Senior Consultant taking responsibility in transformation programs within Organizational Excellence & Transformation. Focused on strategy, technology, and business performance for future - ready organizations.
About the role
- Academy Support Manager for Premier League Youth Department overseeing Academy Performance Plans and ensuring player development across Clubs. Delivering educational programs and maintaining high safeguarding standards.
Responsibilities
- Organise an appropriate schedule of visits to an allocated cluster of Clubs (three), to support them in the delivery of their Academy Performance Plan
- Work with Clubs to ensure full compliance with the Premier League Youth Development Rules
- Support Clubs with Action Plans received via the Professional Game Academy Audit Company (PGAAC)
- Attend Education, Player Care and Multi-disciplinary staff meetings as requested
- Contribute to the workforce development programmes for Academy staff, where required
- Work closely with the Premier League Registrations and Regulatory teams on any registrations or regulatory matters relating to your allocated Clubs
- Lead & deliver Academy Staff Inductions for all new staff in ASM-designated Clubs.
- Monitor the ongoing development and implementation of the full-time and hybrid compensatory education programmes across clubs
- Work closely with the Premier League Education team and Education Advisors to effectively aid and monitor the educational progression of all Academy Players
- Conduct player review meetings with selected players across Foundation and Youth Development phases
- Support the Club in the delivery of the SEP Apprenticeship Programme through regular monitoring and support visits
- Conduct 12-weekly reviews with all Scholars/Apprentices at allocated Clubs
- Monitor education progression against academic programmes undertaken by Scholars/Apprentices BTEC’s, A Levels, Functional Skills etc
- Working closely with the Premier League Player Care team to support and quality assure Player Care activities, including the Life Skills and personal development curriculum in place for Academy Players across allocated Clubs
- Deliver at Academy Player and Parent Induction sessions in collaboration with Clubs
- Support the Premier League’s Transition programmes for released players
- Support activities and initiatives identified across the ‘Duty of Care’ focus areas including; Equality, Diversity and Inclusion; Transition, Player/Parent Voice, Mental and Emotional Well-being, Safeguarding
- Designated ASM Lead on one of the individual Duty of Care focus areas
- Work closely with the Premier League Safeguarding Support Managers to ensure Clubs comply with Section S of the Premier League Safeguarding standards
- Regularly attend Games Programme fixtures for each of your allocated Clubs
- Facilitate and deliver additional Education and Player Care activities to players, parents, and Club staff at Games Programme festivals and tournaments
- Work closely with the Premier League Coaching department to ensure Clubs and their coaching staff are provided with the appropriate support
- Work closely with the Premier League Elite Performance team to ensure the appropriate support is provided to Clubs and their staff
Requirements
- Understanding of education across primary, secondary, further and/or higher education
- Experience working in football, education or one of the Duty of Care focus areas
- High level understanding of pedagogy
- High level understanding of student-athlete pathways
- Understanding of the Football Academy system or other sporting youth development environments
- Excellent understanding of Safeguarding legislation and good practice
- Track record of managing multi-stakeholder relationships
- Team player with high emotional intelligence, who seeks and acts on feedback
- Able to demonstrate high level interpersonal dexterity to work effectively within an interdisciplinary environment
- Able to synthesise and clearly present decisions with strong written and verbal communication skills
- Ability to work at weekends and unsociable hours when required.
- Able to act independently on both project-based and analytical tasks
- Strong competence of working with MS Office (esp. power point, word and excel)
- Able to work in a high-performance environment and deliver against challenging deadlines
- Willingness to learn new approaches and adapt to different working styles
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