The role
Do you want to develop your Personal Training career in an exciting, award-winning gym chain that is taking the fitness sector by storm?
With ambitious growth and expansion plans, plus access to one of the fastest-growing member bases in the fitness industry, this is an incredibly exciting time to work for JD Gyms.We are on the lookout for fresh new talent, looking for the best environment to develop their career.
If you are serious about being a Personal Trainer in the coolest gym in your area and are ready to take your career to the next level, then this is the opportunity for you.We are looking for people who can uphold the highest gym floor standards, from cleanliness to delivering a world-class group exercise programme. So, if you can help to create an environment where #FitnessJustGotSerious then check out the below details:
What we’re looking for
The Role:
- Places member experience at the heart of everything you do by constantly engaging with members on the gym floor
- Deliver welcoming and engaging prospective member tours in the club, in line with JD Gyms brand standards
- Deliver engaging group exercise classes
- Deliver engaging and informative member inductions
- Support prospective members with joining JD Gyms as required
- Conduct club standards checks across the club, ensuring results are recorded accurately and in line with JD Gyms record keeping procedures.
- Provide ad hoc support to members as required or observed
- Ensure that club cleanliness standards are maintained to the highest level as set out by the Gym Management and Operations team.
- Maintain excellent brand standards at all times, ensuring the club is safe and compliant with all health and safety action points
- Monitor our service delivery through our performance and member feedback
- Ensure you operate and are compliant in a safe and legal manner at all times whilst working for JD Gyms.
The Person:
- Level 3 Qualified Personal Trainer or Above
- Has a passion for fitness, health, wellbeing and helping people
- Representative of, and embodies, the JD Gyms brand standards and values
- Enthusiastic and open to learning
- Able to flex their style to differing personalities
- Is resilient, and welcome to feedback
- Understands and can articulate the importance of a great member experience
- Is flexible in approach to hours worked.
- Loves to be part of team that work hard for each other, our members and our local communities.
Working model
Employed Fitness Coach and Self-employed Personal Trainer.
Firstly, you will be employed by JD Gyms on a part-time basis (12 hours a week) completing3 x 4-hour shifts as a Fitness Coach, with a monthly salary.
JD Gyms prides itself on its management career progression programmes, which will help you develop your leadership skills and prepare you for the next steps in your career. Separately, outside of your employed hours as a Fitness Coach, you will pay rent on a monthly basis, and run your self-employed Personal Training business from the gym in which you are based, giving you access to thousands of leads in the form of current members and new members that join on a daily basis. We also have an internal dedicated PT Business Support team to help you build and grow a successful PT business.
Our benefits
In return for your hard work, we will reward you with a range of industry-leading benefits to include:
- Contracted salary – above the national minimum wage
- 12 hours contracted per week
- Annual leave allowance/paid holidays
- 25% discount at JD Sports
- Free gym membership for yourself
- Discounted membership for a family/friend member
- Funded First Aid qualification
- Group exercise training programmes
- Management development training programmes
Personal Trainers at JD Gyms can expect the following:
- One of the lowest monthly rent amounts in the fitness industry
- 1 st -month RENT FREE
- Access to one of the fastest-growing member bases in the fitness industry to help you build your business faster
- Access to our dedicated PT Business Support team who will provide business courses, insight, advice, and coaching to help you build and run your business
- Discounted CPD courses with industry experts
- Free in-club advertising
If you are Level 3 (EQF Level 4) Personal Trainer qualified, have a passion for fitness, and want to help our members, whilst building yourself a successful self-employed PT business then JD Gyms is the place for you.
The company
If there’s one of our gyms near you, we’re confident it’ll be the best gym around! We go the extra mile to make sure we’re offering the best facilities for the best price.
We opened our first gym in 2014 and haven’t looked back since. Starting with just a handful of gyms in the Northwest of England, we’ve grown rapidly over the years, expanding across the UK to bring our unique brand of fitness to a town near you.
A lot of thought and care goes into building one of our gyms, but honestly what really makes them is the people. That’s where you come in! If you consider yourself passionate about fitness, driven to achieve, conscientious and friendly, you’d fit right in.
