Are you passionate about developing talented young players and helping create opportunities for disabled people to progress within football?
The FA has an exciting opportunity to join its Para Football team as a Para Technical Coach and Talent Reporter, supporting the identification, engagement and development of talented players across the Para Talent Pathway. You'll play an important role in the delivery of regional and national talent events, helping disabled young people access opportunities and progress through the football pathway.
Experience within Para football, particularly blind and powerchair football, is desirable but not essential. The FA welcomes applications from coaches from a wide range of football backgrounds who are passionate about player development and keen to bring their skills to the Para game.
This is a home-based role requiring local and national travel as needed.
What will you be doing?
- Provide technical delivery at FA Talent Days and elite programmes (Regional Emerging Talent Programme (RETP), National Emerging Talent Programme (NETP), Development).
- Deliver or be willing to upskill in delivery across all pathway impairment groups (Blind, powerchair, CP, Deaf, Partially Sighted).
- Provide technical feedback for players within the RETP/NETP, within their local environment.
- Support local coaches to develop their awareness of Para activity and player development.
- Provide technical delivery and support on Regional England Talent Days.
- Provide feedback and scout reports for FA Para Talent Hubs.
- Ensure all reports are written to a high level and uploaded to FA systems.
- Support 1-to-1 delivery of players in the talent system (where applicable).
- Support the Player Technical Support Lead in providing meaningful remote-based technical support to players.
- Build close working relationships with FA staff and key personnel within the local area to support Talent ID.
- Support the process of IDP feedback for players within specific programmes.
- Execute additional tasks as required to meet the FA's changing priorities.
- Comply with all company policies and procedures to ensure that the highest standards of health, safety, and well-being can be maintained.
- As part of the FA's commitment to ensuring a safe environment for everyone in football, every employee will be required to complete a DBS check. The level of the check required will be based on the activity of the specific job role and in line with legislation and government guidance.
What are we looking for?
Essential for the role:
- Level 2 in Coaching football qualification.
- FA Safeguarding qualification.
- FA First Aid in Football qualification.
- Previous experience of coaching football in youth football environments.
- Experience of planning and delivering technical coaching sessions in football.
- Ability to review and reflect on football coaching sessions.
- Effective communication skills to deliver coaching sessions.
- Ability to observe and provide individual feedback
- Experience of co-coaching and working as part of a coaching team.
- Can demonstrate excellent commitment and timekeeping skills.
Beneficial to have:
- UEFA B qualification in Coaching Football.
- Previous experience in coaching football within Disability or Para environments.
- Strong understanding of Para Talent Pathway in Sport or football.
- Experience of working in disability sport.
- Understanding of disability and football classifications within Para football.
What's in it for you?
We pride ourselves on offering a competitive rate of pay as well as great opportunities to develop and grow in your role.
We are committed to ensuring everyone can flourish in their roles, and by doing this, we offer top-of-the-range facilities across two core business locations. We have unique office spaces under the arch of the iconic Wembley National Stadium, which is the home of English football. We are also delighted to have a world-class Elite Performance Centre, St. George's Park in Staffordshire, which is an exceptional setting to develop and inspire high-performing England teams and leaders.
We are a diverse workplace, aspiring to represent football across the country. The Football Association actively promotes inclusion and diversity, encouraging you to be the best version of yourself at work.
We welcome applications from everyone and are proud to be an equal opportunities employer. If you have any particular requirements in respect of the recruitment or interview process, please mention this during your application.
As part of The FA's commitment to ensuring a safe environment for everyone in football, successful candidates will be required to complete a DBS check. The level of the check required will be based on the activity of the specific job role. Casual work is conditional upon receipt of a satisfactory DBS check result, which will be fairly considered on a case-by-case basis, in line with legislation and government guidance.
