The FA is seeking to appoint several Casual Coach Developers to strengthen and support the volunteer coaching workforce at the heart of grassroots football across participating County FAs.

This is a hands-on, people-focused, and pitch-based role. Successful applicants will work directly within clubs and community environments, engaging with coaches during evening training sessions, weekend matchdays, and through both in-person and online learning opportunities. Your support will help coaches build confidence, enhance their practice, and create positive, player-centred environments.

As a Coach Developer with The FA, you will:

Deliver high-quality learning opportunities — including CPD, in-situ support, and development workshops — tailored to the needs of grassroots coaches.
Facilitate peer learning by creating collaborative, inclusive, and supportive coach development spaces.
Provide one-to-one mentoring to help coaches reflect, develop confidence, grow their knowledge, and apply learning in their own environment.
Support the delivery of one or more of The FA's six key functions of Coach Development, depending on local County FA priorities (e.g., CPD, Women & Girls, EDI networks, Disability provision, England Accredited Clubs, Stepping Over the Sidelines).
Champion inclusive practice and help widen participation across underrepresented groups and priority communities.
Work closely with the County FA Coach Development Lead and the Regional Coach Development Manager to ensure alignment with The FA's National Grassroots Coach Development Strategy.

The FA is looking for individuals who are:

Experienced and knowledgeable in grassroots football coaching and/or coach development.
Skilled in building rapport, mentoring, and supporting adult learners in varied environments.
Confident in presenting to groups of all sizes and facilitating engaging learning experiences.
Passionate about player development, coach learning, and creating positive, safe, and inclusive environments.
Comfortable working flexibly during evenings and weekends, and able to travel across their local County FA area.
Strong communicators who can work collaboratively with clubs, coaches, volunteers, and County FA staff.
Applicants have to be a minimum FA Level 2/UEFA C.

Where we are recruiting (County FAs)

Please download the County FA map and vacancy table below to identify opportunities near you. If you are viewing this advert via a job board, please visit the FA Careers site to access the document.

Preference will be given to applicants who live within, or in proximity to, the County FA boundaries they are applying to support. Please note that some County FAs may have multiple Casual Coach Developer positions available.

When applying, the application form will ask you to select your preferred region. Please enter the County FA you are applying for when prompted. If you wish to apply to more than one County FA, please list all relevant County FAs in your response.

Why Join The FA?

Make a meaningful impact by supporting coaches directly in their grassroots environment.
Play a significant part in delivering The FA Grassroots Coach Development Offer.
Gain valuable experience as part of a national team contributing to transformational change across the game.
Access support, development opportunities, and best practices from The FA's Coach Development network.

We are a diverse workplace, aspiring to represent football across the country. The Football Association actively promotes inclusion and diversity, encouraging you to be the best version of yourself at work.

We welcome applications from everyone and are proud to be an equal opportunities employer. If you have any particular requirements in respect of the recruitment or interview process, please mention this during your application.

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ABOUT US

The Football Association [The FA] is the not-for-profit governing body of football in England. It is responsible for promoting and developing every level of the game, from grassroots through to the professional game, and generates significant revenue to support investment into English football each year.

The FA oversees England international teams across men’s, women’s, youth and disability football, as well as running the National League System and FA Competitions including the Emirates FA Cup, and the Adobe Women’s FA Cup, and the world-class facilities of Wembley Stadium and St. George’s Park, all with a purpose to inspire positive change through football.

Our game can tackle some of society’s core challenges. It can bring communities together, nationally and locally. It can be a platform for inclusion, ensuring there is a place for all. It can get people active and promote wellbeing often at a time when we need it most. With UEFA EURO 2028 – hosted in the UK and Ireland – on the horizon, we have an incredible opportunity to transform football across the country.

Now is the time to inspire positive change.

We currently work within a hybrid working model whereby the expectation is to work from your contractual location for part of the week, and as and when required by the team. The remaining days can be worked remotely. We will continue to monitor this model, and it may be adjusted in future if deemed necessary.

Your contract with The FA will specify a fixed location of Wembley Stadium or St. George’s Park unless the role is advertised as a homebased contract. The contractual location of this role can be found at the top of this advert on our FA vacancy page.

GROUP STRATEGY

WE HAVE MOVED FOOTBALL FORWARD.

From 2020 - 2024, we have – in collaboration with our key partners – been able to deliver meaningful change across the game.

From winning our first major tournament in over 50 years to delivering thousands of high-quality pitches to the grassroots game.

BUT WE CAN’T STOP NOW - AND WE WON’T.

This new strategy is about doubling down. Our game can tackle some of society’s core challenges. It can bring communities together, nationally and locally.

It can be a platform for inclusion, ensuring there is a place for all. It can get people active and promote wellbeing often at a time when we need it most.

With UEFA EURO 2028 – hosted in the UK and Ireland – on the horizon, we have an incredible opportunity to transform football across the country.

NOW IS THE TIME TO INSPIRE POSITIVE CHANGE.

Our ultimate purpose is to ‘Inspire positive change through football’ – everything we do ultimately ladders up to this end goal.

The 2024-2028 strategy focuses on tackling four long-term strategic challenges that will fulfil this purpose and drive real change across the game, our ‘Game Changer’ objectives.

Underpinning these Game Changers are then four activities and approaches that will enable us to meet challenges head on, our ‘Drivers’.

EDI STRATEGY

Our equality, diversity and inclusion (EDI) strategy forms an integral part of our long-term commitment to using our influence across English football to create a game free from discrimination.

A GAME FREE FROM DISCRIMINATION

Our 2024 – 2028 strategy outlines three fundamental pillars for delivering a game free from discrimination – Boosting Representation, Driving Inclusion and Tackling Discrimination.

These pillars ensure that our work uniting communities, improving lives, and inspiring positive change on and off the pitch will remain a core priority for English football for years to come.

We are a diverse workplace, aspiring to represent football across the country. The FA actively promotes inclusion and diversity, encouraging you to be the best version of yourself at work.

We welcome applications from everyone and are proud to be an equal opportunities employer. If you have any particular requirements in respect of the recruitment or interview process, please mention this during your application.

As part of The FA’s commitment to ensuring a safe environment for everyone in football, every employee will be required to complete a DBS check. The level of the check required will be based on the activity of the specific job role and in line with legislation and government guidance.