Head of Football

**UWCSEA East Campus** has a vacancy for a Head of Football to join our team. Reporting to the Director of Community Operations and Activities, the position is responsible for the in-house development and overall operation of the Football program for the College. Building a successful team within the College and providing excellent leadership to the football program by promoting the College mission and values including team integrity, reliability, and good sportsmanship at all times.

**Main Responsibilities**
- Full operational and team management of the Dragons Football Programme and the East Community Football Programme including parent liaison, health and safety risk management and facility management;
- Building a culture of excellence, innovation and learning that supports student-athlete development for the sport at UWCSEA East Campus and beyond.
- Maintain the personal conduct, appearance and discipline of team members and coaches that is appropriate for K1-12 athletic teams and reflects positively on the mission of the College.
- Actively promotes the Football program within the community.
- Practices good fiscal management for revenue generation and budget allocation for the program and adheres to College child safeguarding standards.
- Provides a planning framework for the development of engaging seasonal and sessional plans to teach skills and tactics, develop fitness and achieve competitive outcomes;
- Leads, delivers and creates tournaments, trips, camp programmes for football across the college.
- Delivers efficient operational outcomes for the full Football programme from curriculum requirements to weekend league tournaments;
- Ensures compliance with all relevant regulations and guidelines set by governing bodies.
- Leads the recruitment and development of players, coaches, and other staff.
- Fosters a positive and supportive environment that promotes player development and well-being.
- Represents the academy in external relations and builds partnerships with key stakeholders.
- Development of links to professional clubs for pathways for talent identification.
- Where necessary recruit, direct and manage the additional assistant coaching staff required for the effective coaching and development of the performance squads.

Strategic Area: Learning and Teaching
- Provide appropriate opportunities for students of a wide variety of abilities to extend themselves to their fullest extent;
- Coach teams within the Dragons and EFA Football Programme;
- Provide a planning framework for the development of engaging seasonal and sessional plans to teach skills and tactics, develop fitness and achieve competitive outcomes;
- Organise trials in an efficient and transparent manner;
- Keep abreast of all current best practice regarding training methods, skill, tactical developments etc. and changes to FIFA rules and regulations;
- Supporting and driving the use of athlete technology to develop players through fast and effective feedback.
- To build our student leadership programme and link with our Service and Sustainable Development Programme in offering and supporting a local service.
- Recommend programmes of professional development for staff associated with the football programmes of the school;
- To deliver training for coaches and football personnel;
- Develop the capacity within the performance programme to achieve the programmes strategic goals.
- Evaluate and monitor progress against the objectives in the strategic plan.
- Liaise with the PE Department to support planning instructional units for PE and in designing the balls skills programme for PS/MS;
- Keep parents fully informed of activities, selections, programmes and events on a long term and short term basis;
- Assist the Activities admin staff to answer parental enquiries that may arise after trials and/or during the season;
- Maintain the East Community Football Programme online profile via social media accounts;
- Participate in whole school meetings where appropriate;
- Support presentations to parents on aspects of the Football programme;
- Ensure exemplary standards of behaviour and personal responsibility;
- Actively work to promote football at UWCSEA East through promotion, assemblies and advertising campaigns.
- A well organised individual with strong administration skills.
- Manage effective coaching for the football programme. This includes development of appropriate annual training programmes, pre-season as well as competitive season programmes and a variety of camps for all ages and abilities.
- Collaborate on ideas for development, assisting in the writing of the relevant instructional units.
- To develop and ensure the smooth running of an internal weekend league programme and tournaments.
- To oversee the annual football budget for all activities and monitor overall progress;
- To make available via a suitable ordering system the provision of appropriate team uniforms and equipment as needed;
- Ensure resources are used ef