Bloomsbury Football Foundation is on a mission to improve the lives of 20,000 young people every week by 2028.
This is an ambitious growth plan and we need people with similar ambition to join us on our journey!
Young people in London are facing a growing mental and physical health crisis which disproportionately affects girls and young people from disadvantaged backgrounds. The pandemic, social media and the Cost of Living Crisis have made the situation worse.
About us
Established as a charity in 2018, we work to support young people aged 4 to 18 through the provision of football activities, enabling them to live active lifestyles, and pursue their full potential. Our team currently consists of 26 office-staff and a cohort of 60+ expert coaches.
Bloomsbury Football Foundation aims to ensure that every child can take part in our programmes – regardless of their ability to pay or play. We provide an experience and environment that is professional, competitive, and enjoyable for all players, coaches, and parents.
Crucial to this strategy is our three-step engagement model, which prioritises engaging young people with no previous access to physical activity; we run free-to-access programmes for children from underserved communities in schools and on housing estates, before providing them with subsidised places on our mainstream, extracurricular programmes, as well as providing a teams-based, high-engagement pathway for those that want to increase their football activity further.
In total, each Bloomsbury Community provides over 300,000 contact hours per year for some of London’s most vulnerable children.
As part of working at Bloomsbury, our young team get opportunities throughout the year to attend high profile sporting events, network within the industry and partake in tournaments at venues such as Stamford Bridge.
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all children, young people, and adults at risk of harm with whom we work, and we expect all our team to share this commitment.
As part of this commitment, we carry out basic disclosure checks on all employees and require all roles working directly with children, young people, and adults at risk of harm to have an enhanced DBS check. This post is subject to an extensive disclosure check.
Key Duties
- To work with our Academy teams to deliver Sport Science provision in training sessions and on match days for up to 20 hours per week.
- To work with Academy players from age 6 to 18, providing programmes tailored to their needs, and to prepare them for performance.
- To write up player notes and report on them throughout the season.
- To contribute to the programme with innovative ideas.
- To share learnings from relevant research and studies, suggesting how this may be incorporated into Bloomsbury Football’s programmes.
- To create and maintain positive relationships with Bloomsbury Football’s stakeholders.
Desirable skills, experience and knowledge
- Passion and enthusiasm for working with young people.
- Ability to work with all age groups in various environments.
- To be caring, compassionate and professional at all times.
- Flexibility in working hours, which could include evening and weekend work.
- Confident in communicating effectively with young children, parents and other stakeholders.
The candidate must have the right to live and work in the UK. Bloomsbury Football Foundation does not sponsor visas.
Benefits
- Future job opportunities
- Ongoing internal and external CPD
- Branded Nike coaching kit
- Free gym
- Charity worker discounts
- Be a part of a growing organisation
- Central London office located in Camden market
- Regular staff socials and football matches
- Opportunity to work with organisations such as Coaches Voice
- Free tickets to Premier League, WSL, FA Cup, League Cup, and Champions League football matches
- 5 days of paid training leave per year
- Costs covered for relevant training for staff
