Casual YDP U14’s Girls Academy Lead Coach, LFC Foundation

Liverpool Football Club; Liverpool; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Part time

Job summary

Join a leading football club as the YDP Phase U14’s Girls Academy Lead Coach. This casual role involves developing young female players, coordinating with management, and ensuring high-quality coaching aligned with club philosophy. Ideal candidates will have coaching experience and relevant qualifications.

Qualifications

• Experience coaching in a professional youth development setting.
• Skilled in writing and delivering individual development plans.

Responsibilities

• Lead planning and delivering high-quality coaching sessions.
• Maintain records of players' progression and produce reports.

Skills

Coaching

Communication

Organizational Skills

Education

UEFA B Licence

FA Youth Award

FA Introduction to Emergency First Aid in Football

Job description

We have an exciting opportunity for an individual to join our LFC Foundation team as a YDP Phase U14’s Girls Academy Lead Coach on a casual basis.

In this role, you will be responsible for implementing the Girls Academy coach programme and developing players technically, tactically, physically, and psycho-socially in the youth development phase, in line with the LFC Women's pathway philosophy.

What will you be doing?

1. Lead planning, delivering, and supporting high-quality coaching sessions to develop all players within your age group, utilizing the support of the assistant coach effectively wherever possible. Sessions should align with Senior Management Team expectations and reflect the club's vision and philosophy, tailored to the players' needs.
2. Maintain records of players' progression and produce reports for players, parents, and other coaches through Individual Development Plans (IDPs).
3. Liaise with key personnel when planning and arranging coaching sessions and matches to ensure appropriate support, working collaboratively with the multidisciplinary team.
4. Coordinate with the Senior Management Team on player development and external talent identification processes.
5. Ensure accurate monitoring and record-keeping of all activities and support analysis of evaluation information.
6. Perform other relevant duties aligned with the objectives of the LFC Foundation.
7. Attend all weekly multidisciplinary team meetings.
8. Support recruitment processes for bringing players into the girls' academy, ensuring alignment with LFC core values, fairness, and impartiality.
9. Complete all administrative processes, session planning, IDPs, staff performance reviews, and operational requirements punctually and to a high standard.
10. Participate in 100% of internal and external CPD events and pursue personal CPD development.

Who are we looking for?

To succeed in this role, you should have experience coaching in a professional youth development setting, ideally within women and girls' football. Experience working in an academy, football club, or similar environment, with international youth players and youth talent identification, is essential. You should be skilled in writing and delivering individual development plans and knowledgeable about the FA Girls and Women’s Strategy. An understanding of the pressures and commitments for players, along with support strategies for emotional well-being, is important.

You should be reliable, conscientious, flexible, and available to attend all sessions and fixtures. Strong communication and organizational skills are required to develop good working relationships with the MDT, support staff, and senior management. You should demonstrate role model behaviors and foster an ethos of high aspirations and achievement.

Essential qualifications include:

• UEFA B Licence or working towards it
• FA Youth Award
• FA Introduction to Emergency First Aid in Football
• UEFA A Licence & Talent ID Level 3 (desired)

Why should you apply?

This is a casual position with variable hours, including evenings and weekends, based primarily at our Academy but requiring travel across Merseyside and potentially within England and Wales. Candidates should be within a reasonable commuting distance.

Liverpool Football Club is committed to equality, diversity, and inclusion, maintaining the Premier League Equality Standard Advanced Level, and actively promoting a diverse and inclusive workplace. We value candidates from diverse backgrounds and perspectives who share our passion for inclusivity.

We are also dedicated to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults. The role is subject to a satisfactory enhanced DBS check.