JOB DESCRIPTION
JOB TITLE: Lead Professional Development Phase Coach
DEPARTMENT: Academy
REPORTS TO: Academy Manager- Football / Head of Coach Development / Head of Player
Development
LOCATION: Sir Jack Hayward Training Ground, Compton Park
HOURS: 37.5 hours per week including evening and weekend work
DATE: April 2023
We are Wolves. Progressive, determined, bright, unified and humble. A pack that is hungry for
success. Wolves is one of the fastest growing professional football clubs in the UK, and also boasts
one of the richest histories in the beautiful game.
Formed in 1877, Wolves was a founder member of the Football League, and was one of the
country’s most successful sides in the fifties and sixties. During a two decade spell the Black
Country’s most decorated side won three First Division titles and one of its four FA Cups.
Fast forward to 2022, three seasons at Molineux saw Wolves clinch the Sky Bet Championship
trophy with 99 points, followed by a seventh-place finish in the Premier League, which included
memorable wins over Manchester United, Tottenham Hotspur, Chelsea and Arsenal. The next
season saw the team complete a memorable double over the reigning champions, equal the
previous season’s seventh place finish and reach the quarter finals of the Europa League all as part
of the ‘longest season’ in league history, either starting before or finishing after all other teams.
But this post is about not what we have done, but what we will achieve next.
We take seriously our commitment to the safeguarding of children and vulnerable adults and to
ensuring that Wolves is free from discrimination and harassment.
Job purpose
- Reporting to the Academy Manager- Football, Head of Coach Development and Head of
Player Development, the role of the Lead Professional Development Phase Coach will be
responsible for the delivery of the coaching programme/games programme for the
Academy’s U18 age group and to help develop and prepare players for elite professional
football.
- This will include the organisation and delivery of all KPIs, as required by the EPPP programme.
In addition, the successful candidate will profile all players within the phase across the 4
corners (Technical/Tactical, Physical, Psychological, Social) and be expected to follow
Coaching Competency Framework, Staff Development Plans, Player ILP’s and Academy
Training needs Analysis.
Key responsibilities
- Be an ambassador of the Wolves culture and philosophy.
V1 July 2019