BCWFC Performance Wellbeing Manager

Location: The Robins High Performance Centre / SGS College / Ashton Gate Stadium, Bristol

Department: BCWFC

Reports to: Head of Performance Services

Contract Type: Permanent, Full-Time (Evening and weekend work required, with some travel)

Role Overview

At Bristol City Women Football Club we believe that our player support services must extend well beyond the pitch in order to support players to achieve their potential both on and off the pitch and recognise that each player is unique and each player will be at a different stage in their journey and require individualised support. As the women’s professional game evolves at a rapid pace, we are introducing this new position to ensure player well-being is prioritised and address the unique needs and challenges faced by elite female footballers. Through the Performance Wellbeing Manager, we aim to support players throughout their professional lifecycle with the increasing pressures and demands of elite level football in the WSL and equip players to manage the mental, physical, social, and career demands of professional football.

We are seeking an experienced and motivated Performance Wellbeing Manager to support the holistic athlete development and wellbeing programme and support every player to thrive both on and off the pitch.

Key Responsibilities

Support players’ personal development and future planning

• Lead an end-to-end player wellbeing approach across the professional lifecycle, supporting players as they onboard, develop, transition, and exit elite women’s football.
• Deliver individualised wellbeing plans that equip players to manage the mental, physical, social, and career demands of professional football.
• Build trusted, proactive wellbeing support, ensuring players engage confidently and access the right support at each stage of their journey.
• Prepare players for a fulfilling future either in, or outside of the game through career and financial well-being management.

Build and maintain a culture of performance through wellbeing

• Embed wellbeing within the club’s performance model, ensuring it directly supports elite performance outcomes.
• Deliver high-quality, measurable wellbeing provision, aligned with professional standards and the specific needs of elite female athletes.
• Influence culture and practice across the club, enabling staff and players to take shared responsibility for sustainable performance.

Performance wellbeing as part of a coordinated multi-disciplinary team

• Lead the development and delivery of a coordinated performance wellbeing model, embedded within the club’s multidisciplinary performance system.
• Ensure effective collaboration across coaching, sport science & medicine, psychology, and safeguarding, delivering seamless, player-centred support for elite female footballers.
• Use wellbeing insight and data appropriately to inform decision making processes.
• Provide strategic leadership for performance wellbeing across the entire club, ensuring a joined-up, aligned approach between the Academy and First Team environments.

Performance wellbeing strategy & player pathway preparation

• Lead the development and alignment of a club wide performance wellbeing framework, ensuring academy provision prepares players effectively for the demands of professional women’s football.
• Work closely with the Professional Game Academy Player Care Manager and multidisciplinary staff, ensuring consistency of standards, language, and expectations across sites.
• Support the transition of academy players into the first team environment.

About You:

• Strong commitment to supporting elite female athletes, with pride in making a positive impact on their lives and future careers within professional football.
• High levels of emotional intelligence, with the ability to remain calm, supportive, and effective during high-pressure periods of the season.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, enabling the development of trusted relationships with players and staff.
• Experience working with elite female athletes in professional football or comparable environments.
• Proven experience supporting player wellbeing, development, and transitions across the professional player lifecycle.
• Experience coaching or mentoring within elite sports environments.
• Experience shaping and influencing high-performance cultures.

Key Requirements

Essential Qualifications

• Degree-level qualification in fields relevant to performance well-being, such as sports psychology, well-being, education, counselling
• UKAD Clean Sport Advisor or equivalent anti-doping certification (or acquired before starting role)
• Certified training in Mental Health First Aid, with modules specific to sports environments
• Certification in Safeguarding and Protecting Children / FA Safeguarding Children (or acquired before starting role)
• Enhanced DBS clearance (or acquired before starting role)

Desirable

One of the following professional coaching and mentoring qualification:

• EMCC Level 7 Certificate in Counselling
• ILM Level 7 Certificate and Diploma for Executive and Senior Level Coaches & Mentors
• Well-being Institute of Science & Loughborough University – Certificate in Elite Athlete Well-being Management
• Level 3 Athlete Personal and Development Lifestyle Certification
• Equivalent Health & Well-being CPD courses
• Aligns to our 5 values, including Collaborative, Honest, Ambitious, Maverick, and Progressive