About this job

CASUAL CONTRACT: Covering absences
SALARY: £13.26 Per Hour
LOCATION: Active Tiverton

Active Tiverton is a dynamic and community-focused facility committed to delivering high-quality fitness experiences. Our Fitness Consultants play a vital role in supporting members to achieve their health and wellbeing goals, while ensuring a welcoming, safe, and engaging environment.

Do you have a passion for helping people improve their fitness and wellbeing? Can you create a positive and motivating environment for members of all abilities? We are looking for someone who is proactive, approachable, and driven to deliver an excellent customer experience. If you can inspire members, build strong relationships, and support individuals on their fitness journey, we’d love to hear from you.

Fitness services are regularly reviewed to ensure continuous improvement, and you will receive support from the Fitness Area Lead to help you develop and succeed in the role.

All Fitness Consultants are expected to be punctual, professional, and excellent at building rapport, and taking ownership of delivering a high quality member experience.

As a Fitness Consultant your duties will include, but are not limited to:

• Carry out fitness inductions, fitness assessments, and lifestyle consultations.
• Design and deliver personalised fitness programmes to support member goals.
• Track and record member visits and carry out follow-up procedures to encourage retention.
• Supervise the fitness studio and support group exercise classes as required.
• Welcome all members to the gym and actively engage with them during their visit, building positive relationships to support member retention and overall experience.
• Ensure a safe, welcoming, and customer-focused environment at all times.

 At Active Mid Devon, we value: Pride, People, Performance and Partnerships

 What We’re Looking For: 

• Hold a current Level 2, Level 3 and/or Level 4 fitness qualifications and/or an NVQ or equivalent in sports and fitness/physical recreation
• Group exercise instruction qualification (or willingness to work towards).
• You will need to be pro-active and outgoing to communicate with members by developing a professional relationship which will encourage them to come back and use our facilities'
• Knowledge of a range of the basic fitness studio equipment
• Excellent communication and customer care skills with a proactive and outgoing approach.
• Flexibility to work a variety of shifts including mornings, evenings, and weekends.

 A satisfactory enhanced disclosure check and three years complete employment or education history will be requested in the event of you being offered any of the positions.

To find out more

To find out more about this role please contact Nick Denslow, Fitness Manager, on ndenslow@middevon.gov.uk

For full details please read the Job Description and Person Specification - Fitness Consultant

The Job Description refers to the level of competencies required for this post. For an explanation of what this means, please see Core Competencies.

A satisfactory basic disclosure check and three years complete employment history will be requested in the event of you being offered the position.

Unfortunately we are unable to sponsor skilled worker visas at this time. For more information on pre-employment checks, please review the documents found here.

How to apply

Please download and complete our Job Application Form and send to Opportunities@middevon.gov.uk. Alternatively, print and send by post to:

People Services
Mid Devon District Council
Phoenix House
Phoenix Lane
Tiverton, Devon
EX16 6PP

Please remember to quote the following post and vacancy numbers:

CLOSING DATE:	21 May 2026 at 5:00pm
VACANCY NUMBER:	2026054

MDDC reserves the right to close this vacancy early. We therefore encourage early applications.

We want to be an inclusive and diverse employer of first choice reflecting the community we serve and particularly welcome applications from all underrepresented groups.  We are keen to make our interviews accessible. Let us know on your job application if you have a disability and need any reasonable adjustments.

We're committed to Equality of Opportunity and welcome applications from all sections of the community.

If we've not contacted you within two weeks of the closing date, please assume your application has been unsuccessful on this occasion. 

Thank you for showing an interest in this vacancy and we wish you every success with your on-going job search.