Football Development Coordinator

Rotherham United Community Trust are seeking to appoint an enthusiastic, charismatic and dedicated individual to join our Team.

Job Title: Football Development Coordinator

Reports to: Community Programme Manager

Department: Football Development

Salary: £24,000.00 – £26,000.00

Hours: This is a permanent role of 37.5 hours per week requiring flexibility to work evenings, weekends and match days as required.

Job Purpose:

The post holder will be responsible for providing the vision for all Football Development Work to support our agenda for working at the heart of the Rotherham community.

To assist the Community Programme Manager in the coordination of the Football programme, including the girls and boys talent pathways and delivery of the business plan for the department. This will include the girls emerging talent centre and RUCT's flagship Future Stars Programme.

To maintain existing and create new grassroots partnerships within Rotherham, providing CPD internally and externally with the aim of improving the standard of local football coaching and local footballers.

To deliver a range of high-quality football related opportunities from the age of 18 months through to adulthood, offering progression opportunities as well as opportunities to "just play".

To work alongside Rotherham United FC academy to nurture local talent.

Contract Details: Full time (37.5hrs), permanent. Auto-enrolment into the Club's pension scheme (depending on eligibility), 28 days annual leave including national bank holidays.

Please email all job application forms to jobs@rotherhamunited.net. The closing date for applications will be the 13th of September 2024 at 5pm. For any further enquiries or questions please email jallan@rotherhamunited.net.

We are a diverse Trust that respects differences in race, disability, gender, faith background or personal circumstances and therefore welcome all applications. We want everyone to feel valued and included in the football community and to achieve their full potential. The Trust is opposed to any discrimination and commits itself to the redress of any inequalities by taking positive action where appropriate.

This job description is not to be regarded as exclusive or exhaustive. It is intended as an outline indication of the areas of activity and will be amended in light of the changing needs of Rotherham United Community Trust.

RUCT is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults, and expects all staff to share this commitment.

As part of this commitment to providing a safe environment for our young people, we require all candidates to undertake and return a satisfactory enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) certificate. RUCT will assist with the application for, and pay for the process of, a new DBS for staff members where required.

Criminal Records Disclosures

We recognise the contribution that former or ex-offenders can make as an employee; a person's criminal record will not, in itself, debar that person from being appointed to this post. Candidates will be given the opportunity to provide us with information on their criminal record, which will be treated in the strictest confidence. Suitable applicants will not be refused posts because of any offences which are not relevant to the role, and which do not make them a risk in the role for which they are applying.