Millwall Girls Academy Coach

Organisation: Millwall Football Club
Salary: Both voluntary and fixed term roles available.
Location: St Paul’s Sports Ground, SE16 and away fixtures
Contract type: (Part time)
Closing date: 13 June 2025
Job Description: Hours: Monday evenings, Wednesday evenings and Saturday. Coaches who are not available all days will not be accepted. Both voluntary and fixed term roles available.

Salary: £13.00 per hour

Location: St Paul’s Sports Ground and away fixtures

Closing date: Friday 13th June 2025



Role Summary:

Millwall Girls Academy are looking for a number of passionate and enthusiastic football coaches to join our team. This role is perfect for coaches who want to work in a professional football environment, helping young players develop their skills while representing Millwall FC’s philosophy and values.

We are currently looking for coaches who can deliver at our weekly girls training session on Monday’s and Wednesday with fixtures on Saturday, this could be supporting a coach or managing a team.

This is a fantastic opportunity for coaches who are looking to gain experience in a professional football environment.

As a Girls Academy Coach, you’ll be delivering high-quality coaching sessions, helping them progress through our football pathway.

This is a great time to join us as we are in a period of growth and expansion, with opportunities for career progression and potential full-time employment for the right candidates.



Key Responsibilities:

Deliver engaging and structured coaching sessions in line with the Millwall Girls academy coaching syllabus.
Create a fun, inclusive, and challenging learning environment that supports player development.
Work with players of different abilities, focusing on technical, tactical, physical, and psychological growth.
Provide regular feedback to players and parents on progress and areas for improvement.
Support the talent identification process, ensuring players have a pathway to progress within the Girls Academy teams.
Ensure all safeguarding, welfare, and health & safety policies are followed at all times.
Represent Millwall Community Trust professionally, both on and off the pitch.
Assist with player assessment and monitoring, maintaining records of performance and development.
Work closely with the Girls Academy Manager and Head of Coaching and Players to maintain high coaching standards.
Manage and lead a Millwall representative team in the Junior Premier League.

Essential Requirements:

Minimum Level 2 NGB Coaching Qualification (FA Level 2/UEFA C)
Level 1 Coaches would be accepted for voluntary assistant roles
FA Safeguarding Children Certificate
FA First Aid in Football (FAIF) Qualification
Experience coaching young players in a development or grassroots setting
Confidence in delivering technical coaching sessions
Passion for player development and creating a positive learning environment
Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
Must commit to coach Monday, Wednesday and Saturday. Coaches who are not available all days will not be accepted
A strong understanding of player progression and individual development

Desired Requirements:

UEFA B Licence or working towards it
Experience working within an academy or development centre environment
Knowledge of Millwall FC’s playing style and development philosophy
Experience with talent identification and player scouting
Experience in managing a youth team in a competitive league

Additional Information:

This is a part-time, fixed term or voluntary roles, with sessions running in the evenings and weekends
Coaches will have access to CPD (Continuous Professional Development) workshops to enhance their knowledge and coaching ability
This role offers a genuine pathway to career progression, with opportunities to transition into full-time employment within Millwall Community Trust

To Apply: To comply with safer recruitment procedures for the Club we are unable to accept CV’s without an application form accompanied.

Please ensure that you complete our standard application form (which is available via a link on our website). If you do require assistance in any part of the application process, please contact us via recruit@millwallfc.co.uk

Application Form Link: www.millwallfc.co.uk/club-information/work-for-the-lions/application-form

All applications need to be sent to recruit@millwallfc.co.uk

Due to the quantity of applicants expected, only those short-listed will be notified.



Closing date for applications: Friday 13th June 2025



This 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. All employees may be required to undertake any other duties as may be reasonably requested.

Millwall Community Trust are fully committed to equality, diversity, inclusion, and anti-discrimination. We will work to address areas of under-representation and disadvantage in all aspects of our operations, activities, and services. In practice, this means that we will respect the needs of each and every individual regardless of their differences; and to this end we will deliver our operations, activities and services in such a way so as to ensure that that no one is excluded.

Please note that the appointment of the successful candidate will be subject to standard preemployment screening, as applicable to the post. This will include right-to-work, proof of identity, Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS), and references.

Please note that any personal data submitted to the charity as part of the job application process will be processed in accordance with the GDPR and related UK data protection legislation. The charity’s Policy on Data Protection is available on request.

Entry into employment with the charity and progression within employment will be determined only by personal merit and the application of criteria which are related to the duties of each particular post and the relevant salary structure. In all cases, ability to perform the job will be the primary consideration. No applicant or member of staff shall be discriminated against because of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage or civil partnership, pregnancy or maternity, race, religion or belief, sex, or sexual orientation.

Safeguarding Policy Statement

Because of the nature of the work undertaken by Millwall Community Trust (MCT), it is required by law to have in place robust safeguarding policies and procedures to ensure the protection of children, young people and adults at risk. To ensure that MCT meets that duty - and as part of a proactive, integrated and consistent approach to safeguarding - the organisation has developed a Safeguarding Handbook.



What is safeguarding?

Safeguarding is the action that is taken to promote the welfare of children, young people and adults at risk and protect them from harm. Safeguarding means protecting people from abuse, maltreatment, neglect, harm and/or exploitation. Through MCT setting up and following good safeguarding policies and procedures, it means that children, young people and adults at risk - that come into contact with our organisation - are protected from those that might pose a risk. All organisations that work with (or come into contact with) children, young people and adults at risk are required to have safeguarding policies and procedures to ensure that everyone - regardless of their age, gender, religion or ethnicity - can be protected from harm.



MCT’s Safeguarding Ethos

MCT will always seek to provide protection to any person that receives our services. To this end MCT will provide staff and volunteers with guidance on procedures they should adopt in the event that they suspect a person may be experiencing, or be at risk of, harm. MCT believes that a no one should ever experience abuse of any kind. MCT have a responsibility to promote the welfare of all children, young people and adults at risk to keep them safe. MCT are committed to work in a way that protects them. This Safeguarding Policy Statement applies to everyone that comes into contact with MCT - including as applicable - the Board of Directors & Executive Team, Senior Managers, Staff, Agency Staff, Contractors, Suppliers, Volunteers, Students on work experience, as well as anyone else working on behalf of MCT. This policy also applies to any other person that engages with the work of MCT and includes parents, carers, families and other visitors to MCT premises.



Safeguarding at MCT

MCT places the safeguarding of children, young people and adults at risk as its prime focus and has developed full safeguarding policies and procedures. To underpin the approach, MCT ensures all of its management team, staff members and volunteers have been fully trained in safeguarding to enable the organisation to live and breathe its approach. In developing MCT’s safeguarding policies and procedures, the organisation has adopted the following three-part safeguarding strategy which focuses on:



1.      Getting the right people involved with MCT

This is achieved through adherence to MCT’s Safer Recruitment Policies and Procedures.



2.      Creating a safe environment for children, young people & adults at risk

This is achieved by providing all required safeguarding training, support and best practice advice; and further guidance by the effective communication of MCT’s Codes of Conduct.

3.      Promoting clear systems to deal with any safeguarding concerns

This is achieved through implementation of all MCT’s policies and procedures relating to safeguarding.

A full copy of MCT’s Safeguarding Handbook is available by speaking with (or contacting) the MCT person responsible for safeguarding.
How to apply: To Apply: To comply with safer recruitment procedures for the Club we are unable to accept CV’s without an application form accompanied. Please ensure that you complete our standard application form (which is available via a link on our website). If you do require assistance in any part of the application process, please contact us via recruit@millwallfc.co.uk Application Form Link: www.millwallfc.co.uk/club-information/work-for-the-lions/application-form All applications need to be sent to recruit@millwallfc.co.uk Due to the quantity of applicants expected, only those short-listed will be notified. Closing date for applications: Friday 13th June 2025