Background
An incredible opportunity at Canterbury Christ Church University for a Fitness & Wellbeing specialist.
We are looking for outgoing candidate with a passion for fitness and wellbeing. Our vibrant and friendly team promotes creativity, and we want our staff to thrive as we provide a huge range of active health opportunities to our students and staff.
At Christ Church we care about sport, health, and fitness. We have invested in multi-million-pound facilities, including our University Sport Centre with double sports hall, state of the art spin studio and gym and fitness facilities. Our gym is packed with modern fitness equipment, and we offer a wide range of fitness classes, personal training and an exercise referral service. We also deliver amazing programmes and interventions for physical activity and wellbeing, including an innovative mobile app that tracks steps and rewards with prizes!
Incredible Perks
At canterbury Christ church University, we offer a huge range of discounts and perks to staff who join our team. Including:
The Role
As Active Health Coordinator, you will have your say in helping to create innovative fitness and wellbeing services, getting more students and staff at the University excited about being active. Additionally, you will help us look after our gym and fitness areas and will be actively engaged in delivering fitness services with members through fitness classes and wellbeing interventions. You will play a key role in the promotion of our services and encourage people to get involved.
You will additionally plan and coordinate everything you need to deliver a calendar of incredible programmes and events. You will similarly contribute to designing strategy - helping to shape our growing service.
The Person
We would love to see someone with a passion for health and fitness, good organisational skills and some project management experience. You should be confident with IT, including experience with excel, word and power point. Above all, you must be motivated by wanting to make a difference to people’s health and wellbeing. With knowledge of what it takes to deliver positive experiences.
Additional Information
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Canterbury Christ Church University is committed to equality of opportunity, supporting and encouraging underrepresented groups as well as valuing diversity. We promote wider inclusion through our policies such as the Race Equality Charter, StoneWall for LGBT+ groups and the Disability Confident Scheme, guaranteeing an interview to all disabled candidates which meet the essential criteria for our roles.
We aim to create an inclusive working culture in which all employees feel valued. We particularly welcome applications from disabled and Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic candidates, which are currently underrepresented throughout Canterbury Christ Church. We are committed to improving employment opportunities for ethnic minorities. We also welcome applications from LGB, Trans and Non-binary candidates. All applications decisions and progression opportunities through the University will be determined by personal merit only.
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How to apply
Start date for applications: 8th September 2022Closing date for applications: 29th September 2022Interviews are to be held: 12th October 2022
If you require further information regarding the post please feel free to contact Darius Ashtari, Darius.ashtari@canterbury.ac.uk (strictly no agencies, thank you) quoting reference number REQ03491.
Please ensure you include contact details of two employment referees in your application, one of which must be your current/ most recent line manager.
Please note applications must be made online via the University website; details sent directly via email cannot be considered.
Prior consideration will be given to applicants in the University’s redeployment pool. No agencies, thank you.
For more information about this role, please view the job description via the attachments link above.