NFL Academy Manager

The NFL Academy is a major UK initiative 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 the opportunity to combine their education with a life skills programme and an intensive training in the sport, under the guidance of full-time professional coaches and performance staff.

Loughborough College, Loughborough University and the NFL have partnered together to deliver the NFL Academy, based in Loughborough from August 2022.

We are seeking to appoint an NFL Academy Manager to support the education and character development programmes of the NFL Academy.  This role will lead on the development and delivery of outstanding quality in teaching, learning and holistic development of players as part of a dual career programme. 

The ideal candidate will have strong interpersonal and communication skills and work effectively in a multi-disciplinary team. You will possess experience in supporting players in a high-performance environment, and, in particular, supporting players to achieve their desired exit and progression routes.  To achieve this, the candidate must have experience and excellent understanding of supporting players through the NCAA application process.  The role will require flexible working patterns, with some evening/weekend work, as well as attendance at fixtures.

We are proud to have achieved the Investor in Diversity award. We actively encourage applications who are current under-represented and where we are using positive action under the Equality Act. We welcome everyone to consider becoming a part of our journey. The College is striving to attract, develop and retain the very best people by offering a motivating and inclusive workplace in which talent is truly recognised.

Alongside our commitment to your professional and personal development, we also offer a generous benefits package including:

• A competitive pension scheme
• On-site parking
• One campus facility
• Subsided nursery fees
• Up to 35 days annual leave per year
• Additional annual leave available
• Fantastic CPD and inclusive resources for development
• Well-being hours
• Opportunities of volunteering within local community and charities

We offer a range of family friendly, inclusive employment policies, flexible working arrangements, agile working, staff forums, staff working groups for sustainability, staff steering groups for Investors in Diversity and support services to support with mental health and wellbeing for staff from different backgrounds.

We are and have consistently invested in providing our learners and employees with an outstanding and unrivalled range of modern facilities and resources.

Overseas candidates wishing to apply who would require sponsorship can determine the likelihood of obtaining a Certificate of Sponsorship for the post by assessing their circumstances against criteria specified on the Gov website. Please note right to work checks will be completed when the job is offered.

Documents

•  Job Description

For further information about the role including job description and application form please visit the vacancies section of our website via the apply link.