King's School Canterbury - Football Coach - Ecological Dynamics Focus in Coaching

Kent
King's School Canterbury
Part-time

Summary

This role offers an exciting opportunity to support the Head of Football in developing junior and senior football players through a player centered framework.

Detail

Start Date - 1 September 2025

This role offers an exciting opportunity to support the Head of Football in developing junior and senior football players through a player centered framework.

We are particularly looking for a coach who is deeply engaged with ecological dynamics principles and innovative in their application of these concepts to skill development in team sports or is keen to learn.

Key Responsibilities Include:

Delivering training sessions to a specific team (U14-U18 Boys) , informed by ecological dynamics methodologies
Assisting in practice design and contributing to a dynamic and evolving player development framework
Taking match days both home and away in tournaments, league matches and friendlies
Collaborating with the Head of Football to explore and implement a variety of approaches within the ecological dynamics space

Working Schedule:

Training sessions to be delivered during Monday and Friday 2:00 to 4:00pm (U14 or U15) and/or Tuesday and Thursday 2:00 to 4:00pm (U16 or U18)
Availability for home games on Saturdays from 1:30 to 4:00pm is required as well as away games on Saturdays, estimated timings are 11:45am to 4:00pm
Training is paid at an hourly rate for 2 hours and match days are paid at a generous flat rate.

Applicants should include in their cover letter a detailed account of their current understanding and experience with ecological dynamics, along with how they aim to further develop in this area.

Closing date for receipt of applications: 8 June 2025

The King's School is committed to ensuring the highest levels of safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our pupils, and we expect all our staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We adopt a fair, robust and consistent recruitment process which is in line with the statutory Keeping Children Safe in Education guidance. This includes online checks for shortlisted candidates.

All offers of employment are subject to an Enhanced DBS check, references, and where applicable, a prohibition from teaching check.