Cheltenham Town Football Club Academy are looking to recruit a highly motivated individual to become our next Academy Head of Coaching.
Location: Cheltenham Town FC Training Ground, Cheltenham, GL51 9RX
Working pattern and Work base
Full time (35 hours)
- Flexible working arrangements/hours
- Required to work outside of normal office hours, at evenings and weekends, on bank holidays and public holidays.
- Required to work across different bases
Travel: Regular travel to fixtures, meetings and other events in connection with performance of the duties.
Overall purpose of the job:
To establish a sustainable system and approach to coach development within the Academy in line with the club’s philosophy, culture and values.
To develop coaches so that they improve and perform to the best of their potential and subsequently maximising the potential of the players that they work with.
Key Tasks & Responsibilities
Personal Development
- Undertake self-development to ensure knowledge in relation to all aspects of coaching and coach development is up-to-date and forward thinking:
- Coach to maintain ‘hands on’ competence
- Provide occasional cover for absent coaches
- Enrolment onto the Premier League EHOC programme & PG DiP
Coach Requirements
- Training & development of coaches using a broad range of techniques
- Ensure coaches have a clear understanding and acceptance of their development needs:
- Provide a clear, up-to-date Training needs analysis (TNA) of every individual coach’s current and required level of performance
- Observe coach performance and provide feedback to aid development
- Complete Training Needs Analysis (TNA) with all coaches
Coach Competency Framework (CCF)
Implement our Coach Competency Framework (CCF) to monitor and evaluate coaches in order to develop DAPs and group coach development opportunities.
Development Action Plan (DAP)
Ensure every coach has a personalised Development Action Plan (DAP) that is tailored to meet their needs:
- Working with coaches to develop their abilities and potential
- Provide 1:1 coaching to coaches in order to develop the coach’s skillset
- Record training sessions and provide footage for coaches to evaluate
Development Programmes/CPD events
Design and deliver development interventions based on the Academy Performance Plan (APP) and common aspects identified in the coaches DAPs:
- Design and deliver programmes of suitable development and CPD events
- Ensure the qualification status of the Clubs coaching workforce is assessed and all coaches hold required qualifications for their role and age group and have a CPD plan to ensure licencing is up-to-date
Multidisciplinary Team (MDT)
Ensure coaches working effectively as part of a multidisciplinary team (MDT):
- Ensure coaches understand how to work effectively in a MDT
- Build relationships and utilise expertise of MDT
Player Development
Utilising MDT lead on player development processes
- Manage staff to maximise player development
- Lead squad meetings and manage player squad matrix’s
Coaching Curriculum, Playing and Coaching Philosophy
Ensure the Academy’s Coaching Curriculum is consistently delivered in line with the Academy’s (and/or Club’s) Playing Philosophy and Coaching Philosophy:
- Monitor coaches’ session plans and evaluations up to standard and upload onto FIP
- Monitor and check coaches game planning (matchday/individual objectives)
- Monitor and check the standard of coaches feedback to players on a weekly basis on FIP
- Contribute to the development of an autonomous learning environment where people take responsibility for their own development, feel able to learn from their mistakes and have opportunity to experiment outside of their comfort zone
Such other duties as may be appropriate to achieve the objectives of the post and to assist the Academy Manager.