The role
Here at Virgin Active we can’t get enough of inspiring our members to live an active life, delivering amazing fitness experiences and service throughout our clubs. To do this, we recruit the very best Pilates Instructors.
As a Pilates Instructor, your passion for group exercise and everything fitness will shine through your teaching and you will inspire our members to love their bodies and treat them well by exercising often.
What we’re looking for
So what qualities does a Pilates Instructor need to join Virgin Active?
- You have at least an NVQ Level 3 Pilates instructor qualification
- You can coach and motivate our members in your Pilates classes
- You achieve agreed targets, of class occupancy and instructor ratings from our members
- You ensure our members are safe at all times and hold your own public liability insurance of at least £2million
- You check in with the club team often and always keep up to date with class policies and instructor procedures
- You love people, and can advocate a culture where the group fitness class community become raving fans of Virgin Active
- You take on constructive feedback from club staff and are always looking for ways to learn and improve, to inspire people while having fun and doing the right thing
- When teaching in a Virgin Active club, you will help the team, you will always be yourself, and work hard. Most importantly, you dream big
The company
Our Purpose is to inspire people to live an active life. It drives everything we do and we are obsessed with achieving this.
But how did we get here?
Matthew Bucknall, our Founder and Group CEO, started Virgin Active in 1997 when Sir Richard Branson asked him to research across the globe and create the best health clubs in the world. Matthew opened Virgin Active’s first club in Preston in 1999. A combination of new builds, club acquisitions and strategic club disposals has helped create the Virgin Active of today; a business with over 240 clubs and more than 1.2 million members across eight countries.
We are seeking strong future growth both in the U.K. and internationally. This will continue to create amazing opportunities for our people. Growth will come through the experiences we create in our clubs but also by harnessing the power of digital. As we look to the future, Virgin Active will become a key part of even more members lives as we inspire more and more people to understand the benefits of living an active life.