First Team Performance Coach
AFC Bournemouth
- Bournemouth
- Permanent
- Full-time
Title: First Team Performance Coach
Reports to: Performance Director
Location: Various Club Locations including Vitality Stadium, Academy Training Ground, Away Game Sites
Contract: Permanent, Full Time (Monday - Sunday, 35 hours a week)About AFC Bournemouth
Entering an exciting new chapter in our long and storied history, we are proud to retain a focus on family and community. Delivering that engagement with our loyal supporters is a passionate and integrated backroom staff, working closely together to provide a positive and lasting experience for all at Vitality Stadium.
Since our takeover by chairman Bill Foley, in a partnership including Hollywood actor Michael B. Jordan, the club has seen significant investment committed towards sustaining Premier League status, highlighted by the construction of a state-of-the-art training facility and the arrival of promising young talent from top clubs around Europe. These developments also bring a great opportunity to further improve our women's team and youth setup overall.
Key off-field appointments have recently been made in business operations, ticketing, and partnerships to continue our efforts in improving the experience for our supporters.Job Purpose
Reporting to the Performance Director, the 1st Team Performance Coach will be a vital member performance and medical team who provides best practice performance services to First Team players at AFC Bournemouth.Main Duties
- Contribute to the development, delivery, and evaluation of elite football standard performance programs, movement preparation sessions, recovery protocols, and training preparation sessions.
- Develop and deploy athletic improvement solutions for identified player performance constraints.
- Identify and correct underlying biomechanical or structural deficiencies that may predispose a player to injury, re-injury, or under performance.
- Support data management practices to collect and analyse load response and
enhancement strategies.
- Use effective player monitoring practices that inform create an individual player profile, guide individual player programming, and support return to play decisions.
- Monitor
- Utilize technology solutions to improve player physical profiling, program progressions, and objectively measured physical adaptations.
- Manage player data securely and ensure all relevant rehabilitation programming and profiling documentation is integrated within the electronic medical records for injured players.
- Design and delivery early-phase rehabilitation strategies for re-condition injured players.
- Collaborate with medical and performance team members in the creation and execution of long- term injury rehabilitation programs.
- Support the individual physical development pathways of 1st Team players who have been identified as requiring specific physical quality developmental needs.
- As assigned, collaborate with Loan Manager and external performance specialist to identify, and influence ongoing performance development services to be delivered with Loan Players.
- As directed, support Loan Players with their physical needs, goals, and actions.
- Perform the physical performance assessments of pre-signing medicals.
- Provide match day support of home and away games; to include but not limited to pitch-based conditioning and activation sessions, nutritional interventions, and recovery strategies.
- Collaborate with the Team Nutritionist about player nutrition needs to uphold high performance standards.
- Support a culture of injury prevention and ensure we are embracing best practices to constantly improve our player availability.
- Take ownership in your professional growth by continuously improving your technical and social behavioural skillset.
- Undertake Continued Professional Development organized and approved by the Club.
- Contribute to departmental professional development in service sessions and share domain specific knowledge with departmental teammates.
- Maintain an organized, safe, and operable gym environment.
- Promote an environment that fosters player trust in performance related service delivery.
- Embody a “one department” spirit with actions and behaviours that promote collaboration and trust between the medical and performance specialist.
- 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.
- 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.
- MSc Sports Science or relevant degree topic, or equivalent experience with a relevant bachelor's degree.
- Strength and Conditioning accreditation.
- Experience with gym and pitch-based performance service delivery in elite sports.
- Technology savvy - ability to autonomously integrate multiple technologies and data management practices to support and document services.
- Experience working within a multidisciplinary team and a track record of building trust.
- Availability to travel.
- Fluency in English, both oral and written.
The Club's values are at the core of its staff behaviour and how they approach everything they do, therefore we are looking for someone is honest, inclusive, kind, hardworking and loyal.
Staff Benefits
In return for your hard work and commitment to us, you will receive a competitive reward package which will include, but is not limited to:
- Free onsite parking.
- Season ticket and allocation of complimentary/purchased tickets.
- Subsidised lunches and complimentary healthy snacks throughout the day.
- Discounts at the club Superstore.
- Contribution towards eye tests and glasses.
- Discounts and benefits from partners and local businesses.
- Club pension & Life Assurance Scheme.
- Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) by Health Assured.
- Paid parental leave (bank of five days per year).
- Club events or other social events throughout the year run by our club social team.
- Paid volunteer opportunities (2 days per year).
- Paid day's leave on your birthday.
jobs@afcb.co.ukAFC Bournemouth is an equal opportunities employer and ensures staff and volunteers are able to achieve their full potential.
We take pride in our approach to diversity and inclusion and embrace the opportunity to build a workforce that reflects the diversity of our society. We take our responsibility seriously, to consider qualified candidates on the basis of merit regardless of sex, gender identity, ethnicity, age, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marital status, pregnancy, parenthood, disability or any other characteristic protected by law.
We actively encourage applications from women, individuals with disabilities, and individuals from ethnically diverse communities.
For further information on accessibility within the stadium please click here.
AFC Bournemouth is committed to protecting all children, young persons, and adults at risk in its care or attending its premises and expects all staff and volunteers to share the same commitment.
For all positions where a DBS check is required, an offer of employment will be subject to receipt of satisfactory disclosure at the appropriate level.
Any and all potential agreements, relationships or commitments that could be considered a conflict of interest should be disclosed upon application to this vacancy by emailing jobs@afcb.co.uk. You will also be asked whether you have any conflicts to disclose upon receipt of your application.
Satisfactory references will be required for all positions, your eligibility to work with the club will be subject to receiving appropriate referencing.
We strive to create a positive and safe environment and ensure all who interact with the club feel safe, protected, and heard.
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