Football & Sports Coach - Development Centres

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.

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)

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