Fitness Instructor and Lifeguard
Position Title: Fitness Instructor an Lifeguard
Location: Windermere Campus, Tauranga
Team: Aquatic Centre Team
Position Type: Permanent, full time (2 positions)
Remuneration: $56,000 - $60,000 (Fixed remuneration excluding Kiwisaver)
Mō tēnei tūranga mahi | About the Role
We have an exciting opportunity for an energetic person to join our team as a Fitness Instructor and Lifeguard. This role is key in enhancing our members wellness and maintaining the facility on a day to day basis. This is a permanent, full-time position. Maintaining ongoing relationships with kaimahi (staff), ākonga (students) and manuhiri (visitors) to the facility is crucial therefore, experience in dealing with customers is a must.
Ngā mahi | Key Responsibilities
• Running group fitness sessions, programming for users
• Gym and Pool maintenance
• Lifeguarding
• Reception duties
• Supervision of the centre
He kōrero mōu | About You
You bring:
• A minimum certificate level 4 is essential in fitness, personal training, exercise, coaching or sport and recreation
• Excellent communication skills, particularly at an interpersonal level
• Good customer service skills
• Superb motivational skills
• Ability and willingness to support teaching staff in and around the fitness centre environment
Mō Mātou | About us
Toi Ohomai Institute of Technology is a vocational education provider in the Bay of Plenty and South Waikato. Home to over 9000 ākonga (students), at Toi Ohomai we put ākonga and kaimahi at the centre of all we do. Through educational excellence, Māori Success, strong partnerships and sustainable practices we enable our ākonga, institution and communities to thrive.
Toiohomaitanga describes our way of doing and being. It reflects how we care for each other, work together, and uphold our shared purpose. Ā mātou uara | our values are an important part of this, our Toi Ohomai values are:
· Toitūtanga – Courageous and humble in our pursuit of excellence
· Manaakitanga – Strengthening the mana of others and our communities
· Whanaungatanga – Building and nurturing relationships
· Kotahitanga – United in our shared purpose
As we transition, Toi Ohomai is developing a more financially sustainable and strategically aligned organisation. Our new operating model places ākonga at the centre, organising into interconnected functions: Engage, Develop, Educate, Support, and Enable. This enables us to focus on our core purpose and work interdependently to deliver excellent vocational education.
By embracing our Toiohomaitanga (our new ways of working) we will foster greater collaboration, clearer role accountability, data-informed decision-making and agile and adaptive practices that enable us to respond quickly to changing needs. Applying for a role in this new structure is an opportunity to contribute to the future of Toi Ohomai and our communities
Me pēhea te tono | How to apply
Toi Ohomai is committed to safeguarding children and vulnerable persons. Applicants must have NZ residency or a valid NZ work visa and will undergo relevant pre-employment checks.
If this opportunity excites you, we’d love to hear from you. We review applications as they arrive and may contact shortlisted candidates before the closing date.
To apply, please submit your CV and a cover letter via our online application portal
Applications for this role will take you to the advertisers site.
