Head of Coach Development – Nottingham Forest

Location: Nottingham

Closing Date: 17 February 2017

 Overview:

 

Job Description

Nottingham Forest’s Academy are seeking to employ a Head of Coach Development to:-

– Establish a sustainable system and approach to coach development within the Academy

– Develop coaches so that they improve and perform to the best of their potential and are consequently able to maximise the potential of the players that they work with

– Performance manage the day-to-day performance of Lead Phase Coaches

Responsibilities also include:

– Providing a clear, up-to-date Training needs analysis (TNA) of every individual coach’s current and required level of performance

– Observing coach performance and provide feedback to aid development

– Ensuring every coach has a personalized Development Action Plan (DAP) that is tailored to meet their needs and which they buy-in to as a ‘living’ document

– Providing 1:1 coaching to coaches in order to develop the coach’s skill

– Ensuring the qualification status of the Club’s coaching workforce is assessed and ensure all coaches hold required qualifications for their role and age group and have a CPD plan to ensure licencing is up-to-date

– Ensuring coaches understand how to work effectively in a MDT and can identify and believe in the benefits of doing so

– The alignment of Coaching Curriculum with Playing and Coaching Philosophy

– Ensuring the Academy’s Coaching Curriculum is consistently delivered in line with the Academy’s Playing Philosophy and Coaching Philosophy

– Designing and implementing a Club Specific Coach Competency Framework (CCF) to monitor and evaluate coaches in order to develop DAPs and group coach development opportunities

Experience

Core (mandatory):

HOCD must have experience of working in at least 3 of the following roles (more than one area may be covered in a single role):

– A football coaching role

– A people development role

– A role which involves a significant amount of mentoring/coaching

– A role which involves working in an elite learning and/or performance environment

– A role which involves a significant amount of sport coaching in an elite learning and/or performance environment

– A role which requires coach development in a high-performance environment

– An education/pedagogy role

HOCD must have knowledge and/or experience of at least 3 of the following:

– The process of learning in coaches (andragogy)

– The process of learning in young people (pedagogy)

– Running and designing development programmes

– Football (not necessarily as a coach/high level player)

– Leading a team Managing people Psychology (Sports or other)

Desirable Experience:

– Playing football

– Elite sport experience (athlete or otherwise)

– Budget management

– Sport Science

Qualifications

Core (mandatory):

– Level 4 sports coaching qualification or relevant level 4 professional qualification/degree in people development (football or other). NB: Advanced Youth Award to constitute a Level 4 qualification for this purpose

– Safeguarding and Protecting Children (acquired before starting role)

– DBS clearance (acquired before starting role)

– Basic First Aid for Sport (acquired before starting role)

– Level 4 ‘UEFA A Licence’ qualification in football

Desirable Qualifications:

– Level 5 ‘Pro Licence’ qualification in football

– FA Advanced Youth Award

– Qualification in Education such as PGCE, Pedagogy MSc etc.

– Coach Mentoring Qualification

– Psychology Masters (Sport, Occupation, Education)

– Coach Education Qualification

– Sport Science Degree

– Degree (any subject)

 Please note that the club will unfortunately be unable to respond to applicants who have not been shortlisted for interview.

 

 

How to apply: To apply, please e-mail Peter Jarvis (Academy Operations Manager) on peter.jarvis@nottinghamforest.co.uk with a cover letter and CV.