ROLE DESCRIPTION

Details
Soccer Schools Coach
Department Youth Development
Reports to Community Development Officer
Location Multiple Venues within Cambridgeshire
Salary Pay is competitive dependent on qualifications and experience
Hours Casual hours – School Holidays 8:30am – 4:30pm

Role Summary
This role is a part-time position to coach within our Youth Development Programme at our Soccer Schools during the school holidays.

Key Job Outcomes
To deliver fun filled football sessions to 5 – 12-year-olds. To maintain the health and safety of all children. To make sure all children sign in and out, when arriving and leaving. To maintain the club’s mission, vision and values throughout your work. To identify any players that you think would be suitable for a trial at the Youth Development Programmes.
The person appointed to this post will have contact with children. Therefore, the post holder will require an enhanced FA Disclosure Barring Service check.
This job description sets out the key outcomes required. It does not specify in detail the activities required to achieve these outcomes. As a term of your employment, you may reasonably be expected to perform duties of a similar or related nature to those outlined in the job description.

Person Specification
Skills, Knowledge, Qualifications & Experience
FA Introduction to Coaching Football Qualification
FA UEFA C Coaching Qualification
Introduction to First Aid qualification
FA Safeguarding children workshop
Experienced in talent ID
Experience of delivering excellent customer services
IT Skills, including Outlook, Word and Powerpoint
Experience of working with player/parents in football environments
Experience in leading/managing an area/people or teams
Has an understanding of how elite players are developed

Personal Qualities/Attributes
Hardworking and enthusiastic
Excellent organisational skills and attention to detail
Reliable and committed
Ability to work independently and as part of a team
Able to communicate effectively
Willingness to work weekday evenings
Excellent team player and motivator

Application Process
Application Instructions Interested applicants should apply by submitting their CV and Cover Letter, applications which do not include both documents will not be reviewed.
Application Closing Date 05/07/2024
Interview Date(s) Week commencing 15th July 2024
Start Date 24/07/2024

Mission, Vision & Values Mission
Cambridge United aspires to compete at the highest level of the English Football League, whilst operating a financially sustainable football club embedded within the heart of its community.
We are custodians with a collective responsibility to protect and enhance the Club for future generations.

Vision
Creating Memories
We engage current and future generations of supporters by creating memorable moments.

Driving Standards & Performance
We will evolve by driving standards and performance through self-reflection and education.

Enhancing Lives
We are an inclusive Club that is United in Endeavour to enhance lives though the power of sport.

Values
We engage positive and inspiring characters who are committed to serving and strengthening our community, by adopting our 3 keys values.

Teamwork
We achieve more through working together than alone and are United in Endeavour.
Hard Work
We are committed to learning and working towards our pursuit of excellence in everything we do.

Humility
We will celebrate each other’s successes and recognise that no individual is greater than the collective.
Employability Statement Cambridge United FC is committed to promoting equality of opportunity for all staff. We aim to create a supportive and inclusive working environment in which all individuals can make best use of their skills, free from discrimination or harassment, and in which all decisions are based on merit.

Safeguarding Statement Cambridge United FC is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff to share this commitment.
For those positions where a criminal record check (DBS) is identified as necessary, this will be carried out in line with other safer recruitment checks.
The post holder will be required to undergo Safeguarding training periodically.

Equality, Diversity & Inclusion
Cambridge United FC is committed to promoting equality of opportunity for all staff and job applicants. We aim to create a supportive and inclusive working environment in which all individuals can make best use of their skills, free from discrimination or harassment, and in which all decisions are based on merit. We do not discriminate on the basis of age, race, nationality, ethnic origin, religious or political belief or affiliation, trade union membership, gender, gender reassignment, gender identity, marriage and civil partnership status, pregnancy and maternity, sexual orientation, disability, socio-economic background or any other inappropriate distinction or characteristic covered by the Equality Act 2010.
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