Women's Team Performance Coach

Application Deadline: 25 October 2026
Department: AFC Bournemouth Women
Employment Type: Permanent - Full Time
Location: AFC Bournemouth Performance Centre, Wimborne
Reporting To: Head of Women’s Football

Description

To plan, deliver, and monitor physical performance programmes that optimise player readiness, robustness, and availability across the Women’s Football environment (First Team and Development Squad). The role supports long-term athletic development, injury risk reduction, and match performance through evidence-based training aligned with the club’s performance model and relevant league and FA performance support standards.

Women’s Club Values:

• Professionalism: Always acting with integrity and respect for the badge in a competent and reliable manner.
• Togetherness: Working collaboratively through high levels of communication in a manner that supports an environment where everyone feels included, respected and valued.
• Opportunity: Providing fair and equitable chances to all individuals by encouraging a growth mindset through empowering the natural abilities of others in service of the overall mission.
• Team First: Prioritising the team beyond personal or individual interests.

Key Responsibilities

• Design and deliver gym-based and pitch-based strength, power, speed, and conditioning programmes.
• Plan and periodise physical training in alignment with the technical and tactical programme.
• Monitor and manage training load, recovery, and physical readiness in collaboration with medical staff.
• Support injury prevention strategies and contribute to return-to-play and return-to performance processes.
• Conduct and analyse physical performance testing and profiling.
• Support physical preparation for training and match days.
• Contribute to multidisciplinary discussions regarding player availability and performance planning.
• Maintain accurate performance data and reporting systems.
• Support education of players in training habits, recovery, and physical development.
• Support and coordinate the nutritional provision for the women’s team, including supplementation and pre- and post-match / training food, while adhering to anti-doping guidelines and working within the wider multidisciplinary support model.
• As a member of staff to ensure in all matters, you follow and actively promote the club’s mental health policies and practices to ensure an open, non-judgmental and inclusive environment for everyone engaged with the club.
• As a member of staff to ensure that you to adhere to the club’s safeguarding policies and procedures and are committed to our safeguarding values, creating a safe and positive environment for all those who interact with the club.
• Obligation to adhere to the club’s health and safety policy and procedures.
• Responsibility to comply with the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974, the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005, and all related Company policies, taking reasonable care for their own safety and that of others, reporting hazards or incidents, following safe systems of work, and co-operating with all training and emergency procedures.
• As a member of staff to ensure in all matters you follow and actively promote the club’s equality policies and practices to ensure a welcoming, safe and inclusive environment for everyone engaged with the club.