Head Coach (Barnet & Southgate College) in Enfield

Founded in 1882, Tottenham Hotspur is an iconic English football club, playing in the Premier League and Women’s Super League. From North London to the world, our fanbase spans continents, cultures, and generations. Spurs is a club that’s always dared to push boundaries, breaking new ground and rewriting history.

We offer world-class facilities: In 2019, we opened our state-of-the-art Stadium, a £1 billion landmark that’s the beating heart of North Tottenham’s transformation. More than just a football ground, it’s an engine of change — creating 4,000 jobs and injecting £300 million into the local economy every year.

Role Purpose

Coordinate the planning, preparation, and delivery of a holistic coaching programme specific to students, ensuring that all programme operations, logistics and coaching are delivered in a professional manner and adhere to all relevant Club policies, operating procedures, and coaching philosophies. Establish and develop relationships with external stakeholders and target groups (e.g., feeder schools, grassroots clubs, and the wider school network) to create awareness in the local area of the partnership between the partner and the Tottenham Hotspur Football Club. Support broader Spurs Football Development programmes when directed, inclusive of domestic/international partner experiences, group day experiences, premier days, special events or internationals. Assist with departmental growth and development objectives, inclusive of quality assurance observations and providing strategic feedback on operational processes.

Key Responsibilities

• Coaching
  • Oversee the development and delivery of a structured coaching programme aligned with the Spurs Football Development coaching syllabus/coaching cycle, ensuring players are developed technically, tactically, physically, psychologically, and socially based on the Spurs Football Development philosophy.
  • Coordinate and attend relevant partner match days (home and away), including staffing, squads, and officials.
  • When directed, observe coaching performance of fellow coaches and provide effective feedback to both the observed coach and the central team via the Spurs Football Development Quality Assurance Framework.
  • Identify potential students to be recommended for the Coach Development Programme and support the recruitment process and provide mentoring for selected students.
  • Create video/interactive content for student engagement and recruitment/promotion of the programme.
  • Research current trends of coaching and continually look for ways to develop and improve your own coaching and best practice within all Spurs Football Development programmes.
  • Identify talented players and report via the Club TID process.
• Education Partner
  • Working with the Education & Football Development Centre Coordinator, drive the recruitment strategy to support the growth and development of the programme with the aspiration to attract higher quality players each year, ensuring the target enrolment figure is met.
  • Ensure that all relevant partner events (trials, open events or similar) are attended and supported by a member of the programme coaching team. This will include planning and developing resources to support the promotion of Education & Football Development programmes.
  • Build and maintain effective working relationships with stakeholders including fellow coaches, partner staff and students. Provide outstanding customer service to the relevant partner by supporting them with their contractual needs and liaising directly with the Education & Football Development Centre Coordinator.
  • Attend weekly college programme operations meetings to ensure set targets and performance indicators are met.
  • Provide classroom support as required.
  • Coordinate the organisation of ad-hoc trips/events when required e.g., visits to the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, Training Centre etc.
• Operations
  • Ensure that allocated staff hours are being used effectively, notifying the central Operations Team of any potential staffing/scheduling concerns.
  • Attend half-termly meetings as part of a Head Coaches working group to share progress, feedback and updates to Education & Football Development Centre coordinator and Operations Manager within the programme.
  • Via the monthly engagement form, provide programme updates and case studies to Education & Football Development Centre Coordinator, highlighting student achievements, attendance figures / programme-related data / targets and programme progression.
  • Conduct generic and dynamic risk assessments as and when required.
  • Monitor kit & equipment regularly throughout the year and implement processes to minimise loss and/or damage of Club property.
  • Communicate with the operations team around any requirements for kit, equipment and first aid items.
  • Monitor updates on the coach communication platform. Complete tasks on the platform as required.
• Line Management
  • Conduct Quarterly Check In’s (QCI’s) and end of year Performance Development Reviews (PDR’s) with members of your team, focusing on individual objectives, performance and Spurs Way Values.
  • Facilitate regular 1-1 and team meetings with staff to ensure that priorities are clear and identified targets are being met.
• Safeguarding
  • Work alongside the Club Safeguarding Manager’s and college DSLs to champion safeguarding, maintaining practices in-line with the Club’s Safeguarding policies.
  • Assist with all accident, incident, and risk management reporting, ensuring that all concerns are reported on my concern within 24 hours.
  • Actively promote and raise awareness of safer working practices within your programmes, disseminating information to your team and modelling best practice to colleagues.
  • Actively keep up to date with current and new safeguarding training and practices, including the FA’s Safeguarding Children qualification, Keeping Children Safe in Education policies and the annual in-house Head Coach safeguarding training.
• General
  • Understand and comply with all relevant Club and policies.
  • Understand and comply with the Club’s and health and safety procedures.
  • Adhere to the Spurs Football Development Coaching Code of Conduct.
  • Promote, adhere to, and implement the Club’s Equality & Diversity Policy.
  • Have an active involvement in all Spurs Football Development in-service training events as required.
  • Administer effective first aid and keep accurate records of any care provided to students.
  • Understand and comply with relevant partner policies and procedures where applicable.
  • Undertake any other duties as may reasonably be expected.
  • Monitor updates across all forms of communication I.E. Connect Team, WhatsApp, E-mail and to respond in a timely manner when requested. It is a requirement for all coaches to complete tasks on the platform as required.

Person Specification

• Values & respects others, builds relationships, collaborates, and works well within a team environment.
• Generate innovative ideas and strive to deliver the highest standard of service as possible.
• Alert – attentive and observant, able to make decisions quickly and adapting to situations.
• Proactive – think ahead rather than simply reacting in the moment.
• Able to work independently, showing initiative, taking responsibility, and thinking logically.
• Reliable – be able to commit to scheduled programmes and to be punctual.
• Passionate - taking great pride and enthusiasm in your work.
• Fantastic personal skills – good communicator: friendly, approachable, positive attitude.

Skills & Experience

• Minimum UEFA B License (or working towards)
• Level 2 FA Emergency First Aid in Football (EFAiF) Qualification
• UEFA A License
• FA Youth Award
• FA Advanced Youth Award (or working towards)

The Tottenham Hotspur Way

Is to push harder, rise higher and forge greater. We involve, inspire and elevate one another to be our best selves, to produce exceptional on and off the pitch. Every day brings us opportunities to improve and make the impossible, possible.

Our values that bind us

• DREAM THE IMPOSSIBLE – Impossible made possible when we think outside the box
• DARE TO CHANGE THE GAME – Relentlessly strive for glory and leave our mark on the world
• DO IT OUR WAY – Win the right way, never at all costs.

Our Responsibility to you

Safeguarding is fundamental to the success in all that we do. Successful candidates are to be reminded they would be subject to various background, DBS, and reference checks for this role. We welcome applications from anyone regardless of age, disability, gender, race, or ethnic and national origins, religion or belief, or sexual orientation.