ROLE DESCRIPTION

Closing Date of Applications- 9th February 2024 
 
Please note, this is a Fixed term contract ending on 30th June 2025.
 
Our Story
Established in 2013, City Football Group is the world’s leading private owner and operator of football clubs, with total or partial ownership of thirteen clubs across the world. City Football Group also invests in other football related businesses and serves as a global commercial platform for our partners, whilst fulfilling our purpose of empowering better lives through football on a local and global scale, consistent with what “City” football has meant to people for over a century.  
 
Our Winning Team
Our purpose is to empower better lives through football. We are proud of the role City Football Group clubs play in their localities, delivering positive economic, social and environmental impact through our operations and through programmes and activities that bring about meaningful, lasting change.
 
As a Football Coach you will coach and deliver across all Football Education programs in the UAE (And internationally where relevant)
 
Your Impact

You’ll ensure all the City Football Group coaching philosophies, methodology and principles are incorporated into the delivery of the program
Support the lead staff pre, during and post the delivery
Support the lead staff pre, during and post the delivery
Work both individually and collectively as part of a team in ensuring the project is delivered to the required levels and expectations
Support the City Football Middle East office with local and regional activations
Organise, structure and deliver the coaching program in a standard that represents Manchester City
Maintain professional conduct always in both on and off field environments

  
What we are looking for
 

FA Level 2 / UEFA C minimum coaching qualification
Member of an FA to maintain their Coach License or International equivalent
Post-holder must hold or obtain at the earliest opportunity the relevant safeguarding training (i.e. FA Safeguarding Children Workshop)
Post-holder will be subject a DBS check at the appropriate level and cleared by the Manchester City Safeguarding Officer
To have experience in a football environment both locally and internationally
To have proven experience working with players from varying backgrounds and cultures
To have experience implementing and developing a football coaching syllabus
Demonstrate experience and knowledge of planning, delivering and reviewing sessions
To have knowledge and understanding of player development and the four-corner model
To have experience working within a professional Football Club or sporting organisation
To have flexibility to travel when required to support projects both in the UK and Internationally
The ability to create a positive working environment that represents Manchester City and the local partner in the marketplace
To demonstrate how to coach and develop players of differing levels of ability
To communicate to players on and off the field and in a variety of settings such as informal, formal, individual or groups
To be organised in planning, preparation and execution within a project
To self-review sessions with individual players
To have the ability to evaluate and review programs on completion