Your Purpose...
The Group Exercise Lead for Pilates & Yoga is responsible for managing and delivering exceptional group exercise experiences in Pilates and Yoga across assigned clubs within the region. This role ensures that every member receives consistent, high-quality group exercise sessions that align with Virgin Active’s wellness proposition. The P&Y Lead collaborates closely with the Regional Group Exercise Manager (RGEM) and club Exercise Experience Manager (EEM) to achieve strategic objectives, enhance member engagement, and maintain high standards in class delivery and instructor development

Your Duties and Responsibilities...

Group Exercise Management

• Oversee the execution of Pilates & Yoga classes within assigned clubs, ensuring schedules are optimized to meet member needs and wellness goals.
• Implement quality control processes, conducting instructor assessments to ensure consistency and excellence in class delivery.
• Collaborate with the RGEM to optimize group exercise timetables, ensuring efficient use of resources and budgets and a diverse offering of classes.

 Instructor Recruitment & Development

• Recruit, onboard, and train group exercise instructors, aligning them with Virgin Active’s culture and quality standards.
• Provide ongoing coaching and feedback, supporting instructors’ growth through workshops, skills sessions, and qualification courses.
• Monitor performance, managing underperforming instructors through development plans or terminations as needed, in coordination with the RGEM.

Member Engagement & Experience

• Facilitate member induction processes that promote group exercise participation and create an engaging pathway for new members.
• Organize and lead events and activations to boost class participation, fostering a vibrant fitness community.
• Partner with the EEM to integrate group exercise P&Y into the broader member wellness journey,

Operational Excellence

• Work alongside the Clubs to maintain high standards for group exercise facilities, ensuring spaces are well-equipped and safe for members and instructors.
• Uphold health and safety compliance, providing an inspiring and safe environment for fitness activities.
• Support the rollout of new group exercise programs in P&Y, managing the implementation and ensuring successful integration within clubs.
  

Performance Monitoring & Reporting

• Track and report on key performance indicators, collaborating with the RGEM to ensure alignment with Virgin Active’s strategic goals.
• Metrics include total access and utilization, class counts, attendance rates, occupancy levels, and capacity.
• The role involves identifying underperforming clubs, locations, classes, and instructors, as well as managing quality control, hiring assessments, and training metrics such as workshops, refresher sessions, skills development, and qualification courses.

 Collaboration & Community Building

• Build and sustain a vibrant fitness community by integrating group exercise programs into club activities and events.
• Represent Virgin Active at local and national events, workshops, and promotional activities, showcasing expertise and driving member engagement.
  

Our Minimum Requirements...

We can’t live without… (Minimum Requirements)

• Relevant tertiary fitness qualification in Pilates and or Yoga.
• 3-5 years’ experience within the fitness or group exercise role
• You are driven to achieve your own goals, and you love motivating others.
• You leverage your life experience and charismatic personality to help members and instructors experience physical, mental, and emotional breakthrough moments.
• Your confident and cool under pressure.
• Confident in front of the camera.
• Programme specific knowledge in Pilates & Yoga specialization
• Flexibility to work a non-traditional schedule.
• An inclusive ethos and values system

 

We’d like you to have… (Attributes)

• Adaptability (must be able to adapt to a fast paced, changing environment)
• Be curious (must be willing to succeed, seek opportunities to learn and grow)
• Have a winning mentality (must be willing to go over and above to achieve success)
• Must be motivated to achieve success.
• A commitment to making a difference in people’s lives.
• A Growth mindset
• The ability to work independently.
• Trustworthiness (must always act in doing the right thing)
• A drive to create moments of magic for our members.
• The ability to make decisions and take ownership and responsibility for the decision.
• Action orientation

We’d love you to have… (additional skills)

• You speak eloquently and can engage and connect with anyone.
• You thrive on exceeding targets.
• You have a can-do approach. You think on your feet, and you roll with the punches when things change.
• Knowledge of business and marketing concepts and strategies.
• Strong problem-solving and decision-making skills.
• Strong IT skills.
• A high level of people management and emotional intelligence
• IT systems development, management and roll out experience.
• Marketing, branding, and corporate design flair
• Wellness knowledge, to engage and inspire others to take a holistic approach to wellness.
• The ability to be agile.