Job Advert Reference: AFCB0081

Title: First Team Residence Performance Coach

Reports to: First Team Head of Performance and Medicine

Location: Various club locations (i.e., Stadium, practice facilities, away game sites)

Contract: Fixed Term – 12 months - Master’s Degree Required

PURPOSE

Reporting to the Head of Performance and Medicine, the First Team Resident Performance Coach will be a contributing member of performance and medical team. During the one-year, fixed term residency, you will provide performance services to First Team players at AFC Bournemouth.

MAIN DUTIES

• Provide practice and match day support, including but not limited to nutrition, hydration, recovery and gym functions.

• Maintain an organized, safe, and operable gym environment.

• Assist in the delivery and support of football performance programs, including warm-up sessions, recovery protocols, and basic training preparations.

• Help implement basic athletic improvement activities under supervision, focusing on player movement and fitness.

• Support the collection and basic analysis of player performance data, including monitoring workload and recovery.

• Use player monitoring tools to gather information on player fitness, aiding in the creation of individual profiles and guiding training adjustments.

• Use basic technology solutions to track player physical progress and measure performance improvements.

• Maintain accurate player data records, ensuring all rehabilitation and profiling information is properly documented in electronic systems.

• Assist with early-stage rehabilitation exercises under guidance, supporting injured players in their recovery process.

• Work alongside medical and performance staff to support long-term rehabilitation programs for injured players.

• Provide support for the physical development of players needing specific physical improvement, under direction.

• Contribute to the basic assessment of player physical performance during pre-signing medicals.

• Communicate with the Team Nutritionist to understand and support player nutrition needs, ensuring they align with performance goals.

• Contribute to departmental professional development in service sessions and share domain specific knowledge with departmental teammates.

• Ensure the club’s mental health & wellbeing objectives are embedded in your department's actions, procedures, and dealings and to have a good knowledge of the processes to support staff's mental health & wellbeing.

• Ensure commitment to the club’s safeguarding vision and to actively promote the policies within your department, embedding safeguarding into procedures. Obligation to promote and monitor the club’s health and safety policy and procedures within your department.

• Ensure the club’s equality aims, action plan and policies are in evidence in all departmental actions, procedures, and dealings.

• As a member of staff to ensure in all matters, you follow and actively promote the club’s mental health policies and practices to ensure an open, non-judgmental and inclusive environment for everyone engaged with the club.

• As a member of staff to ensure that you to adhere to the club’s safeguarding policies and procedures and are committed to our safeguarding values, creating a safe and positive environment for all those who interact with the club.

• Obligation to adhere to the club’s health and safety policy and procedures.

• As a member of staff to ensure in all matters you follow and actively promote the club’s equality policies and practices to ensure a welcoming, safe and inclusive environment for everyone engaged with the club.

The duties and responsibilities described are not a comprehensive list and additional tasks may be assigned to the employee from time to time; or the scope of the job may change as necessitated by business demands.

KEY KNOWLEDGE

• MSc Sports Science or relevant degree topic, or equivalent experience with a relevant bachelor's degree.

• Strength and Conditioning accreditation.

• Experience with gym and pitch-based performance service delivery in elite sports.

• Technology savvy – ability to autonomously integrate multiple technologies and data management practices to support and document services.

• Availability to travel.

• Fluency in English, both oral and written.