The job requirements are detailed below. Where applicable the skills, qualifications and memberships required for this job have also been included.
The University is dedicated to supporting an equitable, diverse, and inclusive environment – to create better futures, together. The diverse backgrounds, characteristics and opinions within our community are our great strength and are key to our pursuit of delivering educational excellence, enterprise, research and professional services. We welcome applications from people from diverse backgrounds and minoritized groups as they are currently under-represented within our community.
We recognise the value of a fulfilling and balanced work and personal life which promotes wellbeing. We seek to support colleagues in achieving this balance and have family-friendly policies, flexible working arrangements and many roles can be suitable for dynamic working arrangement. This includes considering applications to work on a part-time, flexible and job share basis wherever possible.
Loughborough University is a UKVI Sponsor. Some individuals may require sponsorship to enable them to apply for a visa to provide them with the right to work in the UK. Please note certain roles are not eligible for sponsorship. For further information and eligibility please visit the UKVI website.
Job details Job title:
LU: Head of Performance Support/Lead S&C Coach (NFL Academy)
Job reference: REQ241047
Date posted: 06/12/2024
Application closing date: 19/01/2025
Location: Loughborough
Package: Management and Specialist grade 7 from £46485 to £55295 per annum. Subject to annual pay award.
Full time and open ended (subject to external funding)
Loughborough University is the Times and Sunday Times Sports University of the Year 2024 and has a global reputation for sporting excellence, ranked QS world number one for sport and related subjects. We are proudly a unique and leading higher education sporting ecosystem, the only ever winners of the British Universities and Colleges Sport competition, with 43 successive victories.
A UK Sport accredited Elite Training Centre, and home to over 15 sports governing bodies, our ecosystem is closely connected with a network of high performance partners.
We are recruiting a key role to support the performance partnership with the National Football League (NFL) and Loughborough College, forming the NFL’s only global Academy.
The NFL Academy is a major international initiative driven by the NFL, which aims to use American football to create life-changing opportunities for young people. The NFL Academy offers student athletes aged 16-19 from around the world the opportunity to combine their education with a life skills programme and intensive training in the sport, under the guidance of full-time professional coaches and performance staff.
Based within Loughborough University’s performance sport environment, you will be joining a team who have a proven track record of developing hundreds of elite-level athletes, including Olympic and Paralympic champions. You will be an integral part of the team that will support the development of the NFL Academy athletes and play a key role in the growth of American Football in the UK and around the world.
The successful candidate will be leading and managing a talented Performance Support Team to achieve Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) stipulated by the NFL. To meet these KPIs the successful candidate will need, not only an in-depth knowledge of the field of Strength and Conditioning, but also the coaching expertise to bring it to life for a diverse group of athletes in order to maximise combined performance. The successful candidate will also need to be a critical thinker, have a passion for solving complex problems and have an overview of medical governance in order to work with the Performance Support Team to maximise game availability and return to play timeline.
The role will require flexible working patterns, with some evening/weekend work as well as attendance at fixtures.
This post is subject to a satisfactory Disclosure and Barring Check.
The University benefits package includes:
Competitive pension schemes
A range of childcare support initiatives and benefits including childcare vouchers; on-site university nursery (with salary sacrifice scheme); and holiday play schemes
A range of family friendly, inclusive employment policies
BUPA Cash Plan (100 scheme)
Employee Assistance Programme
Season ticket loan scheme
On campus parking with charging points for electric vehicles
Fantastic range of sports facilities and preferential membership packages available
Excellent CPD and inclusive resources for development.
For informal enquiries please contact Chris Wright on
C.M.Wright@lboro.ac.uk .
For more information, please refer to the Job Description and Person Specification.
Closing date: 19th January 2025
Interview date: 3rd February 2025
Loughborough University is committed to achieving equity and valuing diversity in all aspects of employment and welcomes applications from all sections of the community.
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The University is dedicated to supporting an equitable, diverse, and inclusive environment – to create better futures, together. The diverse backgrounds, characteristics and opinions within our community are our great strength and are key to our pursuit of delivering educational excellence, enterprise, research and professional services. We welcome applications from people from diverse backgrounds and minoritized groups as they are currently under-represented within our community.
We recognise the value of a fulfilling and balanced work and personal life which promotes wellbeing. We seek to support colleagues in achieving this balance and have family-friendly policies, flexible working arrangements and many roles can be suitable for dynamic working arrangement. This includes considering applications to work on a part-time, flexible and job share basis wherever possible.
Loughborough University is a UKVI Sponsor. Some individuals may require sponsorship to enable them to apply for a visa to provide them with the right to work in the UK. Please note certain roles are not eligible for sponsorship. For further information and eligibility please visit the UKVI website.
Job details Job title:
LU: Head of Performance Support/Lead S&C Coach (NFL Academy)
Job reference: REQ241047
Date posted: 06/12/2024
Application closing date: 19/01/2025
Location: Loughborough
Package: Management and Specialist grade 7 from £46485 to £55295 per annum. Subject to annual pay award.
Full time and open ended (subject to external funding)
Loughborough University is the Times and Sunday Times Sports University of the Year 2024 and has a global reputation for sporting excellence, ranked QS world number one for sport and related subjects. We are proudly a unique and leading higher education sporting ecosystem, the only ever winners of the British Universities and Colleges Sport competition, with 43 successive victories.
A UK Sport accredited Elite Training Centre, and home to over 15 sports governing bodies, our ecosystem is closely connected with a network of high performance partners.
We are recruiting a key role to support the performance partnership with the National Football League (NFL) and Loughborough College, forming the NFL’s only global Academy.
The NFL Academy is a major international initiative driven by the NFL, which aims to use American football to create life-changing opportunities for young people. The NFL Academy offers student athletes aged 16-19 from around the world the opportunity to combine their education with a life skills programme and intensive training in the sport, under the guidance of full-time professional coaches and performance staff.
Based within Loughborough University’s performance sport environment, you will be joining a team who have a proven track record of developing hundreds of elite-level athletes, including Olympic and Paralympic champions. You will be an integral part of the team that will support the development of the NFL Academy athletes and play a key role in the growth of American Football in the UK and around the world.
The successful candidate will be leading and managing a talented Performance Support Team to achieve Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) stipulated by the NFL. To meet these KPIs the successful candidate will need, not only an in-depth knowledge of the field of Strength and Conditioning, but also the coaching expertise to bring it to life for a diverse group of athletes in order to maximise combined performance. The successful candidate will also need to be a critical thinker, have a passion for solving complex problems and have an overview of medical governance in order to work with the Performance Support Team to maximise game availability and return to play timeline.
The role will require flexible working patterns, with some evening/weekend work as well as attendance at fixtures.
This post is subject to a satisfactory Disclosure and Barring Check.
The University benefits package includes:
Competitive pension schemes
A range of childcare support initiatives and benefits including childcare vouchers; on-site university nursery (with salary sacrifice scheme); and holiday play schemes
A range of family friendly, inclusive employment policies
BUPA Cash Plan (100 scheme)
Employee Assistance Programme
Season ticket loan scheme
On campus parking with charging points for electric vehicles
Fantastic range of sports facilities and preferential membership packages available
Excellent CPD and inclusive resources for development.
For informal enquiries please contact Chris Wright on
C.M.Wright@lboro.ac.uk .
For more information, please refer to the Job Description and Person Specification.
Closing date: 19th January 2025
Interview date: 3rd February 2025
Loughborough University is committed to achieving equity and valuing diversity in all aspects of employment and welcomes applications from all sections of the community.
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