Join the Future of Football at Swindon Town FC Academy!
Are you passionate about player development and eager to help shape the next generation of footballers? Swindon Town FC Academy is on the lookout for dynamic, enthusiastic, and committed part-time coaches to join our high-performance environment.
As part of our Category 3 EPPP Academy, you’ll have the opportunity to work with talented young players, implementing our player-focused coaching philosophy while gaining experience in a professional football setting.
We have vacancies in both the Foundation Phase and the Youth development Phase, practical and formal interviews will take place from the beginning of the new 2025-2026 season during the month 2 of July, apply now to secure your slot!
Job specification
Who We Are:
The Club
Swindon is the Hub of football for all of Wiltshire, being the only professional team in the entire County.
Founded in 1879, we entered the footballing world with the name Swindon AFC, soon becoming Spartans and finally Swindon Town FC in 1883. The club turned professional in 1894 as a founder of the southern league and competed in the then Western League.
Fall forward many years to recent history and the club has enjoyed many high moments through lifting the EFL Trophy with Don Rogers, competing in European Competitions in the 1970’s to gaining promotion to the Premier league in the early 1990’s.
Winning ways continued through the 2000’s with League wins in 2012 and 2020.
The club recognises community and local people as a key factor in its success, reflected in our values of Industry, Adventure and Humility.
The Academy
Our Academy has been dedicated to helping young individuals unlock their maximum potential as people and players for many years.
We are a highly ambitious Academy, holding Category 3 status, with vision to continuously grow our programme and how we aid youth development across various disciplines.
With football being at the heart of the community, we want our academy to be a place of learning for boys and coaches looking to grow their knowledge.
As an Academy, we believe in the key values of the football club through Industry, Adventure and Humility. Operating in a values driven environment that empowers development.
Why Swindon
Through Culture, we want to create a family actioned by Freedom, Creativity and lastly a Togetherness. Our commitment is to create a place where all can learn and grow, not just the boys that are in our care.
Through this commitment, you can expect from us that we will help you grow and develop through individualised coach development plans, deep insights into the Swindon Identity and opportunity to operate across the Academy to gather more knowledge around our Identity and how why the role you play is important.
The Role
- Support development of young people on and away from the pitch linked to academy values and syllabus.
- Flexibility for additional requirements within the role.
- Engaging, Inspiring and Enthusiastic.
- Be committed member of the team, reflected in attitude and application to youth development.
- Curious to learn, understand and empower the Swindon Identity.
- Ability to problem solve.
- Create a safe learning environment reflecting the Academy Culture.
- Has foundation knowledge of smaller formats through to larger formats, and how to empower learning through this.
- Can construct and deliver sessions linked to the need of the individuals.