Lead Goal Keeping Coach

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Job Title: Lead Goal Keeping Coach

Employer: Brighton and Hove Albion Football Club

Salary: Salary dependant on skills & experience

Location: American Express Elite Football Performance Centre, Lancing

Hours: 35 hours per week (flexibility required to work some evenings and weekends, as well as Bank Holidays)

Job Type: Permanent

Deadline date: 16th July 2021

Who are Brighton and Hove Albion Football Club?

Brighton and Hove Albion Football Club are proud that our elite teams compete at the highest level of football in England, those being the Premier League, and the Women’s Super League. Our home; the spectacular 30,000+ seater American Express Community Stadium hosts in the most parts, our Premier League journey whereas Broadfield Stadium, with a capacity of over 6,000, hosts mainly, our Women’s Super League journey. We are thrilled to have our two elite teams competing in the very top respective divisions of English football.

The job

Brighton & Hove Albion FC are hiring for a Lead Goal Keeping Coach to come and join the team to deliver a specific goalkeeping programme to all development goalkeepers aged 7 - 21 and specific coaching responsibilities for the under 18 - 21 age groups. An exciting opportunity for someone who is a student of the game and is continuously looking to improve and develop themselves and others. The Club are looking for someone who shares a collaborative approach to youth development.

What does the day to day look like?

As Lead Goal Keeping Coach it will be your responsibility to develop, manage, deliver and enhance the comprehensive goalkeeper development programme for our academy ages from U9 through to U23. You will conduct daily coaching sessions for the goalkeepers in our U17 - U23 age groups and work co-operatively with the first team goalkeeping coach on all aspects of goalkeeping. You will work as part of a multi-disciplinary team, working closely with the scouting and recruitment department and medical teams. As Lead Goal Keeping Coach you will manage and support two full-time goalkeeping coaches and one part-time sessional coach.

What we need

To be considered for the role, the post-holder will need to hold a UEFA A Licence. It would be beneficial to hold a UEFA Pro Licence and Advanced Youth Award, but this is not a prerequisite for the role.

It is essential that the post-holder has experience of developing elite goalkeepers to elite levels of the game and to have a high level of football industry knowledge with previous experience in full time professional football.

The successful candidate must also be willing to undertake an enhanced DBS CRC (Criminal Background Check).

Our values

Values play a pivotal role in the success of the Club. Our values are not just a list of words we expect our people to learn, but a set of filters through which we deliver to each other, our fans, our partners and our sponsor, in fact, with anyone who interacts in anyway with our brand. Each year we hold the TEAM Brighton awards where peer to peer nominations are recorded. Those with the most nominations take away awards for their commitment to the TEAM Brighton value.

Our values are:

• Treat People Well
• Exceed Expectations
• Aim High. Never Give Up
• Act with Integrity
• Make it Special

What is in it for you?

In return for your hard work and commitment to us, you will receive a competitive reward package which will include, but not limited to:

• Free breakfast and lunch (fantastic healthy and tasty food provided by our inhouse chefs)
• Free onsite parking
• Local travel discounts
• Discounts at the Club’s superstore and website
• Health benefits including eye care
• Group Life Protection
• Discounts and benefits for local businesses

Disability Confident

Brighton and Hove Albion Football Club are proud to be a disability confident employer who are committed to supporting candidates with disabilities throughout our recruitment and selection process. If you require any reasonable adjustments to support your application, please do not hesitate to get in touch with a member of our People and Culture team.

Equality Statement

Brighton & Hove Albion Football Club celebrates and values the diversity brought by employees, potential employees, casual workers, potential casual workers, players, potential players, applicants, supporters, participants on community programmes and customers and believes the Club benefits from engaging with everyone from a variety of backgrounds, thus allowing it to meet the needs of a diverse population within a multi-cultural society. We are committed to equality of opportunity for all staff and applications from individuals are encouraged regardless of age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief and marriage and civil partnership.

Safeguarding Statement

Brighton & Hove Albion Football Club and Albion in the Community are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and adults at risk and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.