Professional Development Phase Coach

Organisation: York City FC
Salary: 28000
Location: York City FC, LNER Community Stadium, Kathryn Avenue, York, YO32 9AF
Contract type: Permanent (Full time)
Closing date: 25 June 2025
Job Description: As part of York City FC’s partnership with York College, the football club is now recruiting for an enthusiastic, proactive individual to oversee the female college pathway in the role of Professional Development Phase Coach.

This full-time role will require the successful candidate to deliver outstanding training and match experiences in the Professional Development Phase, whilst also build and maintain excellent relationships internally with colleagues from both the football club and the college as well as externally across the wider football network.

This role is offered as (0.7) with the remaining (0.3) to be allocated to one of the following two roles:

• Academy Cell Lead (9’s – 11’s)
• Academy Recruitment Co-Ordinator (7’s – 14’s)

Academy Cell Lead (9’s – 11’s) (0.3)
For the 2025/26 season the club are taking the proactive step of adding ‘cell leads’ to our Academy staffing structure to oversee multiple age groups of our academy teams. Developing a best-in-class environment for our young people to feel safe and develop their skills is key to our academy mission, with cell leads central to that mission. Cell Leads will support the individual development of players according to their Individual Development Plans. Cell Leads will also work in collaboration with our part-time coaching staff to make sure sessions are delivered according to ‘How We Coach’ and our ‘Age/Phase Priorities’. Developing working relationships with parents/guardians will be key to the role so that they can have a regular and open dialogue about their child’s development.

Academy Recruitment Co-Ordinator (7’s – 14’s) (0.3)
For the 2025/26 season the club are taking the proactive step of introducing an Academy Recruitment Co-Ordinator (7’s – 14’s). The person will be responsible for recruiting a team of voluntary scouts and takes responsibility for the identification and recruitment of talented young footballers from York and North Yorkshire to enter in to the Academy programme.
How to apply: Please send your CV and covering letter, which of the 0.3 roles you are wanting to combine with the PDP Coach (Female Lead) role outlining how you meet the person specification and why you want to be part of what we do to enquiries@yorkcityfootballclub.co.uk Further discussion: Please contact Dan Wilson – York City FC Head of Youth at dan.wilson@yorkcityfootballclub.co.uk