Gym Instructor: Glasgow Life

(Permanent & Fixed Term)

Grade 3 - £26,233.14 - £27,837.09

Location: Glasgow Club Bellahouston - G52 1HH, Glasgow International Arena - G40 3HG, Glasgow Club Scotstoun - G14 9HY

Hours: 35 hours per week.

Both the permanent and fixed-term roles are full-time, working on a shift rotation over 7 days. This includes early starts, evening finishes and weekends, between 5.30am and 10.30pm.

Examples of shifts include:

  • 5.30am-2.30pm

  • 2.00pm- 10.30pm

  • Saturday 7.00am – 4.00pm

  • Sunday 7.00 am- 4.00pm and 12.00pm – 8.00pm

Start and finishing times of shifts may vary from venue to venue.

Interested in part-time hours?

We are also recruiting separately for part-time Gym Instructor vacancies. If you would like to be considered for both full-time and part-time opportunities, please submit a separate application for each vacancy.

Contract type:

  • Permanent

  • Fixed Term until 28 July 2028

Location: City-wide, with your main base discussed at interview.

What you’ll do

As a Gym Instructor, you’ll be part of an established Health & Fitness team, reporting to the Health & Fitness Co-ordinator. You’ll play an essential role in each member’s fitness journey, providing a variety of fitness programmes and delivering a range of fitness activities to suit everyone. You will be involved in promoting health and fitness at local and citywide events. You will gather gym user information and oversee the general safety and behaviour of customers to help prevent injury, misuse and damage to facilities and equipment. The safety of our customers and staff is paramount, so you will follow industry and government guidelines and protocols to provide a safe environment, helping with the preparation and cleaning of the facility and maintenance of equipment. To ensure Glasgow Club can deliver the best experience to its customers, you will need to be flexible, adaptable to change and open to delivering new activities.

Your work will make a visible and lasting difference. This could be:

  • Supporting our communities

  • Helping people get active

  • Creating cultural experiences

  • Or working behind the scenes to make it all happen

Who you are

We’re looking for someone with the right skills who brings energy to the role. If the following sounds like you, apply today!

We’re looking for:

  • Level 2/3 Health and Fitness Qualification in Gym, Exercise and Fitness Knowledge

  • Good interpersonal skills to engage and motivate members

  • Fitness Coaching qualifications in group fitness activities or the flexibility to learn new skills

  • The ability to work confidently with fitness programming software such as My Wellness

  • Previous gym experience

Membership of the Protection of Vulnerable Groups Scheme will be essential on taking up appointment. Please note successful candidates for the above position will be required to pay for their PVG Membership/or Scheme Checks.

These posts are excepted under Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exclusions and Exceptions) (Scotland) Order 2013 (as amended).

Further information and applications

Closing date: 20 September 2026

 

 

Date published: 7 September 2026
Date updated: 7 September 2026

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