Girls Football (Soccer) Coach

Salary: £13.15 - £20.00 per hour depending on qualification

Hours: Evenings on Mondays (Bromley), Wednesdays (Croydon) and Fridays (Croydon)

Contract: Sessional

Closing Date: Rolling applications

Interview Date: As applications received

Job summary

We are looking for highly motivated football coaches to deliver engaging football sessions across our girls pathway. You will be responsible for planning and delivering informative team coaching sessions, and will join a team of experienced and dedicated coaches, developing the next generation of female footballers.

What we offer

• Regular hours to suit your schedule;
• London Living Wage salary as a minimum;
• Training and development opportunities across our teams;
• The opportunity to work with the official charity of a Premier League football club;
• Make a difference to the lives of young people in South London.

Job description

As Girls Football Coach you will:

• Plan and deliver age-appropriate training sessions focusing on fundamental skills, movements and techniques, implementing fun and engaging practices that promote player development and enjoyment of the game;
• Manage and coach teams during matches and tournaments, ensuring all players receive equal playing time and experience, providing tactical instructions and encouraging positive sportsmanship;
• Maintain clear and consistent communication with players, parents and other coaching staff;
• Ensure the safety and wellbeing of all players during training sessions and matches, adhering to Foundation policies and procedures;
• Maintain accurate records of attendance and player development.

Person specification

As successful candidate you will:

• Have experience in coaching girls football, ideally within a talent development environment, with a proven track record of success;
• Be an FA/UEFA qualified coach, ideally at Level 2 or above, with in-date FA First Aid and Safeguarding Children qualifications;
• Be reliable, organised, flexible and wiling to learn;
• Be available for evening, weekend and/or holiday work.

Safeguarding

We are committed to ensuring the welfare and protection of all children, young people and adults at risk who take part in our activities, and we all staff are expected to share this commitment. All successful candidates will go through safer recruitment checks before commencing employment.

Equalities

We endorse the principle of equality and strive to ensure that all our staff and participants have a genuine and equal opportunity to participate to the full extent of their own ambitions and abilities, and can be assured of an environment in which their rights, dignity and worth are respected.

We want our staff to reflect the diversity of our local community, and we welcome applications from individuals of all age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion of belief and marriage and civil partnership.

As users of the disability confident scheme, we guarantee to interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the vacancy.

If you require any reasonable adjustments to be made to support your application, please just let us know.