Job Description: Head of Community Football
Job Title: Head of Community Football
Overview: If successful, you will be involved in all aspects of Clyde FC’s community football
activities.
From day one you will be responsible for coordinating Clyde’s Community Football
operations, by supporting the existing Schools of Football in Cumbernauld and the Southside
of Glasgow and be tasked with the responsibility of developing additional schools
We want you to help us reach more young people in West Central Scotland and ensure that
all connected with our Schools of Football enjoy their time coaching, learning and playing
football at Clyde within a safe environment.
Task Description
Planning and development
 To ensure that Clyde FC Community Football has a long-term strategy to enable it to
meet its objectives
 To implement the strategic goals and objectives of Clyde FC Community Football
 Give direction and leadership towards achievement of Clyde FC Community
Football’s vision, aims, strategy and objectives
 To ensure that Clyde FC Community Football meets its legal obligations
 Where appropriate, to provide support to the existing Schools of Football to meet their
objectives
 To identify opportunities to develop Clyde FC Schools of Football in additional
locations in West Central Scotland
 To keep up-to-date with developments concerning coaching football to children and
young people always looking to the future with new ideas or recommendations
 To ensure that the Clyde FC Community Football has resources (human, material
and financial) in place to ensure achievement of aims and objectives.
Volunteer Management
 Responsible, in conjunction with the Clyde FC Board of Management, for all aspects
of recruitment and induction processes
 Responsible for ensuring all volunteers have the opportunity of the necessary training
in order to be effective in their roles.
 To provide line-management to volunteers, when required
 To assist the development of appropriate policies and procedures and to ensure that
the philosophy and policies of Clyde FC Community Football are consistent, relevant
and practiced throughout the operation
 To ensure all volunteers work within a safe environment through conducting of risk
assessments and complying with Health and Safety Legislation.
Finance
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To produce an annual budget of income & expenditure and ensure that budgets are
adhered to
To identify and support fundraising activities
Oversee planning and implementation of fundraising activities, including identifying
resource requirements, researching funding sources, establishing strategies to
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approach funders, submitting proposals and administering fundraising records and
documentation
To be accountable to funding agencies through regular reporting and provision of
information.
Partnerships
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To develop and foster good and productive relationships between each School of
Football and with other departments with Clyde FC, funding bodies, government,
statutory, voluntary and community organisations.
Promotion
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To assist the Clyde FC Board of Management in the promotion of Clyde FC and to
raise awareness of all its activities
To promote Clyde FC Community Football and be the key spokesperson for it.
Reporting
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Enable the Clyde FC Board of Management to fulfil its governance function by
supporting its operations and administration
To provide regular progress reports to the Clyde FC Board of Management
To provide information, reports or research papers to enable decision-making by
Clyde FC Board of Management
To ensure open communication between staff, volunteers, children, young people
and their families through regular dissemination of information and gathering of
feedback.
Teamwork
1. To participate in any meetings as directed by the Clyde FC Board of Management
2. To attend training sessions as appropriate to the post
3. Any other task that may be reasonably requested of the post
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Person Specification: Head of Community Football
Experience
Experience of football coaching young people
Current knowledge of coaching & SFA structure
Essential Desirable
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Personal Skills or Qualities
Excellent IT skills, particularly Microsoft Office
Willing to work within a developing organisation
Reliable
Enthusiastic
Creative and good at problem solving
Ability and/or willingness to travel
Proven ability to recognise and act on opportunity
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Communication Skills
High degree of written and verbal skills
Experience of working with people
Good listening skills
Ability to communicate well with a wide range of people
Proven ability to network and build relationships
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Education
Evidence of learning and personal development
People Experience
Working with young people
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Working with individuals with:
Multiple/complex disabilities
Behavioural difficulties
Drug, substance or alcohol abuse
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Screening: The post is subject to satisfactory references and an enhanced disclosure under
the Police Act 1997 (Part V).
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