Job Description
Be part of our journey...
Location: Staplewood Campus
Hours: As and when required
Contract Type: Casual
Criminal Record Check: DBS Enhanced with Childs Barred List
What is the role?
We are looking for a Player Development Lead to observe, identify and recruit talented female players into our Emerging Talent Centre (ETC), working with the Academy Manager to manage the technical and physical delivery of all sessions for the ETC across a 30-week season.
What will you be doing?
You will manage the technical and physical syllabus delivered to players by the coaches and ensure there is an age-appropriate festival/fixture programme that aligns with the Southampton Girls and Women’s Technical Blueprint.
Attending weekly games, you will identify future talent for the ETC and coordinate the student scouting programme alongside the Academy Manager. You will invite identified players to trials and send player feedback to all caregivers at the conclusion of each block of work, while keeping secure records of all trialists and the feedback provided.
At the end of each 10-week block, you will facilitate meetings with coaching staff to review coaching performance and provide feedback on potential players, as well as attend meetings with other Southampton FC PDP staff to highlight any players with potential.
You will work with the Academy Manager to train, guide and mentor your team and ensure all team members have an up-to-date personal development plan that is regularly reviewed, while managing team performance in a constructive manner and ensuring positive work is recognised and appropriately rewarded.
Is this you?
You are organised and proactive with the ability to work effectively with a variety of people.
Essential Skills and Experience
- Ability to manage others.
- Ability to communicate effectively.
- Able to work well in a team setting.
- Effective at time keeping.
- Organisational skills.
- Effective listening skills.
How this benefits you…
If you are successful, you can look forward to a healthy benefits package;
- Competitive hourly rate
- Flexible hours
- Learning & development opportunities
- Collaborative & inclusive working culture.
Southampton Football Club is part of St. Mary’s Football Group, which also includes the affiliated registered charity – the Saints Foundation.
We as a Group compete with a culture which promotes respect, unity, aspiration, innovation and discipline – this is The Southampton Way.
We look for people with integrity, compassion and support for those around them; people who take pride in what they do with an honest approach, who embrace a challenge while also being accountable for their decisions; people who have the energy and passion to bring an innovative approach to their role and strive to be different from the rest; people with the aspiration to lead the way and become an example to others.
Within the walls of St. Mary’s Stadium, Staplewood Campus and our other sites and development centres across the South of England, you’ll be given the platform to work in a vibrant, intelligent and challenging environment with the potential to develop and become the best at what you do.
We don’t stand still, we are constantly moving forward.
Be part of it…