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Join Our Instructor Talent Pool: Shape the Future of Fitness!

Are you a passionate, high - energy fitness professional dedicated to helping others achieve their wellness goals? Take the step and join our talent pool of Certified Group Instructors for upcoming opportunities.

 

We are looking for individuals who are:

• Passionate about fitness, health, and making a positive difference in clients’ lives.
• Positive, outgoing, and service-oriented demeanour.
• Strong team-player approach when working alongside other Instructors, Biokineticists, and Management.
• Ability to uphold the organisation’s brand, culture, and safety standards

• Commitment to continuous professional development and staying updated on industry trends.

 

1. Minimum Qualification & Experience:

Qualifications & Certifications

• Relevant fitness qualification (e.g., ETA, HFPA, or equivalent NQF-aligned fitness certification).
• Specialised certification(s) for the formats taught (e.g., HIIT, Strength, Indoor Cycling, Yoga, Pilates, Step, Dance Fitness, Aqua, etc.).
• Valid CPR and First Aid Level 1 certification.
• Professional Indemnity of at least 2million.
• Registration with a recognised professional body, where applicable (e.g., REPSSA).

 

Experience

• 1 - 2 years of practical experience instructing group exercise classes in a gym or studio environment.
• Demonstrated ability to instruct multiple formats OR strong expertise in at least one specialised modality.
• Proven record of delivering safe, effective, and engaging sessions.
  
  

2. Compliance and Administrative Requirements

• Ability to maintain attendance records, incident reporting, and class feedback where required.
• We believe in bringing the best of fitness and wellness to our members, and we want to connect with top talent like you!

 

3. Skills & Competencies

• Strong exercise technique knowledge, class programming ability, and understanding of progressions/regressions.
• Excellent verbal communication, energy, and stage presence.
• Ability to manage class flow, tempo, and timing effectively.
• Strong member engagement skills – able to motivate diverse groups with varying fitness levels.
• Ability to adapt sessions for injury considerations and contraindications.
• High level of professionalism, punctuality, and reliability.

 

4. Employment Type

• Ad-hoc Classes/ paid per class
  
  

What Joining Our Talent Pool Means:

By submitting your information, you become part of our exclusive network of potential candidates. While this is not an active job offer, you will be considered first for new positions that match your skills and experience before they are publicly advertised. You decide on your working hours when an opportunity arises.

 

We are an equal opportunity employer, committed to diversity and inclusion; however, preference will be given to Employment Equity candidates in accordance with the Employment Equity Act of South Africa.

Job Title

Head of Commercial Growth & Partnerships

 

Location

Western Cape, Cape Town, Newlands

 

Employment Type

6 months fixed-term contract

 

Remuneration

Market-Related

 

Working hours

40 hours per week

Reporting Line

Chief Executive Officer

 

Job purpose:

The Head of Commercial Growth & Partnerships is responsible for leading SSISA's external commercial growth agenda through proactive business development origination, strategic partnership development, sponsorship and funded programme positioning, and commercially disciplined growth planning. The role is accountable for identifying, qualifying and advancing high-value commercial opportunities, while ensuring that demand generation, market positioning, sales strategy and commercial readiness remain aligned to SSISA's strategic priorities, operational realities and long-term sustainability.

Its purpose is to originate opportunity, shape commercial direction, protect commercial quality and support sustainable conversion into delivery.

 

Qualifications and Experience

Essential

• Post-graduate qualification in marketing, commerce, business, sports management, health, education or a related field, or equivalent senior commercial experience deemed appropriate by SSISA.

• 10 years’ experience in commercial growth, business development, strategic partnerships, revenue generation, go-to-market strategy, sponsorship development and external stakeholder engagement.

• Demonstrated experience in shaping commercial strategy while working across multiple internal functions and delivery environments.

• Experience in environments where brand positioning, marketing direction, commercial systems and relationship-based growth are all material to success.

 

Key Performance Areas

 

Commercial growth strategy and external business development origination

• Define and lead SSISA's external commercial growth strategy in alignment with organisational priorities, approved capacity assumptions and financial objectives.

• Proactively identify, source, qualify and advance new business opportunities across corporate, institutional, education, wellness, health, performance and sport sectors.

• Build and maintain strategic relationships with corporates, sponsors, federations, clubs, schools, government entities, institutions, funders and other external stakeholders.

• Drive an outward-facing approach to commercial growth through market engagement, networking, strategic relationship-building and opportunity development.

• Develop partnership strategies, sponsorship positioning and funded programme approaches that are commercially sound, strategically relevant and capable of delivery.

• Ensure that high-value opportunities are progressed in a disciplined manner from initial engagement through concept development, commercial shaping and handover into implementation.

 

Commercial packaging, proposition development and market readiness

• Translate SSISA's multidisciplinary capabilities into clear, market-ready and commercially credible offerings across relevant business units and target segments.

• Ensure that commercial opportunities are supported by realistic delivery assumptions, pricing guardrails, defined delivery models and internal operational alignment.

• Provide strategic input into product and programme packaging, audience fit, value proposition development, market narrative and partnership relevance.

• Act as a commercial gatekeeper by declining, deferring or reshaping opportunities that are misaligned, under-priced, operationally unsustainable or strategically weak.

 

Strategic partnerships, sponsorships, grants and funded initiatives

• Lead the identification and development of strategic partnerships that strengthen SSISA's revenue base, reach, positioning and strategic relevance.

• Develop sponsorship packages and partner propositions aligned to both partner objectives and SSISA's offerings, capacities and standards.

• Support the identification and advancement of grants, funded programmes, tenders and similar opportunities where these align to SSISA's objectives and can be responsibly delivered.

• Maintain strategic oversight of key external stakeholder relationships to support continuity, value delivery, retention and long-term commercial benefit.

 

Marketing strategy, brand positioning and demand-generation oversight

• Provide strategic oversight of SSISA's marketing function as a commercial growth enabler.

• Ensure that marketing strategy, brand positioning, market presence and demand-generation direction support revenue growth, partnership development, programme uptake and institutional positioning.

• Develop and oversee integrated marketing approaches, including appropriate digital direction, to support commercial priorities across the organisation.

• Guide the strategic direction of campaigns, market-facing communication and content priorities in support of partnerships, commercial programmes, funded initiatives and market reach.

• Ensure that SSISA's multidisciplinary value proposition is accurately, credibly and competitively articulated across relevant marketing and commercial materials.

• Oversee external marketing agencies, brand service providers and related commercial partners, where applicable, at a strategic level.

 

Sales strategy oversight and pipeline governance

• Provide strategic oversight of sales direction, pipeline structure and commercial conversion frameworks across relevant channels.

• Ensure that sales activity is aligned to defined commercial offerings, approved strategic priorities and realistic delivery capability.

• Support pricing logic, proposal frameworks, negotiation positioning and commercial decision-making where required.

• Review pipeline health, conversion trends, lead quality, revenue forecasts and related performance indicators at a strategic level, and direct corrective action where required.

 

Cross-functional commercial governance and handover into implementation

• Act as the bridge between commercial opportunity and internal delivery readiness, ensuring that growth initiatives are commercially sound, operationally viable and aligned to SSISA's long-term objectives.

• Provide strategic direction and prioritisation to internal business development and implementation leads.

• Convene cross-functional discussions where commercial opportunities require coordinated input from operational, clinical, education, performance, finance, marketing, IT or other internal functions.

• Remain appropriately involved through the early delivery phase of priority initiatives to ensure effective handover, implementation readiness and accountability.

 

Financial, reporting and governance responsibilities

• Contribute to budgeting, forecasting and commercial prioritisation in support of SSISA's revenue growth and commercial sustainability objectives.

• Monitor commercial performance at a strategic level and recommend interventions where performance, profitability or delivery risk requires executive attention.

• Support sound governance in relation to pricing discipline, commercial commitments, partner arrangements, risk escalation and internal approval pathways.

• Participate in relevant management, governance and planning structures as required by the CEO and SSISA's governance framework.

 

Core capabilities

• Strong commercial judgement and external opportunity-sensing capability.

• Ability to originate opportunity and convert relationships into commercially credible growth pathways.

• Ability to shape strategy without absorbing unnecessary operational execution.

• Strong negotiation, stakeholder-management and influencing ability.

• Clear understanding of market positioning, value proposition development and demand-generation strategy.

• Sound financial awareness, including pricing discipline, forecast thinking, margin sensitivity and delivery feasibility.

• Ability to align commercial ambition with operational realities and governance requirements.

 

Closing Date

29 April 2026

 

We are an equal opportunity employer, committed to diversity and inclusion; however, preference will be given to Employment Equity candidates in accordance with the Employment Equity Act of South Africa.