Description
Job Title: Football Performance Manager
Remuneration: £30,497 - £34,304 per annum
Location: Singleton Park Campus, Swansea University, Swansea, Wales. U.K.
Introduction:
Swansea University is working towards being recognised as the most active and successful sporting university in Wales through our vision, programmes, and people, partnering nationally and internationally to deliver our sporting vision. Our sports programme has recently been awarded the British University and College Sport (BUCS) ‘Most Improved University’ award for our sporting achievements to date, a success that were passionate about and highly driven to continuously grow and develop.
This role is a truly unique and exciting opportunity to join the Swansea University Performance Sport Team and be part of a professional and progressive organisation that will be at the leading edge of sport, health, and fitness in Wales.
The football club aims to deliver and embrace Swansea University’s ‘Sport for all’ ethos that runs through our current 2020-23 Sport Swansea: Active University Strategy and will operate across all three core strategic pillars:
- Inspire – High Performance
- Aspire – Recreational / Competitive
- Engage – Introductory
The Football Performance Manager will focus on the Inspire strand of the strategy and will provide leadership and management across our men’s and women’s football and futsal performance programmes by developing the current provision and building on the success to date.
The post holder will:
- Provide strategically driven coordination and support to all football and futsal performance programmes.
- Successfully deliver on and develop the critical success factors required by performance programmes at Swansea University, which include Performance, Engagement, Recruitment & Marketing, Resources, Finance, and Governance.
- Plan and coordinate professional standards across the coaching and support provision for football & futsal performance programmes at Swansea University, mirroring that of a professional Club.
- Advise and contribute towards the overall development of the Sport Swansea football and futsal programmes.
The person:
Experience:
- Significant experience of strategic planning and directing a performance football programme.
- Proven experience in the development of long-term performance coaching programmes.
- Experience of domestic and international talent search and recruitment to proactively attract talented players.
Knowledge, Skills & Leadership Values:
- Ability to lead, inspire and create a positive performance culture across a multi-disciplinary team and programme (athletes & coaches) to achieve performance outcomes.
- An understanding of performance sport support programmes (sports science & medicine disciplines).
- Excellent interpersonal skills that build trust and respect, leading to mutually beneficial agreements amongst a range of stakeholders.
- Flexibility and willingness to work irregular hours as necessary that align to the performance football and futsal environment.
Further information:
This is not a coaching position but there will be opportunities to coach football/futsal outside of the remit of this position if the successful candidate has a desire to do so.
- For informal enquiries about this position contact James Mountain ([email protected]). Prior to making an enquiry, please ensure that you have reviewed and considered all the essential criteria for this position.
- Application closing date: Midnight on Sunday 13th March 2022.
- Shortlisting date – 16th March 2022
- Interviews – 24th & 25th March 2022
Applicants are asked to provide a completed online application providing evidence of how they meet the essential criteria in the recruitment documentation.
Candidates should also include reference to the values and personal attributes within your application, in addition to the essential and desirable criteria. The panel will be assessing against all the skills and attributes.
To apply for the post please click on the link: www.swansea.ac.uk/jobs
