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Kevin Coulter

Kevin Coulter

Hertfordshire

Summary

I'm a highly motivated individual with a passion for promoting healthier lifestyles. I currently work in a hybrid role and have years of experience adapting to online and in person, face to face work.


I have achieved this in my career so far from coaching kids, through to personal training and more recently working with companies in helping their staff create better exercise and nutritional habits. I have gained great experience in educating people on health and fitness.


In my current role I'm contracted and working with the MET Police. Delivering health assessments in order to get them fit for work through our occupational health service. This requires me to lead presentations on a 'healthy heart' programme and 'healthy weight' programme as well as other subjects such as mens health. This also requires me to work with members of the police force on a 1-1 basis and in that time I have helped individuals who have failed the job related fitness test, pass the test and get back to full duties. My skill set here allows me to plan and deliver advice to a wide range of people.


I built my portfolio to the point of being the busiest trainer at my place of work. It was here I moved into a management role and learned about leading a team and looking after others, as well as myself. This provided new challenges and threw up unfamiliar scenarios, but through that process, I feel I have learned how to deal with people in certain situations. This tested my leadership skills and style. In 2020 due to the Covid pandemic I was made redundant from my role of 8 years, at the 52 club. This is where I had to quickly adapt and went self employed.


Throughout my previous roles I have also gained experience with administrative tasks and social media promotion.




Overview

18
18
years of professional experience

Work history

Occupational health coach

Optima Health
London, Kennington
04.2024 - Current
  • Assessed the health of the MET Police force through health checks. Advising on what the results meant and providing motivation and guidance on how to make changes
  • Travelled around London working a Hybrid role of days on site and days working from home
  • Utilised motivational interviewing techniques in individual sessions, offering emotional support alongside physical guidance.
  • Fostered a supportive environment in each health check, helping clients feel comfortable sharing their physical and mental health, allowing me to sign post and work directly with other occupational departments for a different scope of practise i.e counselling services
  • Coordinated with other healthcare professionals to provide updates on staff progress
  • Effectively handled referrals from different departments
  • Implemented presentations online and in person on healthy lifestyle interventions. Topics included cholesterol, blood glucose and weight management.
  • Lead a healthy weight and a healthy heart programme for a varied of different departments in the MET Police
  • Enhanced individual motivation and fitness levels required to pass the job related fitness test and get back from adjusted duties through consultations or 12 week programmes based on the individuals needs
  • Managed clients records in a safe and secure manner
  • Attended and promoted events, which often included providing public speaking to a live audience

Freelance Nutritionist and Personal trainer

Kevin Coulter Health and Fitness
London/Hertfordshire
08.2020 - 04.2024

Moved the majority of my client base online during and in the aftermath of covid. Leading to regular zoom sessions.


Set up outdoor group sessions in my local area


Train clients in a 1:1 capacity at a private London studio


Work with companies on work wellbeing programs


Deliver nutrition seminars



Duty Manager

The 52 Club (UCLH)
London
09.2012 - 08.2020

Key responsibilities- Looking after the fitness team and managing day to day operations.


Promoting health and exercise to NHS staff- Including Porters, doctors, nurses etc...


Group fitness co-ordinator- In charge of creation and setting of timetables and supplying classes with fitness instructors.


Marketing the club via social media and building tours


Running or working alongside others delivering fitness and nutrition projects


Deliver personal training sessions- Leading to becoming the clubs busiest PT


Deliver x 2 Group fitness sessions per week, as per contract


Train up new members of staff and hold weekly staff meeting and on going development days. Keeping up to date with the latest health, fitness and wellbeing trends.


Recruitment- Interview potential new members of staff


Lead my gym Instructors to hit ranged targets relating to end of year bonuses


Hold staff appraisals x2 per year for each member of my team



Telesales Agent

British Gas
Uddingston, South Lanarkshire
07.2007 - 09.2011

Sales advisor dealing with customer contracts and up selling the companies various packages within a call centre environment. Skills acquired:

1 Dealing with public

2 Communication skills

3 Overcoming objections

4 Good customer service

5 Confidence dealing with public

6 Positive attitude

7 Working within a team

8 Working towards targets


  • Managed business pipelines efficiently, nurturing leads and recording communications.
  • Initiated contact with new customers and prospects to establish needs and progress sales process.
  • Completed targeted outbound telephone calls per day to assigned new and existing customers.
  • Contributed directly to sales in customer retention through regular training and personal development


Education

Evidence Based Nutritionist - Nutrition

Mac Nutrition
UK
03/2016 - 11/2017

Sports coaching - Sports sciences

University of the West of Scotland
Hamilton, South Lanarkshire
08/2008 - 04/2011

Motivational Interviewing - Psychology

The association for Psychological Therapies
Online
06/2024 - 08/2024

Skills

  • Delivering health checks and providing advice around the findings
  • Public speaking and creating presentations to a variety of people, from work forces to stakeholders
  • Working with others in terms of outreach and promote of healthy outcomes
  • Sign posting through evaluating individuals physically and mentally
  • Experience in getting involved with adminstritive tasks
  • Experience in using and promotion through social media
  • Experienced in working as part of a team and at other times lone working
  • Empathetic approach to helping people make changes
  • Personal training and coaching- A key passion and I'm now 11 years qualified, having trained people consistently through this time period
  • Nutrition understanding- Another key passion, leading me to do further study and deliver seminars on the subject
  • Membership retention strategies- I was in charge of marketing and developing social media at the 52 club
  • Group and individual instruction- I have taught a range of fitness classes and then became the group exercise co-ordinator
  • Self marketing- Working for myself, I have had to learn more about self promotion
  • Exercise class design- I still currently run a couple of outdoor bootcamps that I set up in the local community during covid

Timeline

Occupational health coach

Optima Health
04.2024 - Current

Freelance Nutritionist and Personal trainer

Kevin Coulter Health and Fitness
08.2020 - 04.2024

Duty Manager

The 52 Club (UCLH)
09.2012 - 08.2020

Telesales Agent

British Gas
07.2007 - 09.2011

Evidence Based Nutritionist - Nutrition

Mac Nutrition
03/2016 - 11/2017

Sports coaching - Sports sciences

University of the West of Scotland
08/2008 - 04/2011

Motivational Interviewing - Psychology

The association for Psychological Therapies
06/2024 - 08/2024
Kevin Coulter