Football & Sports Coach - Development Centres

Job Description

Job description
To deliver high quality football coaching sessions to accomplished & aspiring grassroots players aged 6 to 16.

To deliver football & sports sessions across the wider Foundation to a range of children, young people and adults.


Job requirements
Essential:

Experience:
  • Leading football sessions to age groups U7 to U16
  • Delivery of extracurricular and community activities to all age groups
  • Supporting and developing coaches in a sports environment
  • Working with external partners to achieve successful outcome
  • Monitoring and Evaluation 
  • Marketing and promotion

Skills, knowledge & qualifications:
  • Minimum of UEFA C qualification in Coaching Football
  • FA First Aid - in date
  • FA Safeguarding - in date
  • Ability to drive, has access to a car or ability to travel independently

Personal qualities:
  • Committed and motivated by the purpose of the Foundation 
  • Demonstrates respect for colleagues, partners and customers and when possible operates above and beyond expectations
  • Well presented with a good manner
  • Excellent punctuality
  • Ability to prioritise work and consistently meet deadlines
  • Effective communicator
  • Cheerful positive attitude

Preferred:

Experience:
  • Delivery in a Club Community Organisation (CCO)
  • Delivery of activiry to young people with a Disability. 
  • Delivery of CPD events to coaches.
  • Delivery of Physical Education lessons to primary age children

Skills, knowledge ​& qualifications:
  • UEFA B qualification
  • Non-football NGB sports qualifications
  • Mentoring qualification
  • Talent Identification qualification
  • Understanding of Physical Education standards in schools (Ofsted guidance)
Job responsibilities
  • To act as an Ambassador for FFCF and maintain and develop relationships to ensure high quality experiences for young people, partner organisations, other staff and customers

  • To effectively plan and deliver high quality football sessions in-line with coaching syllabus, philosophy and values

  • To effectively support the development of individual players through the creation of individual development plans throughout the season

  • To identify and support the development of progression pathways for talented young people

  • To effectively plan and deliver extra-curricular and community activities across the wider Foundation

  • To support the transition between school-based activities, wider Foundation activities and where appropriate, other community activities

  • Assist in data collection and completion of monitoring for reports on an ongoing basis, within the timescales required

  • To work closely with Football Development Officer's to understand programme standards and attendance targets and support the promotion of FFCF activities

  • To support the smooth function of the Operations Department in line with the Foundation values and targets and work across programmes, when required