions but also work with customers to provide a proactive approach to improved health and wellbeing. The Health Living Instructor will have the opportunity to embed themselves as part of centre teams and lead colleagues on the heath agenda. If you are successful in this role you would work with the Community, Sport and Health Manager along with two other Healthy Living Instructors to share learning, develop and improve processes and create a supportive network of Healthy Living Instructors.
Key Responsibilities:
To receive referrals from the Physical Activity Referral Officers within Manchester Active
To deliver a series of physical activity opportunities within identified settings, including chair based exercise, gentle exercise classes, strength and balance classes, core stability classes and others sessions, gym programmes and classes as required by the needs of the local community
To support a seamless transition for service users into universal and mainstream provision where appropriate
To provide an empathetic and supportive environment for all service users to continue their exercise on referral journeys in the most appropriate setting for them as individuals
To raise the profile and status of exercise on referral within community leisure centres
To work within the Physical Activity Referral Services and leisure operator, to develop, deliver and support initiatives which will promote the health and wellbeing of people who live in Manchester, including the promotion of increased physical activity
Role Requirements
A minimum Level 3 Exercise Referral qualification
Experience working with customers who have a range of health conditions
Ability to organise and deliver a range of different physical activity opportunities appropriate to client group, season etc.
Ability to organise own workload to ensure that all administrative functions including record keeping are completed in a timely manner.
Experience of working within a team and with stakeholders
Ability to independently travel between venues
As a charitable social enterprise owned by its staff GLL has a great range of benefits for its employees:
A Values driven organisation
Learning & development to support career development
Good Pension schemes
Discounted gym membership for you and your partner.
A full time permanent position – Change accordingly
Industry leading rates of pay
opportunity to join the GLL Society and have a say in how we are run plus associated social events
Exclusive discounts on our villas in Portugal
Exclusive discounts on our Ski chalets in Bulgaria
Health assurance
Career pathways, professional development are just the start. To ensure you stay at the top of your game, we provide training with practical and theory elements too.
Discounts across thousands of retailers (GLL Extras)
25% off Red Letter Days
25% off Buy A Gift
20% off GLL spa experience treatments and associated products.
Ride to work scheme
Free eye tests and discounted glasses
GLL is looking for a Level 3 Exercise Referral Instructor to work across central and south Manchester leisure centres. If you have the skills and ambition to join us as a Healthy Living Instructor, there's never been a more exciting time to join us. This is more than an instructing job, it's a career.
GLL is looking for a Level 3 Exercise Referral Instructor to work as a Healthy Living Instructor across multiple leisure centres to help to improve people's level of fitness, health - and ultimately, quality of life. The Healthy Living Instructor will deliver a maintenance programme supporting the initial clinical programme for those coming through the local Physical Activity Referral Scheme. We are also developing a wide range of targeted provision for a variety of health conditions and general health and wellbeing initiatives. The Health Living Instructor will work as part of the wider leisure team alongside a number of stakeholders, community groups and NHS Trusts to provide support to patients that will benefit from physical activity. The role will require the successful candidate to deliver inductions and group sessions. They will work closely with the Community, Sport and Health Manager to create a balanced accessible programme across the centres and work directly with groups and organisations already engaged with target groups to widen awareness and develop social prescribing pathways.
What you’ll do:
Coordinate and manage your time effectively across multiple locations
Deliver a series of exercise classes, gym programmes and other activities for patients as required by the local community.
Negotiate with patients around goal setting and progression in classes/groups.
Provide limited health improvement advice (within clearly defined boundaries) which supports the care and education of patients.
Plan, organise and deliver a range of different physical activity opportunities appropriate to client group, season etc.
Work with people who have barriers to their understanding of key messages for example those whose first language is not English.
As a leader within the leisure industry we can also offer scope to progress your career, and job variety like nowhere else.
What you need:
Level 3 Exercise Referral (Required)
Level 4 Referral Qualification (Desirable)
Personal transport to move between locations
Good organisational skills
Excellent communication skills
As a charitable social enterprise owned by its staff GLL has a great range of benefits for its employees:
A Values driven organisation
Learning & development to support career development
Good Pension schemes
Discounted gym membership for you and your partner.
A full time permanent position – Change accordingly
Industry leading rates of pay
opportunity to join the GLL Society and have a say in how we are run plus associated social events
Exclusive discounts on our villas in Portugal
Exclusive discounts on our Ski chalets in Bulgaria
Health assurance
Career pathways, professional development are just the start. To ensure you stay at the top of your game, we provide training with practical and theory elements too.
Discounts across thousands of retailers (GLL Extras)
25% off Red Letter Days
25% off Buy A Gift
20% off GLL spa experience treatments and associated products.
Ride to work scheme
Free eye tests and discounted glasses
About GLL:
As the UK’s largest leisure operator and charitable social enterprise, we offer a range of careers for everyone in our local communities. We manage over 400 facilities across England, Wales and Northern Ireland, including public sport and leisure centres, elite sporting venues, libraries and children’s centres.
Our people are from the communities we serve and help us make real changes in their local area.
One of our core values is ‘More than a Job’, because working with us opens up a wide range of possibilities and opportunities for you, starting with how you work with us. To make sure we’re having a positive impact on our people, we also offer some flexible and part-time working options so you can make sure your new job works for you. Subject to vacancies, whether you are after a contractual commitment and a regular work schedule or the freedom of flexible hours, you may be able to choose an arrangement that works best for you and play your part in improving the health and wellbeing of your community.
We offer two different types of work arrangements:
If you are looking for a regular number of hours that you can work, and are flexible to meet the needs of a 7 day a week service, then a full-time or part-time permanent contract might be the right choice for you.
So whether your ambitions lie in sport and leisure, events & catering, health & beauty, corporate support or working with children, you’ll be able to find your ideal new job at GLL.
Passionate about seeing our communities thrive, we invest back into our facilities, projects and people and are Investors in People Silver Award employer.
However you choose to work with us, you can be sure that you will be a valued member of our team, working with great colleagues, and making a real difference to people’s lives.
We are an inclusive employer. We seek and welcome diversity in our teams.
All pay rates are subject to skills, experience, qualifications and location.
