Virgin Active are committed to changing people’s lives for the better through wellness. Our team are dedicated to delivering a unique leisure and relaxation experience throughout all our clubs. All our team members pride themselves on incorporating Virgin Active values and ensuring the highest Brand Standards into their work, so our members can experience the finest facilities and service. We take value in recruiting the very best team members who work behind the scenes to support our clubs in delivering a world-class member experience. We are looking for a Nutrition & Wellness Lead (12 Month Fixed-Term Contract) to join our Product Team.
This is an exciting opportunity to join Virgin Active on a 12-month fixed-term maternity cover, playing a key role in shaping and delivering our nutrition and wellness proposition, ensuring we remain at the forefront of health, recovery and performance. Working closely with club and support office teams, you will develop innovative products, support commercial growth, build strategic partnerships and create exceptional wellness experiences that drive member engagement, retention and revenue.
The Role:
- Lead the development and delivery of Virgin Active's nutrition and wellness strategy across the UK.
- Develop innovative wellness products and services, including nutrition, recovery, longevity and health assessment offerings.
- Drive commercial performance through ancillary revenue, cross-selling opportunities and strategic partnerships.
- Support and develop Personal Trainers through education, mentoring and ongoing professional development.
- Collaborate with Marketing and external partners to deliver impactful wellness campaigns, events and member experiences.
- Use data and insight to optimise product performance, member engagement and retention.
- Champion innovation by identifying emerging industry trends and evolving the wellness proposition.
- Support clubs through training, coaching and regular visits to embed products and deliver exceptional member experiences.
- Represent Virgin Active within the wider wellness industry, building relationships that strengthen our brand and proposition.
Experience:
- Degree in Nutrition with registration through an appropriate professional body (SENR, RNutr or equivalent).
- Proven experience developing and delivering nutrition, wellness or performance programmes.
- Strong understanding of emerging trends in wellness, recovery and longevity.
- Experience delivering training, education and coaching to teams.
- Commercially minded with experience driving product performance and revenue growth.
- Strong stakeholder management and partnership development skills.
- Excellent presentation and communication skills.
- Flexible approach to travel, with the ability to support clubs nationally as part of a hybrid role.
Great to Have:
- Additional qualifications in wellness, physiology or related disciplines.
- Experience within the fitness, leisure or hospitality sector.
- Experience working with health assessment technologies and digital wellness platforms.
- Experience developing strategic partnerships and wellness events.
Our Perks
- 25 days (excluding bank holidays) annual leave, plus a Celebration Day and we want you take them
- Access to People's pension, with us matching contributions up to 3%.
- Complimentary Virgin Active membership for you and a buddy. You can also get free membership for your children too, ability to take advantage of our Club V.
- Private Dental and Healthcare Insurance your physical health is important, and we want you to have the access to healthcare should you require it.
- Life Assurance 4x your salary which we hope you will not need.
- We want you to love Virgin Active like we do, so you get discounts across Virgin active everything from guest passes to 50% off PT sessions.
- You will join Virgin Family where not only can you communicate with your colleagues across Virgin Group, but also many discounts (including Virgin Atlantic, Virgin Holidays and Virgin Media/O2)
- Maintaining a healthy diet while at work can be hard, so we offer all our team members 20% off food and drink at our KAUAI branches located in clubs.
- Managing finances can be difficult, so we offer access to Salary Finance. They can support you with loans and savings plans, as well as help you become a personal finance expert.
- Mental health is a cornerstone of wellbeing. Our BUPA employer assistance programme is there when you need a helping hand with 4 free counselling sessions.
- We know finding a new home to rent can be stressful. We partner with Dexters who offer complimentary corporate letting services meaning no tenant charges.
- Access to ePoints, offering loads of online discounts to retailers.
- Always wanted to take that yoga course? Well VA offer discount on all their Academy courses, trained by the very best instructors.
