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Key Information
- Division:FA Learning
- Location:National Football Centre, St George's Park
- Closing Date:27 June 2025
The FA will be running a Mentee Development Programme for 10 aspirational, intentional coaches.
The programme will run throughout the 2025/26 Season, offering a number of opportunities that aim to accelerate the development of coaches striving to break into the professional game, and will provide a bespoke and agile programme designed to meet the needs of each individual coach.
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The selected Mentees will receive:
- An opportunity to observe England national team development camps
- A bespoke individualised development action plan based around the coaches needs and wants
- A blended learning approach with a comprehensive webinar series around player development coupled with face-to-face opportunities to observe this in action with club visits
- Study visits to professional clubs to observe the boys and girls academies
- Season long 1-1 mentoring
- Presentation and communication skills workshops developing employability skills
- A CV skills day run by the LMA
- Reflection skill workshops
- Developing a series of communities of practice to share experiences and network
- A series of tactical and analysis workshops
- Opportunity to complete National Talent ID & Scouting In Football Course.
- An overseas club visit TBC
The qualifying criteria for those wishing to apply is UEFA B for male applicants, and Level 2/UEFA C working towards UEFA B or above for female applicants. Please upload evidence of your qualification/s with your CV.
You will also need to currently be in a coaching position.
In particular we welcome applications from candidates from Black, Asian and historically underrepresented ethnic communities and females to help address the lack of representation of existing Professional game Coaches from these groups.
This is an unpaid programme, however all incidental expenses will be covered over the season with a September start and July/August finish. You will be expected to commit to approximately 20 days over the course of the programme.
Should you decide to apply, please be aware of the following process timelines and key dates:
- The advert closes for applications on Friday 27th June
- Should you be shortlisted you will be informed by or on Friday 11th July, and will be presented with a video submission task to complete. The deadline for the task will be Friday 25th July.
- If successful at this stage, online interviews for coaches will take place during the week commencing from Monday 18th August (Females 19th Aug, Males 20th Aug)
- Successful applicants will be informed on Friday 22nd August
- There will be a mandatory Induction on Thursday 4th September at the National Football Centre, St. George's Park
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 Women’s Adobe 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.
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