Women’s U21s Head Coach
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Date posted
November 27, 2023
Closing date
Hiring location
Offered salary
Experience
Minimum Qualification
A License
Quantity
Person
Description
The Purpose:
The Role:
Key Responsibilities
Academy
Training Session Delivery
The Person:
- To create a culture that maximises the talent of each Manchester United player in all aspects of the Redprint model to optimise the quality of team performance and ensure that FA Licence criteria are being met.
- To develop a working environment that is conducive to open communication, innovation and one in which staff feel comfortable evaluating their own and others’ performance.
The Role:
Key Responsibilities
- The key responsibilities of the post are:
- To develop players capable of playing for the Manchester United Women’s first team
- To develop players capable of playing in the top two tiers of the Women’s professional game
- To holistically support players across their dual careers
Academy
- To produce and deliver a coaching and development annual plan for the Professional Development Phase in line with the Manchester United Women Redprint
- To work closely with the 1st team coaching staff to support the player pathway and development plan into the 1st team environment
- To plan and manage all training sessions and matches played by the Academy team
- To devise and implement an annual dual career programme
- To act as The FA’s primary contact for all Academy related matters and meetings.
- Management of the relationships with partner FE and HE institutions and TASS/DiSE.
Training Session Delivery
- To attend all training sessions and matches played by the Professional Development PhaseTo plan and prepare training sessions in accordance with the Redprint and the annual delivery plan
- To plan and prepare for each match with particular emphasis on the learning objectives of the theme for the week and the needs of individual players
- To deliver each session paying particular attention to the desired learning objectives in the session plan
The Person:
- Minimum UEFA A licence holder
- FA Licensed Coach (Member of the Licensed Coaches Club to cover safeguarding and first aid)
- Experience of and enthusiasm for coaching and mentoring elite young and senior players
- Track record of consistent high performance in a professional environment
- Ability to demonstrate good session planning and strong organisational skills
- Understanding of learning, development, and high performance with a proven ability to create optimum learning environments for players
- Empathy with young players with an ability to inspire
- Excellent communication skills with the ability to build meaningful, strong strategic relationships with Club staff
- Understanding and empathy with education and learning with a strong commitment to personal development and training
- Awareness of diversity and equality challenges in football
- Commitment to the long-term development of the game
- Willingness to work weekends
- Ability to travel independently
- Exhibit pride in performance and possess high standards in the provision of service to Manchester United’s internal and external customers
- A willingness to work flexible hours in accordance with the demands of the role
Skills
- Coaching
- Development
