Academy Goalkeeping Coach
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Kickstart your career Leicester City Football Club Women as an Academy Goalkeeping Coach!
Location: LCFCW Training Ground, Leicester, LE2 8HN
Contract Type: Fixed-Term, Part-Time
Hours Per Week: 13 Hours per week
Do you have the drive and passion to make a real impact at LCFCW?
About The Role & Who We’re Scouting
We’re on the lookout for a passionate and skilled Academy Goalkeeping Coach to join our team at LCFCW. As an Academy Goalkeeping Coach, you’ll play a key role in overseeing all goalkeepers within ETC age groups alongside the Lead Academy Goalkeeper Coach, whilst providing support to U14 and U16 age groups.
Your responsibilities will include preparing and delivering goalkeeper training sessions across the ETC and Academy age groups, monitoring and reporting of development and performance whilst evaluating against established and agreed goals, promoting a positive environment for learning and development. You’ll need to bring a practical, flexible and innovative approach to work, with excellent interpersonal skills and relationship management. If you're excited about making a difference and contributing to the Club’s success, this could be the perfect opportunity for you!
The ideal candidate will have experience of coaching in an elite level environment and working within an MDT (multi-disciplinary team). You’ll need experience of designing and implementing goalkeeper development programmes and in the delivery of training sessions with formal monitoring and evaluation of player performance. A Level 2 National Goalkeeping course accreditation / national goalkeeping course is essential, with the view to work toward UEFA within 12 months, as well as a UEFA C coaching qualification with the view to work toward UEFA within 12 months. An FA Level 1 IFAIF certification (Introduction to First Aid in Football) / FA Emergency First Aid is also essential for this role.
If you think your experience and skills match, and you’ve got the drive, energy, and skills to work in a fast-paced, high-performance environment, we want you on our team!
About The Club
Knowing some of the history of LCFCW helps you appreciate the sense of community, spirit and family for which the Club are renowned for.
In May 2021, LCFC Women were promoted to the FA Women’s Super League. From its formation in 2004, the Club was run on an amateur and semi-professional basis with support from Leicester City Football Club. In August 2020, the Club turned professional after being acquired by King Power International – Leicester City’s parent company – and realigned as a core team in Leicester City’s football operation.
Benefits Package
Our people are the lifeblood of the Club, and we feel should be rewarded as such – we offer a competitive salary, pension scheme and life assurance for all permanent employees. You’ll enjoy free onsite parking, access to our subsidised staff restaurants and up to 33 days of annual leave (including bank holidays) amongst a host of other great employee benefits!
One City. One Club. One Leicester.
Leicester City Football Club believes that football is for all, and we are committed to Diversity and Inclusion, where valuing the individual is our highest priority. We are working to see equality across all areas of the Club and welcome applications from all areas of the community.
If you have any requirements in regard to the recruitment process, please let us know; we are happy to support your needs.
Next Steps
We’ll be reviewing applications as and when they are submitted and invite shortlisted candidates for interviews, so don’t wait – if you think this role sounds like the right fit, apply today! We’re excited to hear from you and can’t wait to see how you’ll help us reach new heights