Founded in 1882, Tottenham Hotspur Football Club is an English Premier League Club, based in North London.

Led by the late great Bill Nicholson, the Club became the first in England to win the League and FA Cup Double in 1961, and the first in the UK to win a European Trophy two years later. Spurs has since been home to some of the game’s great entertainers, including Jimmy Greaves, Glenn Hoddle, Paul Gascoigne, David Ginola, Gareth Bale, Heung-Min Son and Harry Kane.

In April 2019, the Club opened an iconic new stadium that sits at the heart of a £1billion sport-led regeneration of North Tottenham. The stadium is the largest football club stadium in London and is a multi-use venue with the ability to host a variety of events 365 days a year, including NFL, boxing, rugby, concerts, and other major events, plus visitor attractions including Stadium Tours and the Dare Skywalk.

The stadium development scheme has to date created more than 4,000 new jobs for local people, with circa £300m pumped into the local economy each year.

Tottenham Hotspur has:

• A clear strategy to develop talent from within its Academy, showcased by a strong track record of Academy players graduating to the first-team squad.


• A £100m state-of-the-art Training Centre that supports the Club’s ambition to attract, develop and retain the best talent.


• Commercial partnerships with globally recognised brands including AIA Group Limited (AIA), one of the world’s leading providers of life insurance services, and Nike, the world’s leading sports footwear and apparel company.


• A commitment to minimizing its environmental impact across Club operations, being named as the greenest in the Premier League for the past three years. Tottenham Hotspur is a signatory of the UN Sports for Climate Action Framework, committing to halve carbon emissions by 2030 and become net zero carbon by 2040.


• An award-winning Foundation that is renowned for creating opportunities to help enhance the lives of people in its local community through education, employment, health, and social inclusion programmes.

JOB PURPOSE

Coordinate the planning, preparation, and delivery of a holistic coaching programme specific to college students, ensuring that all programme operations, logistics and coaching are delivered in a professional manner and adhere to all relevant Club policies, operating procedures, and coaching philosophies.

The post-holder will also be required to support broader Spurs Football Development programmes when directed to deliver world-class football experiences for domestic/international partners, and participants, to support the growth and development of the wider department.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

COACHING

• Oversee the development and delivery of a structured coaching programme aligned with the Spurs Football Development coaching syllabus/coaching cycle, ensuring players are developed technically, tactically, physically, and socially based on the Spurs Football Development


• Observe coaching performance and provide effective feedback via PDR’s for those within your coaching


• Build and maintain effective working relationships with a wide range of stakeholders including fellow coaches, college staff and students.


• Coordinate college match days including staffing, squads, and


• Attend all away matches and


• Facilitate regular meetings with staff to ensure that priorities are clear and identified targets are being


• Identify potential students to be recommended for the Coach Development Programme and support the recruitment process for selected students.


• Conduct a coach mentoring program for student coaches involved in the


• Create video/interactive content to support the engagement of students and recruitment/promotion of the programme.


• Deliver on broader domestic/international Spurs Football Development programmes when required I.E. Group Day Experiences, Premier Days, Special Events, Internationals.


• Research current trends of coaching and continually look for ways to develop and improve your own coaching and best practice within all Spurs Football Development programmes.


• Identify talented players and report via the Club TID

COLLEGE

• Working with the Education & Football Development Centre Coordinator/Manager, drive the recruitment strategy to support the growth and development of the programme with the aspiration to attract higher quality players each year.


• Attend and support all College partner events including open days, open evenings and similar type of events for your programme to support the recruitment of new This will include planning and developing resources to support the promotion of Education & Football Development programmes.


• Attend weekly college programme operations


• Provide classroom support as

OPERATIONS

• Ensure that allocated staff hours are being used


• Identify and notify the central Operations Team of any potential staffing/scheduling


• Attend half-termly meetings as part of a Head Coaches working group to share progress, feedback and updates to Education & Football Development Centre Manager and Operations Manager within the This will include programme, and staff, performance, student case-studies/data and ideas to support the strategic development and planning of all E&FDC of programmes.


• Provide monthly programme updates and case studies to Education & Football Development Centre Manager, highlighting student achievements, attendance figures/programme-related data, and programme progression.


• Monitor programme performance against set targets and performance


• Conduct generic and dynamic risk assessments as and when


• Monitor kit & equipment regularly throughout the year and implement processes to minimise loss and/or damage of Club property.


• Communicate with the operations team around any requirements for kit, equipment and first aid items.


• Monitor updates on the coach communication platform. Complete tasks on the platform as

SAFEGUARDING

• Work alongside the Club Safeguarding Manager’s and college DSLs to champion safeguarding, maintaining practices in-line with the Club’s Safeguarding policies.


• Assist with all accident, incident, and risk management reporting, ensuring that all concerns are reported on my concern within 24 hours.


• Actively promote and raise awareness of safer working practices within your programmes, disseminating information to your team and modelling best practice to colleagues.


• Actively keep up to date with current and new safeguarding training and practices, including the


• FA’s Safeguarding Children qualification and the Keeping Children Safe in Education policies.

GENERAL

• Understand and comply with all relevant Club


• Understand and comply with the Club’s health and safety


• Adhere to the Spurs Football Development Coaching Code of


• Promote, adhere to, and implement the Club’s Equality & Diversity


• Have an active involvement in all Spurs Football Development in-service training events as


• Administer effective first aid and keep accurate records of any care provided to


• Undertake any other duties as may reasonably be


• Monitor updates across all forms of communication I.E. Connect Team, WhatsApp, E-mail and to respond in a timely manner when requested. It is a requirement for all coaches to complete tasks on the platform as required.

PERSONAL ATTRIBUTES

• Values & respects others, builds relationships, collaborates, and works well within a team


• Generate innovative ideas and strive to deliver the highest standard of service as


• Alert – attentive and observant, able to make decisions quickly and adapting to


• Proactive – think ahead rather than simply reacting in the


• Able to work independently, showing initiative, taking responsibility, and thinking


• Reliable – be able to commit to scheduled programmes and to be


• Passionate - taking great pride and enthusiasm in your


• Fantastic personal skills – good communicator: friendly, approachable, positive

SKILLS & EXPERIENCE

ESSENTIAL

Minimum UEFA B License (or working towards)

Level 2 FA Emergency First Aid in Football (EFAiF) Qualification FA Safeguarding Children Qualification

DESIRED

UEFA A License FA Youth Award

FA Advanced Youth Award (or working towards) FA Talent ID Level 2

DBS DISCLAIMER

Safeguarding is fundamental to the success in all that we do. Successful candidates will undergo the following pre-employment checks prior to a start date being confirmed.