Casual Academy Physical Performance Coach in Loughborough

Kickstart your career at Leicester City Football Club Women as a Casual Academy Physical Performance Coach!

Do you have the drive and passion to make a real impact at LCFCW?

About The Role & Who We're Scouting

We're on the lookout for a passionate and skilled Casual Academy Physical Performance Coach to join our team at LCFCW. As a Casual Academy Physical Performance Coach, you'll play a key role in planning and delivering physical performance sessions aligned to a physical curriculum to the academy age group, primarily under 14s and under 16s. You'll also be present for scheduled pitch-based and gym-based training sessions as well as matches played by the designated academy age groups.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Support the development and delivery of sports science programmes to enhance player performance and availability.
• Conduct physical profiling and monitor player workloads using gym data and GPS systems to inform training decisions.
• Assist with planning and delivering gym, pitch-based, conditioning, warm-up, recovery, and rehabilitation-support sessions.
• Work closely with the Medical Department to support injury rehabilitation and return-to-training processes.
• Contribute to a high-performance culture aligned with the Clubs four-corner player development model.
• Operate as part of a multi-disciplinary team, uphold safeguarding responsibilities, and complete ad-hoc duties as required.

The ideal candidate will have significant experience working in Physical Performance Coaching and you'll need to bring the following skills and experience to the table:

Personal Attributes

• Practical, flexible, innovative, and highly organised with strong interpersonal skills.
• Self-motivated, resilient, professional, and able to work independently or within a team.
• Focused on individual player development, leadership, and continuous self-improvement.
• Committed to equality, diversity, and the long-term development of the women's game.

Experience

• Experience in elite, high-performance environments within multidisciplinary sports science and medical teams.
• Delivering S&C sessions, monitoring and evaluating performance, and supporting match-day preparation.
• Maintaining accurate records and supporting injury prevention and rehabilitation processes.
• Coaching, educating, and managing workloads of young players.

Communication & Teamwork

• Excellent communicator able to build trusted relationships with players, parents/guardians, and staff.
• Collaborative team player with strong time management, confidentiality, and decision-making skills.

Technical & Professional Skills

• High attention to detail, strong IT skills, and ability to work under pressure to tight deadlines.
• Willingness to work evenings/weekends and travel independently.

Essential Qualifications

• BSc in Sports Science (or related).
• Recognised Strength & Conditioning qualification (e.g. UKSCA pathway, BA WLA Leaders Award).
• UKSCA or ASCC accreditation.
• FA DBS, FA Safeguarding Children Certificate, FA Level 2 EFAIF UKAD Clean Sport Advisor.

Desirable

• MSc in Strength & Conditioning or related discipline.
• BASES accreditation.
• Experience in academy or professional women's football and working with children/adolescents.

If you're excited about making a difference and contributing to the Club's success, this could be the perfect opportunity for you!

About The Club

Knowing some of the history of LCFCW helps you appreciate the sense of community, spirit and family for which the Club are renowned for. In May 2021, LCFC Women were promoted to the FA Women's Super League. From its formation in 2004, the Club was run on an amateur and semi-professional basis with support from Leicester City Football Club. In August 2020, the Club turned professional after being acquired by King Power International, Leicester City's parent company, and realigned as a core team in Leicester City's football operation.

Benefits Package

Our people are the lifeblood of the Club, and we feel should be rewarded as such - we offer a competitive salary, pension scheme and life assurance for all permanent employees. You'll enjoy free onsite parking, access to our subsidised staff restaurants and up to 33 days of annual leave (including bank holidays) amongst a host of other great employee benefits!

One City. One Club. One Leicester. Leicester City Football Club believes that football is for all, and we are committed to Diversity and Inclusion, where valuing the individual is our highest priority. We are working to see equality across all areas of the Club and welcome applications from all areas of the community. If you have any requirements in regard to the recruitment process, please let us know; we are happy to support your needs.

Next Steps

We'll be reviewing applications as and when they are submitted and invite shortlisted candidates for interviews, so don't wait - if you think this role sounds like the right fit, apply today! We're excited to hear from you and can't wait to see how you'll help us reach new heights!