King's College London

About us

Estates & Facilities are the stewards of King’s extensive property portfolio that enables innovative teaching and pioneering research across five campuses in central London. Made up of over 1,000 talented staff with a wide variety of roles servicing our campuses and community; together we ensure that students and staff have the estate, space, and services that enhance their academic experience while preserving and future proofing our iconic estate as King’s approaches it’s bicentenary.

This is a hugely exciting time to be joining the King’s Sport & Wellness team at the Strand Gym. Over the next few years, we will be looking to expand the scope and quality of our offering to the King’s community.

About the role

The post holder will contribute to the department’s mission to deliver unique and exciting sport and wellness experiences that unite our members and optimise our people and potential.

The purpose of this role is to support the delivery of outstanding gym operations, inclusive fitness services and provide a world class Service to our members.

The Health & Fitness Coach will take a lead role in the day-to-day procedures of the gym, from opening and closing the site, cleaning, teaching classes and conducting programmes and Inductions.

Due to the facility containing a women’s only gym, this role is for applicants who identify as women only.

This is a full time post (35 Hours per week), and you will be offered a fixed term contract.

About You

To be successful in this role, we are looking for candidates to have the following skills and experience:

Essential criteria

1. Level 2 Fitness Instructor or above on REPS/CIMSPA.
2. Ability to deliver high quality group exercise classes.
3. Experience working within the health and fitness industry.
4. Experience in a customer service environment
5. Excellent communication and interpersonal skills (written and verbal)
6. Ability to manage own time and work independently
7. Ability to work early and late shifts, weekends, and to work flexibly across sites as needed
8. First Aid Qualification

Desirable criteria

1. Commitment to continued professional development
2. Additional group exercise qualifications OR experience: group cycle/spin and boxing/Boxfit
3. A good level of education (A-level or equivalent)

Full details of the role and the skills and experience required, can be found in the attached job description which provided on the next page.

Further information

We pride ourselves on being inclusive and welcoming. We embrace diversity and want everyone to feel that they belong and are connected to others in our community.

We are committed to working with our staff and unions on these and other issues, to continue to support our people and to develop a diverse and inclusive culture at King's.

We ask all candidates to submit a copy of their CV, and a supporting statement, detailing how they meet the essential criteria listed in the advert. If we receive a strong field of candidates, we may use the desirable criteria to choose our final shortlist, so please include your evidence against these where possible.

To find out how our managers review your application, please take a look at our ‘How we Recruit’ pages.

Interviews are due to be held on Wednesday 22nd and Thursday 23rd July 2026

This post is subject to Disclosure and Barring Service and Occupational Health clearances.