Job Vacancy: Bristol City Women’s Physical Performance Coach.

Overview:

• Bristol City Women’s Physical Performance Coach
• Bristol City Football Club
• Full time - Based at the Robins High Performance Centre 
• Salary: Competitive

Responsibilities:

• Design and lead all pre-training and pre-match warm ups
• Design and deliver all gym sessions, ensuring that individual players needs’ are met
• Proactively lead on hydration, nutrition and supplement strategies
• Daily, weekly and cyclical load monitoring and planning in line with periodisation plan
• Lead and monitor off-season planning and programming
• Liaise with National teams pre and post-camp regarding loading & wellbeing
• To organise and lead fitness testing at appropriate times throughout the season
• Ensure all sports science and strength and conditioning services are consistently operating at best-practice standards
• To assist the medical team as required with functional rehabilitation and return to play strategies
• Monitor and report on player ‘readiness to train’ protocols
• Play an active role in the delivery of recovery sessions as required
• Develop realationships with pathway coaches to ensure club wide processes are applied throughout

Skills and Experience: 

Essential:

• Have a BSc in Sports Science or a related field
• Hold UK Strength & Conditioning Association (UKSCA) Accredited Strength and Conditioning Coach (ASCC) credential (or working towards)
• The Football Association Level 2 Emergency First Aid in Football (EFAiF) qualification
• Be a UKAD Clean Sport Advisor
• Experience in delivering physical performance coaching in elite sport, including an understanding of periodisation
• Excellent academic and applied knowledge of contemporary practice in physical performance development
• Track record of successfully integrating into established and developing coaching teams
• Previous experience of work within football
• FA enhanced CRC
• Understand and have applied exprience of using GPS tracking systems

Desirable:

• Previous experience of working within the Women’s game, at Super League or Championship level.
• An MSc in Strength and Conditioning or postgraduate related.
• Additional S&C related qualifications (for example NSCA/BWLA/FA Level 3).
• To be a BASES Accredited Sports Scientist.

Job Description:

Closing date for applications: Monday, May 30th (5pm)

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Applicants will need to send a CV and cover letter to Sarah.Shewan@bcfc.co.uk. 

Safeguarding Statement:

Bristol City Football Club and Academy are committed to safeguarding the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to endorse this commitment.

This post requires Enhanced Criminal Records Checks and may include checks against the Barred Lists, as such it is exempt from Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (1974). Therefore all convictions including spent convictions that have not been subject to filtering by the DBS should be declared.

We are an equal opportunities employer

Equality Statement:

The successful candidate must ensure a positive commitment towards equality and diversity by treating others fairly and not committing any form of direct or indirect discrimination, victimisation or harassment of any description and to promote positive working relationships between all internal and external stakeholders.