Tottenham Hotspur Football Club
Development Coach - Global Football Development (Casual)
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Who We Are
Founded in 1882, Tottenham Hotspur is an iconic English football club, playing in the Premier League and Women’s Super League. From North London to the world, our fanbase spans continents, cultures, and generations. Spurs is a club that’s always dared to push boundaries, breaking new ground and rewriting history.
We are at our brightest when we’re all together. Our club, our teams, our community. We are entering a new era at Tottenham with a new club strategy, new leadership, and a focus on putting our fans at the heart of everything we do as we continue to strengthen our connection with our DNA, our home, and each other.
We’re at our brightest when we’re all together. Our Club, our teams, our community.
Role Purpose
An exciting opportunity for an ambitious, driven coach to continue their career within the football industry at one of the country’s leading professional clubs. Working casually across a range of Spurs Football Development programmes, the post-holder will assist with the planning, preparation and delivery of coaching sessions across multiple areas of the department.
Key Responsibilities
Coaching & Player Development
- Plan and deliver high-quality coaching sessions that are progressive, purposeful and aligned to player development outcomes in line with the departments coaching syllabus, philosophy and programme
- Identify and report on talented players through the Club’s TID process, submitting well evidenced player reports and proactively nurturing pathways for talented individuals
- Model the professional standards, attitudes and behaviours expected of all staff within both the department and the Club
Operations & Administration
- Actively promote strong relationships within Global Football Development programmes to support the development of relationships with key stakeholders, partners, players, and parents
- Support risk management and mitigation at all external venues. This includes conducting dynamic and generic risk assessments as directed
- Assist with programme specific duties required to support the planning of session delivery including any logistical / operational tasks pre- and post-delivery / event
- Assist with the collection and presentation of any data for reporting purposes to demonstrate the impact of delivery at your respective venues’ / partner schools and clubs
- Support the allocation and accountability of kit, equipment and first aid supplies, following relevant processes to protect Club and education partner assets
- Maintain timely, professional communication across all channels including email, department platforms and messaging applications, completing assigned tasks within requested timelines by senior / central staff
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Safeguarding
- Work alongside the Club Safeguarding Manager’s and partner DSLs to champion safeguarding, maintaining practices in-line with the Club’s Safeguarding policies
- Ensure all safeguarding concerns are reported through the Club’s MyConcern reporting system within 24 hours
- Actively promote and raise awareness of safer working practices within your programmes, disseminating information to your team and modelling best practice to colleagues
- Actively keep up to date with current and new safeguarding training and practices, including the FA’s Safeguarding Children qualification and Keeping Children Safe in Education policies
Compliance & General Duties
- Understand and comply with all relevant Club policies.
- Understand and comply with the Club’s health and safety procedures.
- Adhere to the Global Football Development Coaching Code of Conduct.
- Promote, adhere to, and implement the Club’s Equality & Diversity Policy.
- Actively engage in all Global Football Development in-service training and development initiatives as required.
- Comply with all first aid procedures, administering competent first aid and keep accurate records of any care provided.
- Understand and comply with relevant partner policies and procedures where applicable.
- Undertake any other duties as may reasonably be expected by your line manager.
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Person Specification
Personal Attributes
- Values & respects others, builds relationships, collaborates, and works well within a team environment
- Generate innovative ideas and strive to deliver the highest standard of service as possible
- Alert – attentive and observant, able to make decisions quickly and adapting to situations
- Proactive – think ahead rather than simply reacting in the moment
- Able to work independently, showing initiative, taking responsibility, and thinking logically
- Reliable – be able to commit to scheduled programmes and to be punctual
- Passionate - taking great pride and enthusiasm in your work
- Fantastic personal skills – good communicator: friendly, approachable, positive attitude
Skills & Experience
Essential
- UEFA C Licence
- FA Level 2 Emergency First Aid in Football (EFAiF) Qualification
- FA Safeguarding Children Qualification
- Enhanced DBS Check
- Full UK Driver’s Licence
Desired
- UEFA A or B Licence (or actively working towards)
- FA Youth Award (or actively working towards)
- FA Advanced Youth Award (or actively working towards)
- FA Talent ID Level 1
Safeguarding & Recruitment Statement
Safeguarding is fundamental to the success in all that we do. The Club follows a Safer Recruitment process for all roles. Successful candidates are to be reminded they would be subject to proportionate background, DBS and reference checks as required.
We welcome applications from anyone regardless of age, disability, gender, race, or ethnic and national origins, religion or belief, or sexual orientation.
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