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Contract: Full Time, 42 hours a week

Location: The Nigel Doughty Academy, Nottingham, NG2 7SR

Working Arrangements: On site

Closing Date For Applications: 22nd December 2025

The Perks of the Job:

• Opportunity to access tickets for events at The City Ground.
• Employee Assistance Programme.
• Access to high street and gym discounts.
• Discount within our Club shop.
• Free on-site parking.

Role Overview:
Join Our Team as a Physical Performance Coach and play a pivotal, behind-the-scenes and on-pitch role in driving a world-class, professional environment for our Women’s First Team. This role is central to enhancing athletic performance and ensuring players are fully prepared to perform at their best across training and matchday.

You will work at the core of our multidisciplinary team, contributing to all aspects of Sports Science and Physical Performance while also supporting operational elements that uphold elite standards. Your attention to detail, commitment to excellence, and expertise in athletic development will help shape our high-performance culture as we strive to progress into the Women’s Super League.

Key Tasks and Responsibilities:

• Lead the Physical Performance, setting elite standards for athletic development and ensuring all processes, systems, and interventions reflect a high-performance environment.
• Drive an innovative, forward-thinking approach to physical preparation, developing robust, resilient athletes capable of meeting the demands of the modern women’s game.
• Work in daily partnership with the technical team to integrate physical performance strategies seamlessly into the club’s playing philosophy, ensuring training design aligns with tactical, technical, and positional requirements.
• Collaborate closely with the medical team to oversee all return-to-performance pathways, delivering female-specific prehab and rehab strategies that minimise injury risk and maximise player availability.
• Provide assessment-led, evidence-based interventions that enhance strength, power, speed, endurance, and mobility, contributing to holistic player development and long-term athletic progression.
• Lead the monitoring, management, and interpretation of player load, using advanced data systems to support weekly training structure, long-term periodisation, and informed decision-making across the Multi Disaplinary Team.
• Oversee and individualise programmes for players on loan, maintaining regular communication with loan clubs to ensure programme continuity and athlete welfare.
• Support and liaise with performance and medical staff of national teams to optimise player preparation, monitor training demands during international camps, and reintegrate players safely upon their return.
• Maintain high-performance gym, rehab, and prehab environments, ensuring facilities and equipment meet elite standards and drive high-quality training behaviours.
• Deliver impactful education workshops covering anti-doping, physical preparation, performance behaviours, and female athlete health to build player understanding, autonomy, and professionalism.
• Maintain a comprehensive performance database and provide regular insights, reports, and dashboards to coaching and medical staff, supporting individual development plans, reviews, and long-term projects.

Skills, Experience and Knowledge:

Essential Qualifications & Requirements

• BSc in Sports Science or a related field
• UK Strength & Conditioning Association (UKSCA) Accredited Strength and Conditioning Coach (ASCC) credential
• The FA Level 2 Emergency First Aid in Football (EFAiF) qualification or equivalent
  Completion of the UKAD Intro to Clean Sport course
• Completion of the FootballHER course
• Safeguarding Children and Adults training (completed before starting the role
  

• Highly organised, punctual, and able to prioritise workload effectively
  Calm, efficient, and adaptable when working under pressure or dealing with urgent changes
• Reliable and trustworthy, with the ability to handle confidential information appropriately
• Willingness to work flexibly, including evenings, weekends, and matchdays
• Strong team player with excellent interpersonal and communication skills
• Fully committed to upholding the Club’s values, standards, and high-performance culture

Desirable Qualifications 

• MSc in Strength and Conditioning or a related postgraduate discipline
• Additional S&C certifications (e.g., ASCA Level 2, CSCS) demonstrating advanced applied expertise
• BASES Accredited Sports Scientist or working towards accreditation
• Active engagement in ongoing professional development, including UKSCA CPD events, Women’s Pro Game CPD, and relevant communities of practice

Forest For Everyone

At Nottingham Forest Football Club we are committed to creating an environment where differences are respected, individuality is celebrated, everyone feels valued, supported, and included. Our goal is to ensure every member of our team can be themselves, contribute fully, and reach their potential without barriers.

Our Commitment to Equality, Diversity, Inclusion and Mental Wellbeing

As an equal opportunities employer, we welcome applications from talented people of all backgrounds regardless of age, disability, gender identity or reassignment, marital or civil partnership status, pregnancy or maternity, race, religion or belief, sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by law.

We continue to develop policies and practices that promote equality, diversity, inclusion and mental wellbeing across our workforce. To help us measure progress and hold ourselves accountable, we ask all applicants to provide accurate diversity information during the recruitment process.

Disability Confident Committed Employer

We are proud to be a Disability Confident Committed employer, taking positive steps to attract, recruit, and support disabled people. As part of this commitment, we work hard to ensure our recruitment processes are fair, inclusive, and accessible to everyone. We are committed to offering interviews for disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria for a role and provide reasonable adjustments at every stage from the application process through to ongoing support in the workplace.

If you are likely to meet the definition of being a "disabled person" according to the Equality Act 2010, you may be eligible to apply for an interview via the Disability Confident Scheme. Please indicate this in your application form. The information you share with us about your health or disability will not be used in recruitment selections.

Our Commitment to Safeguarding

As part of the Club’s commitment to safeguarding, the successful applicant may be required to undergo a Disclosure Barring Service (“DBS”) check or an enhanced DBS check. The results of a DBS check will be considered on an individual basis, and the Club will act in a proportionate manner when deciding whether or not to proceed with the appointment.

An FA Enhanced DBS disclosure is required for all relevant new appointments to the Club. Individuals will be asked to declare any convictions, cautions or reprimands, warnings or bind-overs that may have been incurred. The Club reserves the right to carry out risk assessments where content has been disclosed on a DBS disclosure if it feels that it is relevant to the job requirements. Failure to satisfy the Club and the PL's safeguarding requirements may lead to the job offer being withdrawn or, if they have already started employment, summary termination of the employment.

Health and Safety

At Nottingham Forest Football Club, we are committed to ensuring a safe and healthy working environment for all employees. In accordance with the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974, you are required to take reasonable care for your own health and safety and that of others who may be affected by your actions or omissions at work. You must also cooperate with the Club's health and safety policies and procedures. Should you identify any health and safety concerns, please report them promptly to your manager or a member of the Health and Safety/Facilities team.