The Role

We are looking for a passionate Goalkeeping Coach - Early Youth Development Phase to offer a full time football training programme to elite youth players at our Hale End Academy and Sobha Realty Training Centre.

You will be entrusted to cover the full goalkeeping coaching remit, leading on an effective coaching programme for goalkeepers aged U12 to U14, delivering and developing performance pathways and plans to help create an optimum environment for our youth goalkeepers to develop and grow.

Who we are

We are one of the most famous clubs in world football, with a rich heritage and history of success – read more about our history, here.

Beyond that, we are passionate about our local community and, behind the scenes, we have a wide variety of opportunities and career paths for all. We have a very defined purpose: to act for a winning team, culture and community. We achieve this by ensuring we are courageous in the pursuit of progress, we champion our community and each other, and that we do the right thing (even when no one is looking).

Your day-to-day

Design and implement crucial sessions - you will create and roll-out a diverse range of goalkeeper training sessions and an innovative general training and performance programme
Passionately coach our youth level goalkeepers - you'll manage all aspects of the coaching programme for our U12 to U14 goalkeepers
Manage pre-match preparation and opposition analysis - you will provide our goalkeepers with video and statistical data on upcoming opponents, including detailed penalty analysis
Deliver engaging classroom sessions - you'll proactively review training and match situations to further aid goalkeeper development
Drive innovation across our training programmes - you will take pride in generating fresh ideas and approaches and incorporating them into training sessions which challenge and captivate our goalkeepers, pushing them to excel and improve
Develop crucial analytical frameworks - you'll play a key part in the development of goalkeeper analysis in conjunction with our Football Analysis team
Support with player recruitment - you'll assist our Head of Youth Recruitment and provide them with insightful analysis to identify future goalkeeping talent
Unite with fellow coaches - you will work closely with our Goalkeeper Coaches at the Foundation and Late Youth Development Phases and make an impactful contribution to the wider multidisciplinary team
Partner with senior colleagues - you'll collaborate with our Head of Academy Goalkeeping and our Head of Academy Coaching to support a programme of Continuous Professional Development (CPD) for the wider Academy coaching team

What we are looking for

Proven experience of coaching young goalkeepers - you have a track record coaching at academy or high level goalkeeper level and hold at least an FA Level 3/UEFA B Coaching Award in Goalkeeping
Passion for player development - you have experience of implementing, managing and monitoring development plans and maintaining an up to date understanding of modern coaching methods and strategies
Dynamic communicator - you're able to communicate clearly across a highly diverse range of audiences and contexts, adapting your style, tone and approach as needed
Champion of new technology - you proudly pioneer the use and integration of emerging technology and AI into daily workflows and processes
Inspirational leader - you possess a proven ability to lead, manage and develop a team of coaches with varying levels of experience
Excellent organisational and planning skills - you can coordinate and drive the delivery of support services (performance, medical, analysis, education and player care)
Trusted ambassador for our club - you recognise your responsibility as a representative of our club and maintain exceptional standards of professional behaviour towards colleagues, our community participants and the wider public

Why choose us

At Arsenal, we want everyone to feel a sense of trust and belonging, so we are proud of both our club values and also what we offer to our employees. As one of our Gunners, you will receive:

An exciting reward and recognition scheme
Generous holiday allowance which increases with your length of service
Great internal learning and development programmes
A flexible hybrid working model
Priority access to apply for match tickets
A competitive health and wellbeing benefits package
A leading Employee Assistance Programme
Great discounts with some of our Partners

Arsenal for Everyone

Arsenal for Everyone is our commitment to promoting and embracing equality, diversity and inclusion, so that everyone connected to the club feels like they belong to the same Arsenal family. We believe that diversity of background, skills and experience drives our success on and off the pitch. 

Disability Confident Leader

We are a Disability Confident Leader. We actively welcome and encourage applications from people with disabilities and long-term health conditions. If you need disability-related adjustments to the recruitment process, please indicate this in your application.

If you are likely to meet the definition of being a ‘disabled person’ according to the Equality Act 2010, you may be eligible to apply for an interview via the Disability Confident Scheme - please indicate this in your application form below. The information you share with us about your health or disability will not be used in recruitment decisions.

Application Closing Date - Monday 5th August 2024

Please note: we reserve the right to close the position early if application volumes are particularly high. We encourage you to get your application in sooner rather than later.

Good luck!