Girl's Academy Coach (Casual)

Girl’s Academy Coach

Term:                              Sessional

Department:                    BCWFC

 Location:                         External Training Venues

 Reports to:                      Academy Manager (U14-10s)

Application closing date:     Due to the urgency of filling this vacancy, suitable candidates will be interviewed as and when they apply and the role will be closed as soon as a suitable candidate has been sourced.

JOB DESCRIPTION 

PURPOSE OF THE POST

We are a values-based family club that focuses on the development of its people. We promote a club culture that embraces the creation of opportunity, where everyone’s voice, actions and opinions are valued.  

KEY RELATIONSHIPS

• Academy Manager and Operations Executive 
• Technical Director 
• Safeguarding department  
• Academy MDT  
• Academy and PGA Technical Staff  

SCOPE OF DUTIES

• You will play an important role in developing the learning environment for the young people within the Talent Pathway alongside the coaching team and multidisciplinary team.  
• You will plan, prepare, and deliver practical football sessions in line with our player development programme and club philosophy.
• You will support, and in some instances lead, the team on match days.
• Coach in a way that ensures players:

• have an enjoyable and meaningful experience at BCWFC
• are encouraged to ask questions and seek feedback for improvement.  
• are encouraged to have input into football decisions and their learning experience.  
• are communicated the ‘why’ as well as the ‘what’ of decisions.  
• know and understand the purpose and ‘why’ of training sessions.  

• Work with individual players around their individual player development plans (IDP’s) during player reviews and within collective training sessions. 
• Ensure players receive formal IDP feedback sessions, a minimum of 3x’s per season with
• Ensure all games and festivals are well managed with a development philosophy clear to players, parents/carers.  
• Liaise with and work closely with coaching staff, and members of the multi-disciplinary team regarding player development, and prevention, treatment, and rehabilitation of injuries.  
• Work with the Safeguarding Manager to ensure that the wellbeing and welfare of players and staff is always an operational priority.  

PERSON SPECIFICATION 

Qualifications

Essential Requirements

• UEFA B Licence 
• FA DBS 
• FA Level 1 Introduction to First Aid in Football 
• FA Safeguarding Children Certificate  

   

  Desirable Requirements 

• Sport or Child development related Degree 
• Experience in coaching other sports as well as football  

   

  Knowledge and Skills

  • The ability to engage with young people to create a meaningful and enjoyable learning environment. 
  •  A positive personality, passionate about making a difference.
  • Demonstrate curiosity and ambition to develop themselves. 
  • The ability to work collaboratively and effectively with other coaches and the multi-disciplinary team.    

   

  Personal Requirements

  • Ability to communicate clearly and effectively
  • Possess good organisational skills
  • Ability to lead and manage others

Birmingham City FC is an equal opportunities and Disability Confident employer and welcomes applications from all sectors of the Community. We will consider applications solely based on merit regardless of gender, race, marital status, age, nationality, ethnic or national origins, disability, sexual orientation, political or religious belief, background, or family circumstance.

Birmingham City FC promotes a diverse and inclusive working environment, and we welcome applications from all individuals in society. If you have any particular requirements or need us to make any adjustments to our recruitment or interview process, please mention this in your application.

All candidates are required to complete our Equality, Diversity & Inclusion Recruitment Survey using the following link: https://forms.office.com/r/ymR2zBpuNf. The survey will take approximately 1 minute to complete, is completely voluntary and you can respond with “prefer not to say” to any questions that you do not feel comfortable in answering. All responses will remain anonymous, and we will use the information collected to review our recruitment processes and ensure we continue to encourage a diverse and inclusive working environment to help us achieve our equality objectives.