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As part of Lancashire Football Association's drive and commitment to develop, inspire, and support coaches across our football community, we are seeking a passionate, highly motivated, and knowledgeable individual to join our Workforce Development Team as a Coach Development Officer.
The successful candidate will be a people-focused practitioner, with a strong understanding of the FA Learning Coach Development Framework, and a passion for creating positive, inclusive experiences for every coach and every player. This is a key role in ensuring that coaches across Lancashire are inspired, supported, and provided with opportunities to develop their skills and confidence in order to deliver high-quality football experiences for all.
This position will lead the design and delivery of coach development programmes for England Football Accredited Clubs, working closely with Coaching Leads to embed long-term, people-centred coach development plans.
Working as part of a busy, high-performing Workforce Team, excellent communication, collaboration, and relationship-management skills are essential. The ideal candidate will have experience supporting adult learning, practical experience of coach development, and the ability to engage and inspire volunteers, coaches, and key stakeholders.
This is a full-time role, 35 hours a week, with regular evening and weekend commitments to deliver face-to-face CPD and support clubs on their journey. Based at Lancashire FA Headquarters in Leyland, there will be opportunities for hybrid working, with travel required regularly across the County.
Lancashire FA very much welcomes applications from all community members to ensure our organisation is as representative of Lancashire's diverse football community as possible. As part of our open and transparent recruitment process, all applications will be anonymised and then assessed on merit for interview short-listing purposes.
In addition, and to help us with our efforts to understand who is applying for roles at Lancashire FA, from an equality progress perspective, we would be grateful if, when you apply, you would also complete our confidential demographic data information form. This is entirely unrelated to your main application, is anonymous and non-mandatory, and is purely used by Lancashire FA for equality monitoring purposes. We are very grateful for all responses received. You can access this form here:
We look forward to receiving your application.
Job Types: Full-time, Fixed term contract
Contract length: 33 months
Pay: £24,000.00 per year
Benefits:
* Free parking
* On-site parking
Work Location: Hybrid remote in Leyland PR25 2LF
Application deadline: 09/10/2025