Vacancy – Post 16 Programme Head Coach – Plymouth

Organisation: Argyle Community Trust
Position: Head Coach Post 16 (Plymouth)
Location: Plymouth
Offices: Home Park, Outland Road, Plymouth, PL23DQ
Manadon Sports Hub, 121, St Peter’s Road, Manadon
Salary: £23,000 per annum
Contract: Permanent, Full Time (enhanced holidays – 30 days + Bank holidays)
Hours: 40 hours per week
Reports to: Plymouth Post 16 Education Lead
Closing date for applications: Friday 1st September 2023 5pm

Benefits and Opportunities

We aim to ensure we look after our staff welfare and provide fair opportunities across the charity. Argyle Community Trust offers incentives & progression based on key performance indicators, appraisals and added value to the Trust.

Benefits

• Access to auto-enrolment pension scheme
• Relevant qualifications and training
• Ticket incentives for staff
• An opportunity to buy back on holidays
• Free access to courses for your children (immediate family) across Argyle Community Trust provisions
• Club Kit

Other Benefits

• Holiday allowance based on service, after 5 years of service your holiday entitlement will increase by 1 day each year, enabling you to increase your holiday allowance by up to 4 days
• Private healthcare after two years of service, not contractual but based on how the charity performs

Role Dependent Benefits

The Trust will also consider individual requirements needed to complete a role including:
• Work mobile phone with some allowance for personal usage
• Use of company vehicle for work purposes only
• Car Allowance

The Role

Based across multiple delivery sites within Plymouth, the role of the Head Coach will be to manage and monitor the implementation and development of the football coaching and games programme to ensure excellence in all areas, as well as overseeing the development and delivery of the coaching staff in line with quality assurance.

The Head Coach will work as part of the Argyle Community Trust Team and be responsible for managing, recruiting, coaching, mentoring and supporting young people. Reporting to the Plymouth Post 16 Education Lead, you will inspire and ensure that every student that undertakes an educational journey with the Trust, will have an opportunity to thrive and succeed. The post holder will be responsible
for development pathways and ensuring these allow both male and females the opportunity to pariticpate in Post 16 education and football provisions under the community trust. There will be some classroom support involved within the post, for which the Trust will provide the relevant training.

The Head Coach will be expected to research current trends of coaching and teaching, player development and industry best practice to inform practice within the education programme. The successful applicant will build relationships across the wider football club including centre of excellence and academy in addition to local leagues to enable effective support to all players and coaching staff and maintain links for future recruitment. The candidate must understand the importance of monitoring and evaluating impact and be confident in ICT and data entry. This is a part of the role which will help develop the Trust’s reports and feedback to its multiple partners.

As a registered charity, the Community Trust works in close conjunction with Plymouth Argyle Football Club and with many people across several sectors where sport has proven to be the ideal tool for creating lasting education and engagement with individuals.

Primary Objectives of the Role

• Take responsibility for the selection and organisation of the 3 Post 16 education squads including the day to day running of the first team squad and oversee the quality of all coaching sessions.
• Lead and contribute towards a strategic recruitment process for new cohorts ensuring the minimum baseline of learners are recruited in line with recruitment timelines and agreed numbers as well as ensuring that all learners are retained until the end of each academic year.
• Set and oversee league fixtures and liaise with the National Youth League and EFL CEFA to ensure correct protocols are adhered to.
• Operate under ACT’s Health & Safety, Safeguarding and Transport procedures ensuring risk assessments are in place and delivery is compliant with Trust and FA policies.

Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

Argyle Community Trust is an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons regardless of their race, sex, disability, religion/belief, sexual orientation, or age.

Safeguarding

Argyle Community Trust is committed to safeguarding, protecting the welfare of all participants on our programmes and promoting robust policies to ensure that our staff and volunteers adhere to safe practices. The successful candidate will be subject to undertaking enhanced DBS checks prior to employment.

Application

If you can meet the specifications and would like to become part of the Argyle Community Trust team, please complete our online application form https://forms.gle/Lr5x7kHHEndy7jAL6. You will be given the opportunity to upload a covering letter and CV should you wish to do so however, for safer recruitment purposes, we do not accept application by CV only.

In your covering letter you should draw on relevant aspects of your experience, including paid employment and voluntary work or training to demonstrate how your skills, experience and personal qualities match the requirements of this job specification. If you would like further information or wish to discuss the post contact ACTrecruitment@pafc.co.uk

For more information about the work of Argyle Community Trust and our strategic aims visit https://argylecommunitytrust.co.uk/about-us/

Download Post 16 Programme Head Coach Job Description.