Player Education Coordinator (part-time) FTC until July 2027. - Burton-On-Trent in Kingsley

Player Education Coordinator (part-time) FTC until July 2027. - Burton-On-Trent

Set the bar for greatness...

The FA is excited to be recruiting for a Player Education role to provide high-quality operational and administrative support across Player Education, while contributing to a proactive, person-centred approach to player care throughout the Men's Development pathway.

The role will support continuity between club, education setting, home and England activity, coordinating accurate education information and learning plans while helping to create safe, inclusive and developmentally appropriate experiences both on and off camp.

This is a 0.5 full-time equivalent (FTE) position, with activity prioritised alongside the Player Education Lead according to pathway needs, camp schedules and agreed seasonal objectives.

The role is offered on a fixed-term contract until the end of July 2027.

What will you be doing?

• Provide consistent operational and administrative support to the Player Education Lead and Player Education staff, on and off camp, with priorities agreed within the 0.5 FTE working pattern.
• Build effective working relationships with clubs, education providers, parents and carers, and internal colleagues to support players' transition into, through and out of England activity.
• Coordinate proactive pre-camp player care and education check-ins, capture relevant contextual information and ensure agreed actions are communicated to the appropriate staff while maintaining confidentiality.
• Maintain an accurate central record of player education and relevant player care information, standardising data capture, monitoring completion and supporting the development of a reliable player passport across the pathway.
• Coordinate the completion, quality and timely sharing of player learning plans for England activity, including reasonable adjustments, individual learning needs and agreed education provision.
• Support player-selection notifications and communications with clubs and education providers, ensuring relevant information and deadlines are clear.
• Help embed a culture in which all staff contribute to player welfare by supporting practical camp arrangements, agreed supervision plans, staff briefings, player standards and early identification of changes in behaviour or presentation.
• Coordinate and support personal-development opportunities, including life skills, cultural learning, dual-career activity, educational visits and team experiences, ensuring activity is age-appropriate and sensitive to performance demands.
• Support the development and delivery of pathway initiatives, as directed by the Player Education Lead.
• Take specific responsibility for examination administration and associated documentation, liaising with the Exams Office, clubs, education providers and travelling invigilators to meet all deadlines and logistical requirements.
• Prepare, track and maintain education resources, hardware and software for pathway activity, ensuring materials are accessible, fit for purpose and ready ahead of camps and tournaments.
• Raise purchase orders, track spend, process casual worker fees and expenses, and coordinate relevant travel, accommodation or venue bookings, ensuring suppliers are paid promptly.
• Contribute to quality assurance and impact evaluation across Player Education and personal-development activity, including player voice, evidence of learning, staff feedback and follow-up actions.
• Act as a reliable point of contact for Player Education enquiries, provide regular progress and risk updates to the Player Education Lead, and identify opportunities to improve consistency, efficiency and player experience.
• Undertake other reasonable duties required to meet changing FA Group priorities, within the scope and capacity of the role.
• Executes additional tasks as required to meet the FA's changing priorities.
• Comply with all company policies and procedures to ensure that 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, every employee 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 and in line with legislation and government guidance.

What are we looking for?

Essential for the role

• Strong administration, planning and organisational skills, with the ability to manage competing deadlines in a part-time role.
• Experience in secondary, further or post-16 education, or a comparable youth-development setting.
• Understanding of examination systems and experience coordinating formal assessment arrangements.
• Understanding of safeguarding, professional boundaries and the welfare and development of young people.
• Ability to build trusted professional relationships with young people, parents and carers, clubs, education providers and multidisciplinary colleagues.
• High standard of written and verbal communication, record keeping and attention to detail.
• Ability to handle sensitive information appropriately and recognise when concerns must be escalated.
• Confident use of Microsoft 365 and digital systems for communication, collaboration and data management.
• Commitment to inclusive, person-centred practice and continuous improvement.
• Willingness to work flexible hours and travel, including attendance at camps and tournaments.

Beneficial to have

• Experience within a football academy, national governing body or another elite sporting environment.
• Knowledge of football academy education, scholarship and dual-career programmes.
• Experience of player care, pastoral support, mentoring or personal-development provision in elite sport.
• Experience contributing to multidisciplinary team discussions and coordinated support plans.
• Relevant education, safeguarding, youth work, player care or wellbeing qualification.
• Experience designing or supporting life-skills, cultural, accreditation or personal-development programmes.

Interviews are expected to take place on Tuesday, 1st December at St George's Park, Burton-upon-Trent.

What's in it for you?

We are committed to ensuring everyone can flourish in their roles.

To achieve this, 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 offer 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 pride ourselves on offering a competitive salary as well as great opportunities to develop and grow in your role.

But that is not all; we also have a range of exciting benefits, some of which can be found below:

• Access to event day tickets at Wembley Stadium, alongside a host of regular internal events throughout the season, encourages you to connect and learn with your colleagues and look after your mental health and well-being.
• Free, nutritious lunches at Wembley Stadium and St. George's Park.
• Private medical cover funded by The FA.
• A contributory pension scheme.
• An additional 'Thank You' day's leave, volunteering days, as well as 25 days of annual leave ( based on a full-time, permanent contract
• A hybrid working model which offers greater flexibility.

For more information on what it is like to work at The FA, please visit our FA Careers page,

Currently, we are working within a hybrid working model whereby the expectation is to work from your contractual location for part of the week, and as and when required by the team.

The remaining days can be worked remotely.

We will continue to monitor this model, and it may be adjusted in future if deemed necessary.

The contractual location of this role can be found on the FA Careers page.

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, every employee 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 and in line with legislation and government guidance.