Bloomsbury Football Foundation
Full-Time Football Coach
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Full-Time Football Coach
Application Deadline: 31 July 2026
Department: Programmes
Location: Leicester
Compensation: £26,500 - £28,500 / year
Description
About Bloomsbury Football Foundation
In 2018, Bloomsbury Football Foundation started with four kids and a bag of footballs on a housing estate in Camden. Today, we reach over 6,500 children and young people every week across London and we're just getting started.
We exist because not every child grows up with the same opportunities to play, belong, and progress. Too many young people are locked out of the game by cost, circumstance, or geography. We're changing that and using football, the world's most popular sport, as a powerful vehicle for health, wellbeing, and social change. It's not about producing stars. It's about shaping better futures.
In just a few years, our income has grown from £1m to over £5m. We're now expanding beyond London into areas of deprivation across the country, with ambitions to reach over 40,000 young people every week by 2031. No other sport-for-good charity in the UK has achieved scale at this level. We intend to be the first.
To get there, we need people who believe what we believe that football has the unique power to change lives. Forward, together.
Our commitment to inclusion
At Bloomsbury, belonging isn't just something we create for the young people we serve it's something we live as an organisation and is embedded into core values. We are committed to building a team that reflects the communities we work in, and we actively encourage applications from people of all backgrounds, ethnicities, and identities.
We particularly welcome applications from women and people from underrepresented groups, who remain underrepresented in both the sport and charity sectors. We know that the best idea wins regardless of who it comes from, and we are proud to be building an organisation where everyone has a place to play, belong, and progress.
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Key Responsibilities
Session Planning & Delivery:
Plan and lead the delivery of regular coaching sessions across Communities and Special Projects programmes that intentionally support Bloomsbury Football’s impact goals and youth development outcomes.
Create engaging, age-appropriate and inclusive session plans that cater to a wide range of abilities, promoting physical, social and emotional development.
Deliver high-quality coaching that reflects Bloomsbury's dedication to purpose, belonging and progression on and off the pitch.
Relationship Building & Communication:
Create and maintain positive relationships with multiple stakeholders including young people, parents, partners and venue staff
Communicate effectively and confidently with young children, parents and other stakeholders
Represent Bloomsbury Football Foundation professionally at all times, embodying our mission to transform lives through the magic of football.
Programme Development & Improvement:
Contribute to the ongoing improvement of coaching quality and programme delivery
Bring creativity and innovative ideas to sessions and the wider coaching team
Be proactive and excited about getting involved with all that Bloomsbury Football has to offer
Safeguarding & Professional Standards:
Uphold Bloomsbury's commitment to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all children and young people
Maintain up-to-date safeguarding and first aid certification
Work flexibly and professionally across different settings and venues including schools and external community venues
Skills, Knowledge and Expertise
Essential:
UEFA C coaching qualification (or equivalent)
Up-to-date Safeguarding and First Aid certificates
Experience working with children and young people in a sporting or educational setting
Knowledge of Leicester and its communities, with existing local networks an advantage
Flexibility to work mornings, evenings and weekends (up to 6 days per week)
The right to live and work in the UK (we do not sponsor visas)
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Desirable:
Experience delivering inclusive or specialist football provision (disability, refugee, or girls' football)
Experience working in a charity or social enterprise
Benefits
- Close support from BFF’s London-based Senior Coach Manager and coaching team
- Access to BFF’s full FA-accredited CPD programme
- Best-in-class coaching resources, including session planning tools, branded Nike coaching kit, and regular video analysis of your coaching practice
- Monthly ‘Team Talk’ in London with the wider BFF team
- Regular staff socials
- Opportunities to attend Premier League, WSL, FA Cup, League Cup, and Champions League football matches
- Cycle to work scheme
- Workplace pension scheme
- 24 days holiday allowance, increasing by one day per year after two years’ service
- Funding toward training and 5 days of fully paid study leave
- The chance to grow within a mission-driven organisation — and to shape what BFF looks like outside of London
At Bloomsbury Football Foundation, we believe that the best teams reflect the communities they serve. We are committed to building a diverse and inclusive workplace where people of all backgrounds, identities and experiences feel welcome, valued and able to do their best work. We particularly encourage applications from women and people from Black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds, who are currently underrepresented in our team. We assess every candidate on their ability, potential and values, nothing else. If you care about what we do and believe you have something to contribute, we want to hear from you.
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