Be part of our journey…
Location: St Mary’s Stadium, Southampton
Hours: Full Time
Contract Type: Permanent
Criminal Record Check: DBS Enhanced
What is the role?
We are excited to offer a rare opportunity for a Football Development Officer to join our team. In this role, you will lead the planning, coordination, and delivery of high quality coaching programmes within our UK & International Football Programmes Department. Your focus will be on increasing player participation, ensuring that all delivery is ‘best in class’, whilst achieving budgetary targets.
What will you be doing?
You will coordinate and manage the department’s school football programme, ensuring all coaching and provisions generate the relevant income to support the smooth running of the department as well as high-quality programme delivery, ensuring everyone receives the best possible experience.
Providing support, training and guidance to all staff, you will ensure consistency of services and equip them to deliver the curriculum as per the requirements of the partner, club or centre. This will involve the monitoring of coaches and taking responsibility for the recording and tracking of observations as well as the planning and execution of the coaching staff schedule.
You will work with the wider team to recruit and supervise other members of staff working within the department to ensure the tasks are allocated, standards of performance are clearly set and any concerns are appropriately reported and actioned. Alongside the Head of Football Programmes, you will develop all delivery provision within the relevant service line, ensuring growth, profit and quality assurance targets are met.
Is this you?
You are committed to the role and available to deliver across the UK & international football development programme where need be, as well as deliver at least 1 x international trip per year overseas and understanding of evening and weekend requirements.
You have knowledge of commercial football delivery, in both professional clubs and private companies and experience of quality assurance procedures relevant to the industry.

Essential Skills and Experience:

• Experience in line management of staff and coaches.
• Proven track record of implementing football and multisport programmes to generate income.
• Have a good understanding of the components needed to ensure the SFC is the ‘Best in practice’ for football, PE & School Sport delivery.
• Minimum of 3 years industry experience
• Hold minimum of a UEFA C Licence/FA Level Two
• UEFA B License (Desirable)
• afPE 1st4sport Level 3 Certificate in Physical Education and School Sport (Desirable)

How this benefits you…

If you are successful, you can look forward to a healthy benefits package;

• Access to x2 free match tickets for every home league game.
• Access to our staff Health & Wellbeing initiatives (Mental & Physical Health).
• Discounted Southampton Football Club merchandise.
• 26 days’ holiday per year excluding bank holidays plus your birthday off each year.
• Contributory Pension Scheme.
• Worldwide Travel Insurance for you and your family.
• Learning & Development opportunities - supporting you to develop your potential and achieve in your career.
• Free onsite parking.
• Cycle to Work Scheme.
• Collaborative & inclusive working culture.

The closing date for applications is 5 August 2025.
*We reserve the right to close this vacancy early, if a high volume of applicants are received.

Please refer the Job description for details