Casual Football & Sports Coach – Team Coaching

Fulham FC Foundation is seeking an enthusiastic and committed person to take up a casual football and sports coaching role focused on team coaching. Reporting directly to Operations Officers, the role involves managing teams, delivering high-quality team-based training sessions throughout the week, and overseeing fixtures across the season. This is a casual role where flexibility is essential, as the delivery of training sessions and fixtures changes across the school term.

• Act as an ambassador for Fulham FC Foundation (FFCF), representing the organisation professionally in line with its values.
• Design and deliver high-quality team training sessions to the teams you work with.
• Manage the teams during both home and away fixtures, including all associated team administration.
• Provide high-quality, individualised feedback to each player to support their footballing development.
• Be a positive role model to student athletes, helping to motivate and support them with their football and education.
• Identify and support progression pathways for talented young people.
• Provide a safe, positive and inclusive learning environment at all times.
• Adhere to FFCF's safeguarding policies and procedures, ensuring the timely reporting of any safeguarding concerns or incidents within sessions.

• Prior experience managing a team.
• Experience of delivering high-quality training sessions to footballers.
• Experience of running a 9- or 11-a-side football team.
• Experience of working with others as part of a coaching team.
• A driving licence and/or willingness to travel independently.
• Excellent verbal communication skills.
• Excellent knowledge of football.
• Excellent knowledge of the pathway opportunities for players.
• First Aid, Safeguarding and DBS qualification.
• A UEFA C Coaching Qualification, or currently undertaking and due to complete this year.
• Base knowledge of and willingness to learn and contribute towards FFCF strategic aims.
• A positive role model for children and young people.
• Ability to travel independently across Surrey and South-West London, including transport of equipment.
• Well presented, with a professional manner.
• Positive, energetic persona, able to build rapport with participants.

• Experience of delivering football sessions in a secondary school.
• Experience of working with high-performing footballers.
• Experience of leading a local grassroots team.
• Additional football qualifications such as Goalkeeping, S&C, or Fitness.
• Knowledge of and links to local grassroots football teams.
• UEFA B Licence (or willingness to work towards).
• Good availability during the afternoons of the working week, ideally Monday–Friday from 2pm to 6pm.

• Casual role with flexibility essential, as delivery of training sessions and fixtures changes across the school term.
• No set timetable, although training sessions and fixtures are likely to happen at key times.
• There is no obligation for Fulham FC Foundation to provide work, or for Football Coaches to accept work.
• Football Coaches who do not work for an extended period of 3 months may no longer be offered work.

• Opportunity to work across other Foundation programmes such as Player Development Centres and Girls Development Centres, if desired.