MANCHESTER CITY FC

Manchester City FC is an English Premier League club initially founded in 1880 as St Mark’s West Gorton. It officially became Manchester City FC in 1894 and has since then gone onto win the European Cup Winners’ Cup, UEFA Champions League in 2023, the UEFA Super Cup in 2023, and ten League Championship titles, including eight Premier League titles (2011/12, 2013/14, 2017/18, 2018/19, 2020/21, 2021/22, 2022/23, 2023/24), and seven FA Cups. Manchester City FC is one of twelve clubs comprising the City Football Group and counts New York City FC and Melbourne City FC among its sister clubs.
Under manager Pep Guardiola, one of the most highly decorated managers in world football, the Club plays its domestic and UEFA Champions League home fixtures at the Etihad Stadium, a spectacular 55,000 seat arena that City have called home since 2003. Today, the Stadium sits on the wider Etihad Campus, which also encompasses the City Football Academy, a state-of-the-art performance training and youth development facility located in the heart of East Manchester. Featuring a 7,000 capacity Academy Stadium, the City Football Academy is also where Manchester City Women’s Football Club and the Elite Development Squad train on a daily basis and play their competitive home games.

ATTRIBUTES / SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE

The ideal candidate would hold an UEFA A Coaching License and/or working towards UEFA A Accreditation. A qualification in Sports Education, Teaching or management equivalent would also be highly desirable, together with the following experience and/or qualities:

• The proven ability to communicate and educate players, coaches, and stakeholders in understanding and executing a Manchester City soccer education program.
• To have understanding in digital systems to support football development (VEO, HUDL, coach management systems)
• The ability to work within a positive working environment.
• Have the drive and ambition to develop personally.
• Sound experience in developing players of varying ages and abilities, including reviewing and evaluating individuals.
• Highly competent and transparent organisational skills.
• The ability to communicate informally and formally with coaches, players, parents/carers, and key business stakeholders.
• To be proficient in preparing and recording of documents to support the coaching, reviewing the program, and presenting to others internally and externally.
• To have the interest, ability and flexibility to travel when required to support international projects - short, medium or long-term.

Please view the Position Description for further details about the role and the selection criteria.

APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS

In preparing an application, please read the application package carefully to ensure that you can demonstrate your ability to meet the position requirements and have a good understanding of the role.

Applications must include:

• a covering letter addressing the Key Selection Criteria including your skills, qualifications and experience relevant to the role; together with
• a current Curriculum Vitae.