Pre-Academy (U7s & U8s) Football Coach in Blackpool

About The Role

Blackpool FC Academy are seeking coaches to attend 4:45pm - 6:00pm on Fridays at the Litherland Sports Park in north Liverpool. L217LA.

Roles and responsibilities:

• Planning and delivering high quality, fun training sessions for U7 + U8.
• Connecting and communicating effectively with young players to create a positive and creative environment.
• Assessing and Feeding back on player performance at the end of a training session.
• Aligning training sessions with Blackpool FC philosophy.

• Identify High Potential individuals and improve them within sessions.

• Ensure that all activities are compliant with the EPPP (Elite Player Performance Plan) regulations and safeguarding standards.

• Follow best practices.
• Additional duties as reasonably requested by Academy Lead Foundation Coach.
• To adhere to the Club’s Safeguarding Policy at all times.
• To promote a safe and healthy working environment for all Players and staff.
• To promote a professional image of the Club and themselves at all times.
• To contribute to identifying and undertaking initiatives aimed at improving the efficiency and effectiveness of the training session.
• To work with and support other team members as required ensuring effective and efficient service is developed and delivered.
• You will be expected to seek ways of updating and improving personal skills, knowledge and understanding relevant to your own job role.

We will ask potential coaches into one of our development centres at Leyland or Blackpool to deliver a training session as part of their interview assessments. Candidates will be interviewed by our Lead Foundation Coach.

Successful candidates will be required to undertake an Enhanced DBS check (required prior to commencing the role).

About The Candidate:

Required Qualifications:

• UEFA C Coaching qualification
• FA Safeguarding for Children
• FA Emergency First Aid in Football

• A Full, valid UK Driving Licence is preferential

Experience:

• It is not necessary for any prior professional Club Academy Coaching experience, but you do need proven football coaching experience with children.

About The Club:

Blackpool Football Club is an English Professional Association Football Club based in the seaside town of Blackpool, Lancashire.

The club was founded in 1887 and has a very storied history, from being a founding member of the Lancashire League in 1889, rising to the Top-Flight of the Football League (the old First Division) in 1930, to winning the FA Cup in 1953 and being promoted to the Premier League in 2010 (becoming the first Club to gain promotion from every division of the Football League via the play-off system.)

The team are competing in League One, the third tier of the English Football League.

The club have played their home games at Bloomfield Road since 1901.

About The Candidate

Candidates will need to live within 30 minutes commute to Litherland, North Liverpool.
A UEFA C Coaching qualification is essential along with the following:

• FA Safeguarding for Children
• FA Emergency First Aid in Football

• A Full, valid UK Driving Licence is preferential

It is not necessary for any prior professional Club Academy Coaching experience, but you do need proven football coaching experience with children.

You need to be able to communicate with children using a warm, fun manner and be able to keep their attention engaged with you.

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