Goalkeeper Coach

**Purpose**:
Manchester United Foundation believes every young person should feel empowered to achieve their goals and uses the power of football and Manchester United to support young people to make positive choices in their live.
This new role is a key function within the girl’s youth development pathway which has the vision of creating the most successful talent development programme within girl’s football by revolutionising the way the game is learnt and played.
The main purpose of the role is to lead the implementation and delivery of the Goalkeeping Redprint coaching programme within the Girls Emerging Talent Centre. Working with all goalkeepers aged 8 to 15 the aim is to ensure that all female goalkeepers learn, improve, develop their confidence, and enjoy their sessions.

**The Role**:

- Responsible for the implementation and delivery of the coaching and development programme for all goalkeepers aged between 8 to 15
- Programme delivery is in line with the Manchester United Redprint and rules of the FA Emerging Talent Centres
- To provide written goalkeeper reviews three times year and provide regular feedback against the individuals IDP.
- The coach must be available to work on a Friday evening at Eccles Sixth Form College between 5.30pm and 8.30pm

**The Person**:

- To 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

**Experience**
- Delivering goalkeeper specific sessions to a range of age groups

**Skills**
- Ability to motivate and inspire female footballers.
- Deliver professional and high quality goalkeeper sessions

**Qualifications**
- Goalkeeping Coaching award (Level 2 / UEFA B)
- Emergency First Aid in Football qualification
- Valid Safeguarding Children certificate.
- FA Youth Modules (Desirable)

**We recognise the importance of safeguarding children and adults at risk at Manchester United, as part of this commitment this post is required to have a Disclosure and Barring Service check at the appropriate level, as well as full reference history.**

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