Fitness Consultant | Mātanga Waiora

Arena Fitness Centre is a gym inside Te Rauparaha Arena complex, with access to the Gym, Pool, Les Mills Group Fitness classes, qualified trainers and an atmosphere that is welcoming and friendly.

All about the job

We are seeking a customer focused, friendly person to join our dedicated team of personal trainers at Arena Fitness Centre.

We have two roles available: 

1. A permanent part time role, working Tuesdays and Thursdays 1:00 – 9:00pm
2. A casual role, no set/guaranteed hours, will be offered shifts to cover leave and gaps in the roster

These role will embrace your passion for creating a fantastic customer experience and provide you with a dynamic and friendly team.

You will be responsible for:

• carrying out fitness assessments and setting effective exercise programmes to assist our members to achieve their fitness goals
• confirming new memberships and completing new member inductions
• providing tours of the gym premises
• ensuring our Arena Fitness Centre is tidy, well presented and operating at a high level
• answering customer enquiries, and confirming membership
• covering at reception
• completing general administrative tasks including updating membership records and members files.

All about you

You will have worked in the health and fitness industry and will have completed some tertiary qualifications in Sport Exercise or Health and Fitness. As these roles can be sole charge, you’ll need to be capable of dealing with a wide variety of needs. 

You’ll need to show us that you:

• have a tertiary qualification in Exercise Science or Health and Fitness at Level 4 Personal Training or higher
• have at least 1 year of experience of working on a gym floor, providing on the spot service and support to customers
• have great communication skills and thrive on motivating others to achieve their goals
• have a current first aid certificate
• have demonstrated initiative and are able work unsupervised and in a team
• always provide a high level of customer service and communication skills
• are a team player, and a willingness to pull together to get the work done.

What you need to do now

Come and join our Arena Team and be part of our welcoming and engaging environment. Please contact Sheree Marsh 04 237 1568 for more information.

Porirua City Council is committed to providing a working environment that embraces and values diversity and inclusion.  We actively encourage applications from all backgrounds. If you have any support or access requirements during our recruitment process, please let us know when you apply, and we’ll do our best to get you sorted.

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You will need to apply via our careers centre: www.poriruacity.govt.nz/careers.

Our Recreation team have some exciting opportunities available right now. Make sure you check out all our available roles on our Careers Portal!

Applications need to be received via our Careers Portal by Wednesday 27 May 2026.

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