Women's First Team Coach - #65807

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Women’s First Team Coach

Company: Southampton Girls’ and Women’s Football Club

Location: Staplewood Training Ground, Southampton

Hours: Full time (no set hours), will be required to work the hours necessary to perform the role which will include evenings, weekends and bank holidays

Contract Type: Fixed Term (2 years)

Criminal Record Check: DBS Enhanced with Child’s Barred List

Southampton FC Women has seen a meteoric growth in the past few seasons. With a thriving academy already providing new talent for the club and the creation of a Women’s first team ahead of the 2017/18 season, was the beginning of a prosperous rise into senior football.

Since 2017/18 Marieanne Spacey-Cale’s side won back-to-back promotions, most recently securing their place in the Barclays Women’s Championship having just completed their second season in the league.

Our Women’s first team are full time professionals based at the famous and well known Staplewood Campus and also play their home games at St Mary’s Stadium.

One of the youngest teams in the Women’s Championship, with current England and other senior international players in the squad, the future is bright for the side as they compete at their highest level to date.

Our ambition is to become a competitive WSL team in the future and to be seen as leading not following. In order to achieve this goal we are investing in the programme, which will see Marieanne step up into the new role of Director of Women’s Football to bring additional critical and strategic leadership to the whole department, leading us to start our search for the next Women’s First Team Coach.

What will you be doing?

This role will be responsible for coaching and developing elite female players to perform at the highest domestic club level and help individuals to maintain and work towards International Honours, within an elite performance environment.

Working closely with the Director of Women’s Football you will implement the set Southampton FC Women’s Game Model, plan and deliver appropriate on-pitch sessions aligned to the Game Model with the technical staff, ensure an Elite Performance Environment is maintained on a day-to-day basis and a Culture is created for players and staff which is driven by high standards.

You will need to monitor, assess and record squad players training and match performances along with selecting the squad for first team fixtures ensuring a robust communication process is in place.

Working closely with all technical staff you will:

• Ensure strong relationships and ways of working are in place daily with the technical team.
• Work with the first team analyst in producing squad, unit and individual clips.
• Lead daily meetings with the technical and Multi-Disciplinary Team (MDT) staff to ensure training for fit and non-fit players is planned collectively along with ensuring training and match loading is appropriate to the needs of the players.

You will need a passion for developing Academy players by incorporating where and when appropriate the high performing Academy players into first team training and match day squads.

You will also need to build and maintain relationships with International Coaching Staff and work with the SFC Media team on external communication around training and fixtures.

Is this you?

We are looking for someone who not only has the technical capabilities of being a first team coach, but has the ability to create a thriving environment for our players to develop as both players and people.

You will need to have experience coaching in the Women’s Super League or Championship equivalent, having worked in an elite professional football environment, proven experience in developing elite female footballers and able to communicate well, influence and work with senior members of staff.

How this benefits you…

If you are successful you can look forward to a healthy benefits package;

• Opportunity to work for a successful Women’s Championship Club.
• 25 days annual leave excluding bank holidays.
• Private medical insurance for yourself.
• Access to x2 free match tickets for every men’s home league game.
• Discounted Southampton Football Club merchandise.
• Contributory pension scheme.
• Life assurance of 2x basic salary.
• Annual travel insurance.

All staff are expected to support the Equality, Diversity and Inclusion agenda, by embracing diversity and the positivity that diversity brings, to create an environment that is welcoming for all, free from any form of discrimination, harassment and abuse.

First stage interviews hope to be conducted as soon as possible after the advert closes.

Please include with your application an overview and description of your coaching philosophy.

How can I apply?

Just click on the apply button, enter your details and answer a quick pre-screening questionnaire, then attach your CV.

The closing date for applications is Sunday 19 May 2024.

*We reserve the right to close this vacancy early, if a high volume of applicants are received.*