Area Fitness Manager - Full Time - Cotswold & Gloucester

Description

Join the Energy at Freedom Leisure – Do Good Feel Good!

At Freedom Leisure, we’re all about positive vibes, great people, and making  a real impact. Yes, we run leisure and cultural facilities, gyms, and swimming pools—but at the heart of it all, it’s our people who make the difference.

As one of the UK’s leading charitable leisure trusts, we’re proud of our mission of Improving Lives Through Leisure.  We’re here to help communities live healthier, happier lives by making our centres welcoming, inclusive, and accessible to everyone - because everyone deserves to feel good.  We’re all about delivering amazing customer service with a smile—every single day. We create spaces where people feel at home, supported, and inspired.

If you’re passionate about helping others and love creating great experiences, you’ll feel right at home with us.  You don’t need to be an expert to get started - we’ll give you all the training and support you need. With over 130 centres across England and Wales, there’s loads of room to grow.  Many of our team have built amazing careers doing what they love, helping customers day-to-day and making people feel good.

We’re proud to be a workplace where everyone is welcome, valued, and supported to thrive—because when our team reflects the communities we serve, we all grow stronger together.

A fantastic new opportunity has arisen to be part of our team. We are looking for a Area Fitness Manager to support our teams across the Cotswold and Gloucester partnerships. Working as the Area Fitness Manager you will be leading the teams ensuring exceptional service is delivered at all times. We are looking for someone to increase activity levels at the sites, maximising sales and income generation, offering support, working in the gym, key holder responsibilities, fitness advice and knowledge to help people go further in their training.

In the event that a high volume of suitable applications are received, the post may close prior to the specified closing date. Please apply as soon as possible if interested.

Hours: 37 hours a week - Monday to Sunday

Requirements

• A relevant level 2 fitness qualification
• Mobility to travel between across
• Experience of problem solving, organisational customer service and staff management
• Experience of at least three years in a fitness facility
• Strong people management skills
• A high awareness of industry developments, new activities, trends and research
• Good commercial awareness which translates into a successful and financially viable operation
• A passion for the industry demonstrated through continuous professional development
• Well developed interpersonal skills, able to negotiate and persuade people both internally and externally
• Excellent time management skills – able to deal with a number of priorities at once
• A self starter who inspires others with their passion and energy
• Excellent communication skills, able to think your feet
• To be able to work flexibly with a good level of autonomy
• Team orientated approach, able to work across the organisation boundaries and demonstrate interest and be supportive of the work of staff and colleagues

Desirable

• First Aid at Work qualification (training can be provided)
• Group exercise delivery qualifications not limited to but examples of: indoor cycling, kettlebells, ETM, Circuits, Yoga, Pilates

Benefits

We want you to love coming to work, feeling healthy, happy and valued. That's why we've developed a benefits package with you in mind, so what can we offer you?

• My Staff Shop, our very own staff benefit scheme, gives employees access to a great range of benefits. Get discounts on cinema tickets, travel bookings, high street e-vouchers, gift cards, days out, leisure activities and your day to day spending.
• Discounted Staff membership (including family members)
• Incremental holidays
• Employee Assistance Programme - 24/7 confidential, independent and professional counselling.
• Company pension
• Various insurance and saving schemes
• Financial advice
• Cycle-to-work and Car Leasing tax-efficient schemes (salaried staff only, depending on earnings)
• All this as well as fully funded training and career progression opportunities in a team working environment

Closing date: 29th August 2025

Salary: up to £29,500 per annum