Academy Strength

We're looking for an Academy Strength & Conditioning Coach to join our growing team at London City Lionesses - a women's football team competing in the Women's Championship.

The London City Lionesses are part of the Kynisca group, setting a vision and building an infrastructure in which all the players and staff can thrive.

Owned by Michele Kang, our vision for Kynisca is to:

1. Become the most preeminent sports organisation in the world;

2. Have a high-performance culture of winning on and off the pitch;

3. Train women as women; and

4. Motivate and inspire the next generation of girls and women.

If you have the aspiration, drive, and qualifications to join our professional Club, please apply with your CV and cover letter to careers@londoncitylionesses.com

Key Objectives of Role:

• Lead on the management, planning and delivery of the day-to-day gym based physical training for Academy Players
• Collaborate with the Performance and Medical Staff to ensure a clear philosophy and pathway for player development
• Support and develop women as women
• Work closely with the Technical, Medical and Performance Multi-Disciplinary Team

Main Duties/ Responsibilities

• Collaborate with the Lead Performance Coach to deliver cutting-edge bespoke monitoring, management and development plans.
• Provide Strength and Conditioning support to players during all training sessions with some travel required.
• Lead on the programming and delivery of gym-based strength and conditioning, as well as Return to Play programs and support.
• In collaboration with the Lead Performance Coach and Physios, develop and implement female-specific movement assessment screening and gym-based profiling, and develop individualised movement correction and development programs.
• Collaborate with the First Team Strength & Conditioning Lead to ensure a club-wide philosophy is implemented with specific tailoring for the Long Term Athletic Development of Academy players.
• Ensuring smooth transition for any players that join the First Team squad for Training, by sharing all relevant and appropriate training information to First Team staff.
• In collaboration with the Performance and Medical team, develop a robust athletic development strategy, with emphasis on the testing, monitoring, analysis and visualisation of athlete progressions.
• Assist the Sports Science Lead on the programming and delivery of on-field conditioning, warm-ups, speed development and individual development sessions, as required.
• Collaborate with the Lead Performance Coach and Medical team to ensure all players receive individual physical programs, monitoring and management to track player development.
• In collaboration with the Performance and Medical staff create and monitor off-season training programs.
• Work collaboratively with the Performance, Medical and Innovation team to provide Multi-Disciplinary support by implementing and monitoring optimal female health, wellbeing, recovery, physical profiling, strength and conditioning, training and match load monitoring, nutrition, psychology, and return to play strategies.
• Collaborate with the Performance, Medical and Innovation staff in the review, development and co-ordination of Applied Performance and Medical research projects, contributing to an evolving world leading High Performance support program.
• Mentor undergraduate student volunteers, and interns. 
• Attend and assist with workshops, in-service meetings, professional development courses/workshops and other development opportunities.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

The above provides an outline for the role required and should not be regarded as a conclusive list.

Essential Characteristics:

• Forward thinking and innovative
• A BSc in Health-Related, Kinesiology or Exercise/Sports Science.
• Master’s degree in Health-related, Kinesiology or Exercise/Sports Science or Performance related field.
• Minimum of two (2) years of experience in the field of sports science/performance delivery, especially with female athletes
• Knowledge and understanding of female physiology and the female athlete
• Hold either a UK Strength and Conditioning accreditation (UKSCA) Accredited Strength and Conditioning Coach qualification (ASCC), or the US National Strength and Conditioning Association (NSCA) Certified Strength and Conditioning Coach qualification (CSCS)
• Passion for the success of Women’s Professional Sports, innovation, research, and an appetite for an exciting new sports landscape
• Hold the Football Association level 2 Emergency First Aid in Football (EFAiF) qualification
• Have adequate professional liability insurance to work /advise WSL and WC players
• High level of knowledge of Women and Girls Athletic populations to meet the demands of Elite football
• Experienced in the planning and delivery of gym-based and pitch-based football programs

• Valid and accepted enhanced FA DBS or be willing to undertake this check if successful
• Ability to work in a fully integrated medical and performance department, to be committed to ensuring the safeguarding and welfare of all LCL athletes
• Maintain confidentiality and protect sensitive information regarding injured players
• Maintain confidentiality and protect sensitive information within football departments, upholding the highest levels of professional at all times
• Experience of developing and implementing innovative ideas and putting them into practice
• Enthusiastic and energetic team player, with experience of working as part of a Multi-Disciplinary team
• Experience in utilising sports science technologies such as: Teambuildr, GPS and HR monitoring, VBT technologies, flywheel training device, 1080 Sprint, VALD (NordBord, Force Frame and ForceDecks), and Athlete Management Systems such as Smartabase
• Strong PC skills (Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint), and experience of data visualisation software such as Tableau, Power BI, and programming such as R code preferred.
• Exceptional communication and interpersonal skills, and a high degree of emotional intelligence
• A strong work ethic and friendly demeanour
• Ability to work on own initiative
• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment.
• Advanced and creative presentation skills
• Ability to work non-traditional hours, including scheduled games that can/will be weekends, evenings and perhaps Holidays.

Desirable

• Applied Strength and Conditioning experience with elite footballers (exception may be granted for experience in other professional sports).
• Be a UKAD Clean Sport Advisor

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If you have the aspiration, drive, and qualifications to join our professional Club, please apply with your CV and cover letter to careers@londoncitylionesses.com before October 31st.

Interviews will be held at a date to be confirmed and only those invited to interview will receive return notification from London City Lionesses.

Safeguarding Statement:

London City Lionesses 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.

Equality Statement:

We are an equal opportunities employer.

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.