The posting
Job description
Fulham FC Foundation are currently seeking to recruit an enthusiastic and committed person to take up the position of a Casual Football & Sports Coach – Team Coaching
Reporting directly to our Operations Officers, this role would involve both the management of these teams, as well as providing high-quality, team-based training sessions throughout the week. You will also be responsible for overseeing any fixtures these team have across the season.
This is a casual role where flexibility is essential, as the delivery of training sessions and fixtures changes across the school term.
The successful candidate will be somebody who has prior experience managing a team, and holds at least a UEFA C License qualification.
Although this role is casual, with the hours varying across the season, meaning that there is no set timetable. There are some key times when training sessions and fixtures are likely to happen.
Therefore, the ideal candidate will have good availability during the afternoons of the working week.
The ideal availability will be: Monday – Friday from 2pm to 6pm
There will also be opportunity to work across other foundation programmes such as our ‘Player Development Centres’ and ‘Girls Development Centres’ should the successful candidate want to.
Whilst there is no obligation for Fulham FC Foundation to provide, or for Football Coaches to accept, work. Football Coaches who do not work for an extended period of time (3 months), may no longer be offered work. Essential
Experience:
- Experience of delivering high quality training sessions to footballers.
- Experience of running a 9 or 11 aside football team.
- Experience of working with others as part of a coaching team.
- Has a driving license and/or is willing to travel independently.
Skills, Knowledge & Qualifications:
- Excellent verbal communication skills.
- Excellent knowledge of Football[AS1] .
- Excellent knowledge of the pathway opportunities for players.
- First Aid, Safeguarding and DBS qualification.
- A UEFA C Coaching Qualification, or currently undertaking and due to complete this year.
- Base knowledge of and willingness to learn & contribute towards FFCF strategic aims.
Personal Qualities:
- A positive role-model for children & young people.
- Ability to travel independently across Surrey and South-West London, including transport of equipment.
- Well presented, with a professional manner.
- Positive, energetic persona. Able to build rapport with participants.
- Excellent time-keeping & punctuality.
- Willingness to learn & develop personally & professionally.
Preferred
Experience:
- Experience of delivering football sessions in a secondary school
- Experience of working with high performing footballers.
- Experience of leading local grassroots [AS2] team
Skills, Knowledge & Qualifications:
- Additional football qualifications such as Goalkeeping, S&C, or Fitness.
- Knowledge and links to local grassroots football teams.
- UEFA B License (or willing to work towards)
- To act as an Ambassador for Fulham FC Foundation (FFCF), representing the organisation professionally in line with its values.
- To design and deliver high quality, team training sessions to the teams you’ll be working with.
- To manage the teams during both home and away fixtures, including all the team admin that does along with managing the team.
- To provide high-quality, individualised feedback to each of the players in your teams to support their footballing development.
- To be a positive role model to the student athletes, helping both motivate and support them with their football, and education.
- To identify and support progression pathways for talented young people.
- To provide a safe, positive and inclusive learning environment at all times,
- To adhere to FFCF’s safeguarding policies and procedures, ensuring the timely reporting of any safeguarding concerns or incidents within sessions.



