Fitness Centre Duty Officer

🔒 Confidential Employer
Posted 23 April 2026
LOCATION
Not specified
TYPE
Full-time
LEVEL
Entry-level
CATEGORY
Healthcare
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SKILLS

First Aid Customer Service Health & Safety Fitness Instruction Gym Management Conflict Resolution

FULL DESCRIPTION

Fitness Centre Duty Officer

The Fitness Centre Duty Officer is responsible for the smooth day-to-day running of the Princes Road centre, ensuring safety, cleanliness, and an inviting environment. Duties include emergency response, opening/closing, security, health and safety compliance, equipment maintenance, reception duties, and fitness instruction as needed.

Main Responsibilities: Duty Officer

  • Dealing with any emergencies, including on-call outside normal operating hours
  • Opening and closing of the gym and/or building, depending on shift, and ensure the security of the area in adherence with YMCA procedures
  • Oversee the security of daily takings
  • To ensure Health & Safety procedures are followed, i.e. fire evacuation, safety of facility users, assisting with any accidents that occur and giving first aid if needed;
  • To follow YMCA safeguarding policy to ensure that vulnerable adults and young people are properly protected.
  • Maintaining and setting up equipment, checking it is not damaged and is safe to use
  • Assisting with any accidents that occur and giving first aid if needed
  • Overseeing rooms and facilities, tidying and cleaning all areas during the day
  • Assisting with reception duties and covering breaks; includes taking payments for activities using the leisure management system, and provide support to prospective members using Join@Home and the app for the first time, answering the telephone and deal with the enquiry or divert calls as appropriate
  • Act as concierge as necessary

Fitness Instructor

  • Making all visitors and users of the gym feel valued and welcomed
  • To be visible on the gym floor for member’s peace of mind. Giving encouragement and offering advice to users to ensure they exercise safely and effectively
  • To provide suitable exercise and where necessary, adapt exercise programmes to meet the needs of gym users with disability, learning difficulties or long-term ill health and to provide such users with appropriate advice and supervision
  • To follow a designated gym cleaning matrix ensuring all equipment, the gym floor and changing room’s cleanliness is maintained to a high standard
  • To tour prospective members and signpost users to our Direct Debit memberships, Personal Training, Small Group Training and Nutrition programmes
  • Ensuring class equipment is ready on time and put away afterwards as and when required
  • To liaise with Managers and fellow Fitness Instructors on hand over End of Shift Report
  • C over for fitness classes

Fitness Centre operational duties

  • Maintain supplies of cleaning products, running efficient stock control and cost effective purchasing of supplies
  • Assist in sales and promotion of universal fitness when necessary
  • To champion projects as directed
  • To comply at all times with [Employer hidden — view at passion-project.co.uk] legal, contractual and regulatory responsibilities in relation to the above duties
  • Supporting the wider work of the Association including charity events
  • Any other duties are required to be performed within the grade and renumeration of the role.
  • We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people/vulnerable adults. This role will require an enhanced DBS disclosure (with barred children/vulnerable adults). We require you to understand and demonstrate this commitment and attend any required training
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