VACANCY: Academy Head of Coaching
3rd February
Job title: Head of coaching
Contract type: Permanent
Department: Academy
Location: Landore, Swansea, SA6 8AX; Fairwood, Swansea, SA2 7JX
Weekly hours: 40 hours per week
Working times/days: Flexible. Days, evenings and weekends, with ability to travel to away fixtures
Reporting to: Academy manager
Remuneration: Competitive
The role of head of coaching is to establish a sustainable system and approach to coach development within Swansea City Academy.
The head of coaching will develop the academy coaches so that they improve and perform to the best of their potential and are consequently able to maximise the potential of the players that they work with.
Self-development will be core to this role - the successful candidate will need to have the ability to self-evaluate their coaching knowledge to ensure that it is up to date and forward thinking. They will need to have an active approach to their coaching competencies and continue to develop and enhance their skills.
The head of coaching will be accountable for all coach development within the structure and will have the ability to design and implement Academy Performance Plans (APP) and Training Needs Analysis (TNA) for all coaches.
The head of coaching will have strong communication skills to enable them to build relationships throughout the academy and broader club. The head of coaching will build relationships with the coaches ensuring that they understand how to work effectively in a multidisciplinary team (MDT).
It is a fundamental part of the role of head of coaching to ensure the academy's coaching curriculum is consistently delivered in line with the academy's playing and coaching philosophy.
Swansea City is looking for a motivated individual who has a passion for working with coaches and is looking to take ownership of coach development within the academy. The individual will need to be organised, methodical and have the ability to plan and structure the department.
It is vital the successful candidate has the drive to continue their own professional development and promotes the development of others.
The successful candidate will have strong interpersonal skills be able to interact with a diverse range of people and have the ability to listen to others perspectives. It is essential that the successful candidate can use a broad range of influencing skills to win people over and sell the development agenda and can communicate their plans and structures confidently and effectively.
The successful candidate will have a resilient disposition and be able to cope under pressure and within limited time restraints. They will need to be able to prioritise work effectively, analyse behaviour and have the ability to solve problems.
The essential skills, knowledge and experiences required for this role are detailed below:
- Significant experience in a football coaching role within an elite learning and/or performance environment
- Previous experience within an Academy structure
- Previous experience in mentoring and/or people development
- Extensive knowledge of learning in coaches (andragogy) and/or young people (pedagogy)
- Experience in designing development programmes
- The ability to manage and lead a team
- Level 4 Sports Coaching Qualification / Advanced Youth Award - or working towards UEFA A Licence
- Experience in Sport Science
- Coaching and Mentoring Qualification
- Driving Licence (and use of own car)
- UEFA Pro Licence
- Safeguarding and Child Protection
- Emergency First Aid / First Aid for Sport
- Educated to Degree Level, or equivalent (any discipline)
The closing date for this vacancy will be Friday, February 17, 2017.
The Company is an equal opportunities employer. The Company does not tolerate less favourable treatment of any employee or job applicant on any ground, including but not limited to gender, marital status, race, racial origin, nationality, national origin, religion or belief, disability, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, age, membership or non-membership of a Trade Union, pregnancy, childbirth, political affiliation, relationships in the workplace, or any other prejudice.
The Company is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people involved in activities and event at the Company. As part of the Company's recruitment and selection process any offers of work involving working in regulated activity with children are subject to a satisfactory enhanced DBS Disclosure and barred list check (depending on the level of supervision, frequency and nature of contact with children). Appropriate references are also required.
Due to a high demand in applications the Club will be unable to respond to those applicants who have not been shortlisted for interview.
