Academy PlayerTutor

Blackburn Rovers Football & Athletic Ltd

Organisation: Blackburn Rovers Football & Athletic Ltd
Salary: Commensurate with experience
Location: Blackburn Rovers Academy, Brockhall Village, Old Langho, Blackburn, BB6 8BA. Flexibility regarding location is required.
Contract type: Permanent (Part time)
Closing date: 29 May 2026
Job Description: Job title: Academy Player Tutor

Department: Academy Education & Player Care

Based at: BRFC Academy, BB6 8BA. However flexibility regarding location is required.

Reports to: Head of Education & Welfare

Responsible for: N/A

Hours of work: 7 hours per week over 35 weeks per calendar year, plus any additional hours necessary for the performance of duties. This may include weekend work.

Contractual status: Permanent

Job purpose: To oversee and deliver the education sessions within the day release programme for the U12-16 age groups.

Duties and responsibilities:
• To be committed to ensuring the safeguarding and welfare of all players, promoting their well-being needs whilst maintaining professional boundaries;
• To deliver formal aspects of education to all hybrid players who attend day release within the classroom based environment;
• To provide resources to assist players with school work they need to complete during their time on day release;
• To monitor progress of work completed by players in the classroom during their education sessions;
• To provide one-to-one support to players who may need additional guidance/support on specific school work tasks;
• To liaise with the Head of Education and Welfare on any pastoral matters that relate to any players on the day release programme;
• To provide updates to the Head of Education and Welfare as to progress in the classroom in order to help formulate the 8 weekly reviews;
• To complete weekly registers of players that attend day release, detailing the school work completed during the Education sessions; and
• To complete day release tracking documents in line with requirements in order to review and analyse specific work completed by individual players.
• Attend YDP inductions and informal parent meetings as and when needed.

Skills required:
• Ability to work as part of a multi-disciplinary team;
• Ability to work independently;
• Good communication and key internal stakeholders;
• Good listening skills
• Good level of analytical skills;
• Compete tent use of IT programmes including Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook;
• Ability to solves problems;
• Innovative in thinking and moving the department forward;
• Professional manner; and
• Ability to deal with complex issues in a confidential and discrete manner.

Knowledge / Experience required:
• Subject specialist knowledge in Maths or Science;
• Good knowledge of how schools grade/show academic progress of their students;
• Safeguarding policies and procedures;
• Knowledge of national curriculum for specialised subjects; and
• Knowledge of key education documentation at DFE Level and how this may impact.

Qualifications required:
• Teaching qualification (PGCE/PCERT);
• QTS; and
• FA Safeguarding.

DBS check required: Yes (Enhanced)

The document is a guide only and should not be regarded as exclusive or exhaustive. It is intended as an outline indication of the areas of activity and will be amended in the light of changing needs of the organisation.
How to apply: Due to high-levels of interest, this post may close early so early application is advised, otherwise the closing date for this role is 5pm on Friday 29th May 2026. To apply, please submit your application through the EFL I-Recruit platform HERE CV’s will not be accepted.