Women’s Academy Goalkeeper Coach

Women’s Academy Goalkeeper Coach

Job description

Purpose

The purpose of this role is to contribute to a winning women’s first team by developing Goalkeeper’s from its youth pathway.

This will be achieved by creating the most successful girls’ academy by :

- Revolutionising the way we nurture and maximise the potential of every Goalkeeper involved in our pathway.
- Create a world-class environment.
- Stretch and challenge Goal Keeper’s to maximize potential.

The Role :

- Plan, prepare and deliver high quality training sessions.
- Plan and prepare for each match with particular emphasis on the needs of each individual GK.
- To always adhere to the Manchester United development & coaching Redprint’ philosophy.






- To engage fully in CPD events organised internally and externally.
- Support player welfare.
- To plan and deliver set play roles for match days.
- Contribute towards a positive working environment.
- To effectively work in conjunction with other departments.
- Ensure compliance with the company’s safeguarding policy.
- Potential hours : Monday 11am-7pmTuesday 11am-7pmWednesday U21s Fixture Friday 10am 6pm Saturday 8 : 45am-12 : 30pm

The Person :

- Want to make a positive difference to young people
- Hard working, enthusiastic and reliable
- People Skills (Self-assured, build rapport, empathise with others, emotionally intelligent, approachable).
- Understanding of Safeguarding best practice
- Knowledge of implementing policies and procedures especially health and safety and risk assessments.

Knowledge :

- Of the Women and Girls game
- Goalkeeping principles
- Set play profiling and taking responsibility for this in training and match days.

Experience :

- Delivering goalkeeper specific sessions to a range of age groups
- Working with elite Goalkeepers.

Skills :







- Ability to motivate and inspire female Goalkeepers.
- Deliver professional and high-quality goalkeeper sessions.

Qualifications :

- Goalkeeping B Licence
- Emergency First Aid in Football qualification
- Valid Safeguarding Children certificate.
- FA Youth Modules (Desirable)

▶️ Women’s Academy Goalkeeper Coach
🖊️ Manchester United
📍 Manchester