Job Description

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Sydney Inner West | Regular paid shifts + opportunity to build your own PT client base

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Looking for a fitness role with a little more freedom, creativity and heart?

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Haven is looking for a brilliant Personal Trainer to join our small, values-led team in Sydney’s Inner West - with a unique hybrid opportunity combining regular casual shifts with the freedom to grow your own PT practice within Haven.

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This could be a beautiful fit if you're a great coach who loves people, wants some reliable paid hours and would love the opportunity to build additional income without having to find a gym, create a whole business infrastructure or build a client base completely from scratch.

The opportunity n

This is a unique two-pronged opportunity:

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1) We’re looking for trainers to take on a regular shift or two , built around our busier studio periods.

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Rather than simply teaching one class and heading home, you’ll become part of the Haven community and client journey.

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A shift may include a combination of:

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- Small group Strength/Fitness classes
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- Semi-Private Personal Training - usually up to 3 clients
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- 1:1 Intro PT sessions for new Haven clients
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- Movement Blueprint/programming sessions
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- Client support and connection
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- Light studio/admin tasks that help keep our little community humming
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And here’s the exciting bit...

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2) Alongside your casual role, you'll build your own PT client base and specialised services at Haven as an independent 1:1 trainer.

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We bring new people into Haven, give you opportunities to meet and coach them through your regular shifts, and provide a beautiful established studio and community in which to grow.

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If you’re entrepreneurial, have a particular coaching niche or have always thought “I’d love to build my own thing, but I don’t want to do absolutely everything myself” - we’d especially love to hear from you.

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There may also be opportunities to create workshops, courses,



special sessions and events with us. We genuinely love good ideas.

But the right person matters more than the fanciest CV. n

Haven isn’t a conventional gym, and we’re not looking for conventional fitness-industry coaching.

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We’re a body-positive, size-inclusive (we don't promote weight/aesthetics goals) and LGBTQ+ friendly movement studio centred around women, non-binary and trans folk, originally created as an alternative for people who often haven’t felt comfortable, represented or safe in mainstream fitness spaces.

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There are:

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No weigh-ins.

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No before-and-after photos.

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No “summer bodies”.

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No food guilt or earning your dinner.

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No hierarchy of fitter, thinner or stronger = better.

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We coach the human in front of us.

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That means meeting people with warmth and curiosity, offering options rather than judgement, and recognising that the client is the expert in their own lived experience and body . Our job is to collaborate, coach and help them discover movement that works for them.

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You’ll work with people across different ages, body sizes, identities, abilities, fitness histories and confidence levels - including plenty of people who never thought they were “gym people”.

You might be our person if you... n

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- Hold Cert III & IV in Fitness, current First Aid & CPR and appropriate registration/insurance
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- Are an excellent, thoughtful Personal Trainer
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- Are warm, emotionally intelligent and genuinely good with people
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- Are reliable and take ownership of your commitments
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- Can confidently coach different bodies, abilities and experience levels
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- Use invitational, collaborative coaching rather than a “trainer knows best” approach
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- Are comfortable working completely outside weight-loss and diet-culture messaging
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- Care about making fitness more accessible and welcoming
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- Enjoy being part of a small team and contributing to the community around you
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- Have initiative and ideas - and don't need to be micromanaged
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- Have experience as both an employee and as an independant contractor and would be excited to develop your own PT clients, speciality or offering alongside your Haven work
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Additional qualifications in Pilates, yoga, boxing, mobility, strength or other movement modalities are very welcome, but not essential.

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We particularly encourage applications from people who are underrepresented in mainstream fitness spaces, including trainers of diverse body sizes, ages, genders and cultural backgrounds.

What you’ll get n

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- Regular casual shifts & covers at an above-award flat rate + super
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- An established community and ongoing flow of recent clients to connect with
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- The opportunity to build additional PT income as an independent trainer
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- A beautiful, character-filled Inner West studio
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- Systems and infrastructure already in place
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- Flexibility and autonomy
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- A small, supportive team where your ideas are genuinely welcome
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- Opportunities to develop specialised sessions, workshops and events
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- A workplace where you don't have to sell weight loss or perform “fitness culture” to be a great trainer
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This could suit an experienced trainer looking for a refreshing change, or an excellent newer trainer with maturity, initiative and the right values who wants somewhere supportive to grow.

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We’re much more interested in finding the right human than ticking every possible box.

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📌 Personal Trainer - Hybrid Casual + Independent PT Opportunity (Sydney)
🏢 AUSactive
📍 Sydney