Active Communities Instructor

Location: Bletchley Leisure Centre

Job Type: Full time or Part time

Working Hours: Up to 40 hours per week, a mixture of early, lates and weekend shifts

Salary: £23,364 to £27k per annum (FTE) + excellent benefits

Here at More Leisure Trust our goal is to encourage active, healthy lifestyles in an environment that is safe, warm, clean, friendly and fun. To be the destination of choice for being part of an active community, whilst helping you to make MORE of every day’. To deliver those services takes an enthusiastic and customer focused team – and right now we are looking to recruit an Active Communities Instructor to join the centre.

In the role you will be responsible for ensuring the leisure contract is proactively leading the way and our activities and initiatives are seen as integral to the healthy lifestyle offering across the Borough of Buckinghamshire. You will establish thriving relationships with community partners and stakeholders and identify opportunities for growth and development of the Leisure trust activities within key local areas to serve underrepresented groups.

Your key duties will include:

• Deliver weekly physical activity sessions across leisure centres to meet community needs and priority areas outlined by the active communities plan.
• Ensure community wellbeing activities are effectively promoted and well attended by target populations.
• To work towards developing centres into welcoming community hubs where everyone can come to socialise, be active and relax.
• To build strong and trusted relationships with local community partners and groups.
• Work with organisations to understand the needs of underrepresented groups and upskill staff as required.
• To collaborate with social prescribers and health coaches to further saturate healthy lifestyle services across multiple sites.
• Develop a core programme of community wellbeing activities and utilise space within the leisure facilities for non-traditional uses.
• Attend meetings to report on participation and revenue of activities associated with the active communities plan.

Serco manages these facilities on a day-to-day basis on behalf of the Trust.

About you

• Understand the demographics, specific needs of the community in Buckinghamshire, as well as sports development and barriers to physical activity for underrepresented groups in Buckinghamshire
• You will have experience of sourcing and implementing funding applications and dealing with third sector voluntary organisations.
• Competent using the full Microsoft suite.
• Proven report writing skills.
• Excellent customer services skills
• Proven experience using various form of social media.
• Willingness to travel across multiple sites

We share your passion for leisure, and we will offer a safe, fun, and professional working environment with excellent development opportunities. You will also receive free gym membership for you and a family member across our fantastic leisure centre!

If you feel like you meet the above criteria and want to work in a challenging and varied role, please apply today.

Why Serco

A place you can make an impact: Working within Leisure means that you’ll play a critical role in ensuring that the communities we serve receive exceptional service and you’ll help to provide our local communities with a safe and fun environment to stay healthy and connected to others.

A place you can count on: It takes a diverse team to support our Leisure business and we’re big on internal progression. So, whether you specialise your skills, undertake additional training or progress into senior management you’ll find all the opportunity you need to evolve your career.

A place for you: Our staff are dedicated to providing the best possible service for our customers and we welcome those who take similar pride in their work.

What we offer

• Free membership at the Centre plus heavily discounted use of classes and facilities
• Free safeguarding training and DBS check
• Excellent Development and Training Opportunities
• 6% employer matched pension contribution
• Up to 21 days annual leave + public holidays
• Life assurance up to 2x base salary
• For all Leisure benefits please see Employee Benefits (moreleisure.com)

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Serco/Serco Leisure Operating Limited are appointed as the Trust’s Managing Agents. We manage the recruitment process and the Trust’s employees in the delivery of the service on their behalf. The Trust is committed to equal opportunities and requests any potential applicant to contact the Recruitment Team on 0345 010 4000 as soon as possible if an applicant has any additional queries, requirements or will need additional time in submitting an application. Applicants should be aware that in line with the company’s policy, employees will have a DBS check where appropriate.

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