Job Title: Fitness Instructor
Location: Henlow, Bedfordshire
Compensation: £24,424.00 + Benefits
Role Type: Full time / Permanent
Role ID: SF66817
Help Keep Our Forces Fighting Fit
At Babcock we’re working to create a safe and secure world, together, and if you join us, you can play your part as a Fitness Instructor at our Henlow site.
The role
As a Fitness Instructor, you’ll have a role that’s out of the ordinary. You’ll be at the heart of supporting the health and wellbeing of both military and civilian personnel. This is a unique opportunity to make a real difference—helping individuals stay physically prepared for the demands of their roles while developing your own career in a dynamic and rewarding environment.
Day-to-day, you’ll be delivering physical training sessions and reconditioning programmes.
- Managing and maintaining sports facilities and equipment
- Promoting health and wellbeing initiatives across the station
- Supporting the Sports Store and ensuring kit is ready for use
- Upholding health, safety, and environmental standards at all times
This role is full time, 37 hours per week and is based on site at Henlow.
Essential experience of the Fitness Instructor:
- Experience in a similar fitness or wellbeing environment
- Strong communication skills, both written and verbal
- Ability to foster a culture of health and wellbeing
- Confident using Microsoft Office and other digital tools
Qualifications for the Fitness Instructor:
- A relevant fitness qualification
Security Clearance
The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain Standard (BPSS) / Security Check (SC) security clearance for this role.
Many of the positions within our company are subject to national security clearance and Trade Control restrictions. This means that your eligibility for certain roles may be affected by your place of birth, nationality, current or former citizenship, and any residency you hold or have held. Further details are available at United Kingdom Security Vetting: clearance levels - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk).
What we offer
- Generous holiday allowance
- Matched contribution pension scheme, with life assurance
- Access to a Digital GP, annual health check, and nutritional consultations through Aviva DigiCare+
- Employee share scheme
- Employee shopping savings portal
- Payment of Professional Fees
- Reservists in the armed forces receive 10-days special paid leave
- Holiday Trading is a benefit that allows UK Babcock employees to buy additional leave or to sell up to one working week of annual leave from their annual entitlement. This Window opens February through to March annually
- ‘Be Kind Day’ enables employees to take one working day's paid leave a year (or equivalent hours) to undertake volunteering work with their chosen organisation or registered charity
- Excellent development opportunities and benefits package including an employee assistance programme supporting physical, mental and financial wellbeing.
Babcock International
For over a century Babcock has helped to defend nations, protect communities and build a better world. To continue, we must adapt, advance and be a sustainable business with a shared goal.
We are a disability confident committed employer. If you have a disability or need any reasonable adjustments during the application and selection stages, please email careers@babcockinternational.com with the subject header ‘Reasonable adjustments requirement’. We’re committed to building an inclusive culture where everyone’s free to thrive. We are happy to talk about flexible working – please ask about alternative patterns of work at interview.
Closing date: 16/09/2025