Salary: £17.85- £19.81 per hour + Market Supplement
Grade: I
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Part Time 2 Hours a week over a fortnightly rotar
Location: Knaresborough, North Yorkshire
To be based at Knaresborough Leisure and Wellness Hub.
Would you like to support the health and wellbeing of your local community?
Are you looking to join a team who focusing on providing amazing customer care?
We have the role for you!
We are looking to grow our Group Exercise programme within the local community at Knaresborough Leisure Centre. We are seeking enthusiastic and motivating instructors who can encourage and inspire participants through fun, energetic, and inclusive Reformer Pilates, Yoga and Meditation.
You will deliver high-quality, engaging sessions tailored to suit both newcomers and long-time attendees, creating a welcoming environment where individuals of all abilities can enjoy themselves, build confidence, and stay active
Whatever your strength or experience is in, we want to hear from you!
Why Team North Yorkshire?
We are bringing all our services under one banner, and we want our facilities and services to be accessible for everyone, so we can help to improve the health and well-being of our county.
Several sites have already moved to “Active North Yorkshire”, and our team’s focus is to help provide support in sport and well-being excellence to our local communities. Currently operating 16 Leisure and Wellbeing facilities, increasing to 22 in 2027 when the former Ryedale and Scarborough council areas join.
Our Leisure and Wellbeing Hubs offer various classes, options and facilities to help increase the mental and physical health of our customers. For full details about our locations, please visit our Active North Yorkshire site Active North Yorkshire venues | North Yorkshire Council
What You Can Bring:
The most important quality you can bring is passion and drive to help us deliver our fantastic group exercise programme to our wide range of customers. You need the ability to work effectively as part of a team and a good understanding of customer care. However, you would also need to show you;
- Hold the relevant fitness qualification (or be able to achieve it prior to employment) to ensure safe and effective practice and undertake ongoing CPD training in line with qualification standards and organisational protocols.
- Be able to give clear, accurate, and assertive instructions verbally and through the correct use of signals to customers and other members of the team.
Depending on which group exercise you are interested in leading, you can also bring:
- The ability to plan classes, tailored to clients’ needs
- Review and consistently improve your sessions, and adapt if required
- Knowledge of lifestyle management and the ability to encourage healthy habits in others
- Understand the benefits of physical activity to health and wellbeing- and be able to promote!
An Enhanced DBS is required should you wish to lead a junior group fitness activity, the cost of which will be covered by North Yorkshire Council.
But Wait! There’s More!!
As an employee of North Yorkshire Council, in addition to your salary, we offer a range of great benefits to help you financially and make life a bit easier.
These include:
- Local government pension scheme with a generous employer contribution
- Salary sacrifice schemes
- Employee discount benefits including shopping, supermarkets, gym discounts and more!
- Health Assured – confidential help and support for your wellbeing
- Training and Development opportunities
Contact
For more information, or an informal chat about the role, please contact [email protected]
Key Documents:
Job Description.docx
Total Rewards
Key Dates
Closing Date: 09/07/2026
Interview Date: To Be Confirmed
NYC are committed to directly recruiting staff and will not accept applications nor services from agency suppliers in respect of our vacancies.
We are committed to meeting the needs of our diverse community and aim to have a workforce reflecting this diversity. We are also committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and adults. We expect all staff and volunteers to this commitment.
North Yorkshire Councils’ purpose is to deliver services and facilities to the diverse residents and visitors of North Yorkshire. To ensure we deliver inclusive services we strive to have a diverse workforce where everybody can be themselves by respecting differences and embedding equality of opportunity. We celebrate diversity and recognise each other’s contributions; we therefore welcome applications from individuals of all backgrounds.
