Assistant Coach - AWFC (Set Pieces and Player Development) in St Albans

We are looking for an Assistant Coach (Set Pieces and Player Development) to play a pivotal role within our Women's First Team coaching set up, equipping the team with additional expertise across set pieces and individual player development. In this exciting role, you'll work closely with our Head Coach, supporting the delivery of a world leading football programme, with the ultimate objective of consistently winning trophies.

We are one of the most famous clubs in world football, with a rich heritage and history of success. Beyond that, we are passionate about our local community and, behind the scenes, we have a wide variety of opportunities and career paths for all. We have a very defined purpose: to act for a winning team, culture and community. We achieve this by ensuring we are courageous in the pursuit of progress, we champion our community and each other, and that we do the right thing (even when no one is looking).

Our Commitment to Safeguarding

We are committed to ensuring that our environments for children, young people and adults at risk remain safe and inclusive. We therefore require successful candidates to complete a DBS check and other essential background checks prior to starting their employment. Depending on the responsibilities of the role, a DBS will be either a basic, standard, or enhanced check.

Your day-to-day

• Contribute to a best-in-class coaching programme - you'll work as part of a multidisciplinary team to assist our AWFC First Team Head Coach with the preparation and development of a world-class football programme, ensuring players perform at their highest level.
• Deliver an exceptional set piece philosophy - you will evolve and deliver a clear set piece philosophy - overseeing offensive and defensive corner kicks, free kicks, kickoffs and throw ins - ensuring consistency of delivery and alignment throughout AWFC.
• Champion player development - you will be instrumental in the design and delivery of individual and position-specific development plans, helping us to produce world leading players with good characters that are the best in world at teamwork.
• Own the end-to-end process from briefing to delivery - you'll take pride in overseeing the analysis, planning, and implementation of attacking and defensive set pieces, including coaching on the pitch, leading team and unit meetings, and providing individual analysis sessions.
• Analyse opposition set pieces - you will lead opposition previews and post-match reviews of dead ball strategies, delivering insights to the Coaching staff and players in the meeting room, and you will identify strengths, weaknesses, and potential tactical approaches of upcoming opponents.
• Lead set pieces on matchdays - you'll diligently provide live analysis of set pieces in order to enhance our performance from these situations during the match.
• Develop a periodisation plan - you will create and deliver a proactive set piece periodisation plan aligned to the match schedule and overall team training programme, ensuring effective planning at both team and individual levels; integrating set pieces into the broader training programme, ensuring alignment with tactical priorities, player load management, and the wider periodisation model.
• Support in the collection and maintenance of training databases - you'll create a database of all set piece plans, strategies, and video clips so they can easily be shared and accessed by relevant members of the team including our AWFC First Team Head Coach.
• Collaborate with colleagues across our club - you will work collaboratively with colleagues across our Medical, Physiotherapy, Sport Science and Performance teams regarding player performance.

What we are looking for

• Background in elite level coaching - you have a successful and verifiable record of coaching elite teams and world-class players in a professional/high performance environment, and you've got knowledge of the standard required at AWFC, and an in-depth understanding of women’s football in England.
• Credible expertise - you come with at least a UEFA A License Coaching Award, as well as FA certifications in Emergency Aid and Safeguarding Children.
• Excellent communication skills - you're a dynamic, confident communicator that adapts style approach as and when required, and you're proud of your impactful inter-personal skills that facilitate the effective delivery of performance insights, build connections and support a strong team cohesion.
• Organised and adaptable approach - you have effective organisation skills and you lean on your exceptional attention to detail to retain a very high standard of output whilst operating within strict and expeditious deadlines.
• Forward-thinking mindset - you can adapt to emerging technologies and their application in automating working processes.
• Experience with key software/hardware - you ideally have worked with tools such as HUDL Sportscode Pro/Elite and have a good understanding of MS Excel and various video editing software packages (Studio, CoachPaint).
• Ambassador for our club - you're able to adhere to a strict code of confidentiality in respect of any information relating to our club and its operation.

Please note: this role will require flexibility in regards to working hours and you will be required to attend all Women's First Team matches (including UK and international travel).

Why choose us

At Arsenal, we want everyone to feel a sense of trust and belonging, so we are proud of both our club values and also what we offer to our employees. As one of our Gunners, you will receive:

• An exciting reward and recognition scheme.
• Generous holiday allowance which increases with your length of service.
• Great internal learning and development programmes.
• A competitive health and wellbeing benefits package.
• A leading Employee Assistance Programme.
• Great discounts with some of our Partners.
• An opportunity to play a vital role in delivering our ED&I strategy by joining one of our Employee Networks.

Discover why ‘Our Gunners’ are proud to be part of our team.

Arsenal for Everyone

Arsenal for Everyone is our commitment to promoting and embracing equality, diversity and inclusion, so that everyone connected to the club feels like they belong to the same Arsenal family. We believe that diversity of background, skills and experience drives our success on and off the pitch.

Disability Confident Leader

We are a Disability Confident Leader. We actively welcome and encourage applications from people with disabilities and long-term health conditions. If you need disability-related adjustments to the recruitment process, please indicate this in your application.

If you are likely to meet the definition of being a ‘disabled person’ according to the Equality Act 2010, you may be eligible to apply for an interview via the Disability Confident Scheme - please indicate this in your application form below. The information you share with us about your health or disability will not be used in recruitment decisions.

Application Closing Date - Friday 15th May 2026

Please note: we reserve the right to close the position early if application volumes are particularly high. We encourage you to get your application in sooner rather than later. Updates on the status of your application will be sent via email, please routinely check your spam and junk folders, as occasionally emails sent via the Teamtailor platform will find themselves there.

Good luck!