Group Fitness Class Instructor (Yoga)

Job Purpose

Contribute to and facilitate a range of group fitness and exercise class based programmes to a diverse range of service users in order to assist with the promotion, delivery and integration of East Ayrshire Leisure’s Business Plan and the Sport and Fitness Team Plan. Key duties of the post are: 1. Contribute to the planning and facilitation of a range of group fitness and exercise initiatives, utilising a range of pre-prepared materials that meet the identified needs of service users across East Ayrshire. 2. Contribute to the development and promotion of group fitness and exercise initiatives and provide individual support and guidance to service users to assist them in achieving their personal goals. 3. Ensure attendees are encouraged to participate in a range of classes incorporating fitness, exercise and movement activities providing clear visual and verbal instruction and utilising a range of equipment that is safe to use. 4. Foster and develop good communications with participants in order to collate to obtain qualitative feedback in support the continued evaluation of the delivery of the Sport and Fitness Team Plan. Please see the attached Job Specification which outlines all responsibilities and duties for this post. Candidate must hold Level 3 Yoga qualification TO BE CONSIDERED FOR INTERVIEW, CANDIDATES MUST DEMONSTRATE ON THE APPLICATION THAT THEY MEET ALL ESSENTIAL CRITERIA OF THE ATTACHED JOB SPECIFICATION.

Rate of Pay

Hours of Work: Friday 10.30am - 11.15am An additional 30 minutes development time will be paid for each class. Rate of pay: £23.67 for a half hour class inclusive of development time. £27.61 for a 45 minute class inclusive of development time. This is a temporary post until 31st March 2024

Responsibilities and Our Values

Contribute to and deliver excellent customer service, and in doing so promote and recognise the importance of people in delivering our vision and values; • Being honest and demonstrating integrity at all times • Engaging and inclusive with our people, partners and stakeholders • Striving for continuous improvement by being ambitious and aspirational in all that we do • Taking responsibility and being accountable for our organisation and our service delivery

Additional Information

We follow the national guidance in relation to pre-employment checks namely “Safer Recruitment Through Better Recruitment”. With regards to requests for references and in line with this guidance, during your application process you should provide details of a minimum of two appropriate and relevant references, one of which should be from your current or most recent employer. It is also a requirement that the reference from your current or most recent employer is from an appropriate senior manager and it is not a reference from a former peer operating at the same level. The duties of the post involve Regulated Work with children and/or protected adults, as specified in the Protection of Vulnerable Groups (Scotland) Act 2007. Successful applicants for such posts will be required to become a Protecting Vulnerable Groups (PVG) Scheme member in respect of Regulated Work with either or both of these groups as appropriate, or if they are already a Scheme member, be subject to a PVG Scheme Record Update, before any formal offer of employment can be made by East Ayrshire Leisure. Please note:- PVG members' records are constantly updated with any new vetting information that arises. Any information that is disclosed on a PVG Scheme Record or Scheme Record Update, if relevant to the post being applied for, will be discussed with the applicant prior to any formal offer of employment being made.