Casual YDP U14’s Girls Academy Lead Coach, LFC Foundation

We have an exciting opportunity for an individual to join our LFC Foundation team as a YDP Phase U14’s Girls Academy Lead Coach on a casual basis. In this role you will be responsible for implementing the Girls Academy coach programme and developing players technically, tactically, physically and psycho-socially in the youth development phase, in line with the LFC Womens pathway philosophy.

What will you be doing?

• Lead planning, delivering and supporting high quality coaching sessions to develop all players within your age group; utilising the support of the assistant coach effectively wherever possible.
• Keep records of players' progression and produce reports for players, parents, and other coaches through Individual Development Plans.
• Liaise with key personnel when planning and arranging coaching sessions and matches to ensure appropriate support is in place, working in collaboration with the multi-disciplinary team.
• Liaise with Senior Management Team on striving player and external talent ID process.
• Ensure accurate monitoring of records for all activities and support the analysis of evaluation information for activities.
• Perform other duties as required which are considered relevant to the post and to the objectives of the LFC Foundation.
• Attend all weekly multi-disciplinary team meetings.
• Support the recruitment processes of bringing players to the girls academy in line with LFC core values and with fairness and without bias.
• Complete all admin processes, session planning methodology, IDPs, staff performance development reviews, and other operational requirements on time and to a high quality.
• Attend 100% of CPD events internally or with external key stakeholders and undertake your own CPD programme.

Who are we looking for?

To be successful in this role you must have experience coaching football in a professional youth development phase setting, ideally working within the Women and Girls Game. You’ll have relevant experience working within an academy, football club or similar environments. You will have experience working with international youth players and experience in youth talent identification. You’ll be experienced in writing and delivering player individual development plans and the ability to demonstrate knowledge of FA girls and Women’s Strategy. The ideal candidate will be able to showcase an understanding of the pressures and commitments required for players as well as an understanding of support strategies for the player emotional needs. You’ll have a reliable, conscientious, and flexible approach/availability, including an ability to attend all sessions and fixtures. You will have the ability to develop good working relationships with MDT, support staff and senior management team, showcasing your excellent communication and organisational skills. You are able to demonstrate role model behaviours, including the ability to create an ethos which promotes high aspirations and achievement for all.

Essential qualifications for the role:

• UEFA B Licence or working towards
• FA Youth Award
• FA Introduction to emergency first aid in football
• UEFA A Licence & Talent ID Level 3 desired

Why should you apply?

This is a casual position, offering variable hours including evenings and weekends on a flexible assignment basis. Your main base is our Academy; however, the post holder will also be required to work from other locations across Merseyside from time to time and be willing to travel within England and Wales. Please ensure that you are within commutable distance of the work location.

At Liverpool Football Club, we have an unwavering commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion and are always looking to make a positive difference in the communities that we operate within. We are proud of our achievements in this area; maintaining the Premier League Equality Standard Advanced Level, becoming a founding signatory of the Football Association’s Football Leadership Diversity Code and being recognised as a leader in this important area on and off the pitch. We take our responsibilities in this area seriously and through the work being done across the club, we are committed to increasing the diversity of our people and becoming an increasingly inclusive workplace for all. We are committed to hiring great people representative of diverse backgrounds, perspectives, and skills across our entire business. If you share our enthusiasm and passion for inclusivity, then we want to hear from you.

Liverpool FC is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults and expects all colleagues and volunteers to share this commitment. This role is subject to a satisfactory enhanced DBS check.