Casual Coach Developer - UEFA A Diploma (In-club Support) - Burton-On-Trent in Chorley

Casual Coach Developer - UEFA A Diploma (In-club Support) - Burton-On-Trent

We're looking for an individual to support the learning and development of coaches undertaking the FA's UEFA A Diploma In-situ Support programme, working specifically with coaches across the Non-League System (NLS).

At the heart of this role is the opportunity to provide individualised support within coaches' own club environments, helping them translate their learning into practice. Through in-situ visits, you'll observe coaching practice, assess learners against the required standards, facilitate reflection and provide constructive feedback and appropriate challenge to support their ongoing development throughout their qualification journey.

Working alongside coaches in group, online and in-situ settings, you'll play an important role in helping them develop, demonstrate and embed their coaching knowledge and skills. This is a dedicated learner support and assessment role, rather than a course delivery position.

What will you do?

In-club support:

• Visit coaches working within the NLS within their own club environment, developing an understanding of the coach, their players, their role and the demands of their specific context.
• Observe the coach working in practice and use those observations to support meaningful, individualised coach development.
• Facilitate reflective conversations before and after observations, helping coaches make sense of their practice, identify strengths and recognise areas they want to develop.
• Gather evidence of coaches' practice over time and make fair, consistent judgements against the qualification criteria, using assessment to support learning.
• Provide appropriate challenge, feedback and questioning that supports the coach to develop their thinking and make informed decisions about their practice.

Communication:

• Capture appropriate evidence and developmental insight from in-situ activity in line with the requirements of the UEFA A Diploma, feeding back appropriately to course leads to contribute to the coach's overall learning journey.
• Builds trusting relationships, creating a climate where coaches feel safe to share, question, disagree and get things wrong.
• Nurtures coaches' curiosity and ownership of their learning beyond the qualification.
• Conduct themselves in the manner intended and in line with the FA's Coach Developer Code of Conduct.
• Maintains mandatory training requirements, ensuring they are in date at all times.

Other:

• Executes additional tasks as required to meet the FA's changing priorities.
• Comply with all company policies and procedures to ensure the highest standards of health, safety and well-being can be maintained.
• As part of The FA's commitment to ensuring a safe environment for everyone in football, successful candidates will be required to complete a DBS check. The level of the check required will be based on the activity of the specific job role. Casual work is conditional upon receipt of a satisfactory DBS check result, which will be fairly considered on a case-by-case basis, in line with legislation and government guidance.

What You'll Need?

Essential for the role :

• Experience of working within the professional game and/or National League System.
• Experience of supporting the development of individual coaches through observation, feedback, mentoring or coach development.
• Ability to observe coaching practice and identify meaningful areas for exploration and development.
• Knowledge of adult learning principles
• Experience and knowledge of creating inclusive environments
• Competent use of learning technology.
• FA Level 4 (UEFA A) in Coaching Football.
• Strong understanding of coaching within the professional and/or National League System, including the realities and demands of coaches working within club environments.
• FA Level 2 in Emergency First Aid in Football (EFAiF)*
• FA Safeguarding Children* & FA DBS*

*Can be attained once successful in appointment.

Beneficial to have:

• Experience of responding to the developmental needs of individual coaches.
• Knowledge of FA Learning Principles.
• Experience of supporting coaches undertaking UEFA A Diploma or other advanced coaching qualifications.
• Actively working with players in a coaching capacity within the last 12 months.

What's in it for you?

We pride ourselves in offering a competitive rate of pay as well as great opportunities to develop and grow in your role.

We are committed to ensuring everyone can flourish in their roles, and by doing this, we offer top-of-the-range facilities across two core business locations. We have unique office spaces under the arch of the iconic Wembley National Stadium, which is the home of English football. We are also delighted to have a world-class Elite Performance Centre, St. George's Park in Staffordshire, which is an exceptional setting to develop and inspire high-performing England teams and leaders.

We are a diverse workplace, aspiring to represent football across the country. The Football Association actively promotes inclusion and diversity, encouraging you to be the best version of yourself at work.

We welcome applications from everyone and are proud to be an equal opportunities employer. If you have any particular requirements in respect of the recruitment or interview process, please mention this during your application.

As part of The FA's commitment to ensuring a safe environment for everyone in football, successful candidates will be required to complete a DBS check. The level of the check required will be based on the activity of the specific job role. Casual work is conditional upon receipt of a satisfactory DBS check result, which will be fairly considered on a case-by-case basis, in line with legislation and government guidance.