Company Name:
Doncaster Rovers
Location:
Doncaster
Vacancy Type:
Casual/Sessional
Position:
Academy
Advertising End Date:
18 Jul 2025

About The Role

We’re looking for an enthusiastic and open minded individual to join our expanding sports science team on a part time basis, where you will design and deliver age-appropriate long-term athletic development programmes to improve the physical performance, physical literacy and reduce injury risk in Academy players. You will support the individualisation development programme in line with the Academy’s holistic model.
 
Role Responsibilities: 
  • Provide Sport Science and Strength & Conditioning support to all YDP age groups (Under 13 to Under 16) on training and match days.
  • Plan and deliver evidence-informed strength and conditioning programmes that are aligned to the DRFC Academy performance plan.
  • Conducting physical testing and monitoring player progress to inform future training plans.
  • To liaise with parents and coaches as required.
  • Collaborate with multi-disciplinary teams on rehabilitation, return-to-play, and injury prevention strategies.
  • To ensure all written evidence is up to date and in accordance with EPPP requirements.
  • To maintain an up-to-date Continuous Professional Development (CPD) portfolio.
  • Educating coaches on integrating S&C into technical elements of sessions.
  • To be part of the YDP staff MDT player review meetings
  • To be part of the YDP MDT 12 week parent and player review meetings
  • Support player education on nutrition, recovery, and healthy habits.
  • Maintain and develop S&C equipment and facilities.
  • To be committed to ensuring the safeguarding and welfare of players.
  •  To always maintain a professional attitude and appearance.
  •  To ensure best practice is always followed and appropriate advice is given to players
  • To understand and apply best practise for safeguarding in the academy, using my concern to log any concerns raised to the DSO
 

About The Candidate

 Personal Skills:
  • Excellent organisational skills.
  • Ability to meet deadlines and work under pressure.
  • Good time management.
  • IT literate.
  • Ability to work as an individual and as part of a team.
  • The ability to evaluate and identify areas of strengths and weaknesses to improve performance.
Qualifications
  • Undergraduate Sport Science Degree or equivalent (Essential)
  • Post-graduate Sport Science Degree or equivalent (Desirable)
  • Knowledge and/or experience of an elite sporting environment
  • Up to date EFIAF
  • FA Safeguarding qualification

About The Club

Club Doncaster is equal opportunity employer and is determined to ensure that no applicant or employee receives less favourable treatment on the grounds of gender, age, disability, religion, belief, sexual orientation, marital status, or race, or is disadvantaged by conditions or requirements which cannot be shown to be justifiable. 

Our Recruitment and Selection Policy, Code of Conduct, Diversity & Equality Policy, Equal Opportunities Policy and Right to work in UK Policy are available to all applicants on request.

The above mentioned duties and responsibilities should be regarded as neither exclusive nor exhaustive as the post holder may be required to undertake other reasonably determined duties and responsibilities, commensurate with the grading of the post, without changing the general character of the post.

Applicants must hold a full driving licence. It is the employee’s responsibility to ensure up to date documentation is provided to Club Doncaster.


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