Coaching
delivery & curriculum implementation
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Lead,
supervise, and manage all football activities for the 9–11 age group.
- Implement the U16, U18, U21, and First Team playing and coaching
strategies into the Foundation Phase curriculum and Games Programme.
- Support early and late developers, incorporating this into squad
management.
- Deliver the ‘coaching working week’ ensuring appropriate coaching
hours, intensity, frequency, and rest/recovery, with multi-disciplinary
input.
Planning,
evaluation & player development
- Support Foundation Phase part time staff with periodisation of
coaching blocks, game planning, preparation, and post-match analysis
(evidenced in the PMA).
- Deliver individual player reviews using Individual Learning Plans
(ILPs), in collaboration with Science and Education departments.
- Identify squad, age, and player development needs through
periodic reports and performance clock data to support progression to
schoolboy contracts.
- Work within the player competency framework to ensure alignment
with the club’s performance philosophies.
Compliance,
safeguarding & governance
- Ensure compliance with the Club’s safeguarding framework,
including inductions, lifestyle management, and exit/release strategies.
- Oversee EPPP activities and ensure all Category 2 requirements
are met with accurate and detailed data reporting.
Continuous professional development & collaboration
- Achieve a minimum of 5 hours of CPD annually to maintain UEFA A
Licence.
- Create an annual departmental action plan in collaboration with
the Head of Coaching and other Lead Phase Coaches.
- Contribute to a collaborative coaching environment that supports
the holistic development of players and staff.
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Complete
any other training as required by the Club.
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This job description is not intended to be exhaustive, and
the post holder is also required to undertake any other duties as may
reasonably be required appropriate to the level of the post.
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