Vacancy description
Key Information
- Division:Women's Technical
- Location:Home based
- Vacancy Type:Casual Contract
- Closing Date:31 August 2025
The Football Association
Women's England Talent Pathway Physiotherapist/Sports Therapist
CASUAL CONTRACT
Across England dependent on event location
OUR GOAL
Win a major tournament with sustained success thereafter.
To deliver against this inspiring goal we are building a diverse team of exceptional people capable of creating winning England Teams at senior and development level.
THE ROLE
This exciting role will support the delivery of the Women's England Talent Pathway and provide an excellent medical service to players at our Future Lionesses Talent ID and Top Talent events. We are seeking experienced Physiotherapists and Sports therapists across the country who are passionate about supporting the identification of young players for potential future England Women Teams selection. The events are held in five regions (North East, North West, Midlands and East, London and South East, and South West). The Women's England Talent Pathway run up to 40 events across the season including National Events. The remuneration will be per event plus travel expenses. We expect the ability to cover a minimum of 3 events in your region and the opportunity to support on National Events as required. We are looking for physiotherapists and sports therapists in the Midlands & East, North West and North East areas.
Key elements of the roles will include:
- Lead/support the delivery of proactive medical and related services to specific events as required
- Support the acute injury management and rehabilitation of Talent Pathway players in line with department frameworks
- Lead/support on emergency action planning and intervening with appropriate medical provision
- Ensure clear communication of player status to coaching staff and other multi-disciplinary team (MDT) members on event
- Keep physiotherapy records of all consultations, ensuring records are confidential and secure via an Athlete Management System
- Effectively capture, record, and utilize data to support player management
- Develop and maintain close working relationships with talent pathway coaches and performance support staff to ensure an effective multi-disciplinary approach to delivery
- Execute additional tasks as required in order to meet FA Group changing priorities
- Ability to review and adapt processes to fit the event demand
- Deliver educational content for key aspects of performance medicine to support best practice in the preparation and management of players for international football
THE PERSON
The successful candidate must demonstrate the following skills and experience:
Essential
- BSc in Physiotherapy and/or Sports Therapy
- Health Care Professions Council (HCPC) registered or equivalent
- Member of the CSP or equivalent
- Current ITMMiF or ATMMIF qualification (equivalent courses may be considered)
- FA Safeguarding Course Qualification and FA Enhanced DBS clearance
- Hold the appropriate indemnity insurance for elite sport and working with children
Desirable
- Able to work weekends and evenings
- Experience as a therapist in elite/youth sport
- Experience working pitch side and management of acute injuries
- Strong evidence-based physiotherapy delivery skills
- Outstanding ability to communicate and build relationships with players, staff, and wider groups of stakeholders
- Ability to interpret and utilize data related to athlete health and physical performance
- Experience utilizing Athlete Management Systems and Microsoft operating systems
- Track record of successfully integrating into an MDT of staff
- Good planning and prioritisation skills
What's in it for you?
We pride ourselves in offering a competitive rate of pay as well as great opportunities to develop and grow in your role.
We are committed to ensuring everyone can flourish in their roles, and by doing this, we offer top-of-the-range facilities across two core business locations. We have unique office spaces under the arch of the iconic Wembley National Stadium, which is the home of English football. We are also delighted to have a world-class Elite Performance Centre, St. George's Park in Staffordshire which is an exceptional setting to develop and inspire high-performing England teams and leaders.
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.
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.
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.
THE PROCESS
We believe that assessment and selection should be robust, fair, and inclusive.
Following receipt of your application and the closing of the application process, you can expect a period of circa two weeks for us to thoroughly screen and shortlist, ahead of any next stage and interview.
Please note, we receive a high volume of applications so this can vary but we ensure that our assessor panel reviews all applications, and no use of automated screening or AI is used.
At an interview, we want to ensure that we see the best of you as an individual and increase our understanding of your skills and experience relevant to the demands of the role. It is very much a two-way process with importance placed on the candidate experience so that regardless of outcome, you feel valued, and treated fairly and hopefully have a positive experience.
No process is ever the same, but we would like to create an environment that is welcoming and ensures the experience is as enjoyable as possible.
We tailor our assessment and selection depending on the nature and demands of the role. The FA Resourcing Team will provide you with as much notice as possible about the process and the format of any interview will always be communicated to you in advance, including what to expect on the day and who you will be seeing.
We often receive a high volume of applications, and for certain roles, we will supplement your application, utilising our on-demand video interviewing platform. On-demand video interviews enable you to answer preset questions, in the comfort of your own home or office setting and at a convenient time for you, giving us greater insight into you as an individual and the skills and experience you might bring to the role and working at The FA.
We also utilise Microsoft Teams for virtual interviews and of course host you at our world class venues, Wembley Stadium and our National Football Centre, St. George’s Park.
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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