Women's Casual Sport Psychologist

What You'll Do

• Proactively lead and enable the delivery of a clearly defined and aligned performance-driven psychology strategy to a specified age-group team.
• Work with key stakeholders to improve performance through the development, effective implementation, and robust evaluation of sport psychology support.
• Report to the psychosocial pathway manager and deliver comprehensive support aligned to the wider sport psychology strategy.
• Facilitate the development of a sustainable high-performance culture across England Teams that promotes positive mental health and drives extraordinary human performance, including but not limited to:
• Proactively ensuring players and staff can deliver their best under pressure.
• Supporting the design and facilitation of approaches to embed psychological demands in training.
• Sustaining effective relationship dynamics and high-performing communication skills to underpin successful performance.
• Promoting positive mental health & ensure there is appropriate support for those experiencing Mental Health Problems.
• Optimizing organizational culture and climate to enhance the performance environment.
• Assuring the quality of delivery of a performance-focused psychology service in line with the training and match/tournament objectives of England players.
• Developing a robust process for ensuring performance impact is measurable and visible to all stakeholders.
• Identifying and facilitating appropriate communication methods, including workshops, to inform and educate players, coaches, and key stakeholders in the effective use of psychology support.
• Where appropriate, providing targeted psychology support directly to a select number of players and coaches.
• Executing additional tasks as required to meet the FA's changing priorities.
• Comply with all company policies and procedures to ensure the highest standards of health, safety and well-being can be maintained.

What You'll Need

• BSc and MSc in psychology/sport psychology (or relevant equivalent).
• British Psychological Society Chartered Status or BASES Support Accredited (or equivalent).
• Registered with the Health & Care Professions Council (HCPC).
• Extensive experience working within a multi-disciplinary team, providing psychological support to team sports.
• Experience of providing support that targets the optimisation of team dynamics/behaviour.
• Experience of working closely with and directly advising senior stakeholders within a National Governing Body (i.e., programme managers, head coach, Technical Director, General Manager etc).
• Ability to create presentations and present to a wide range of key stakeholders.
• Verbal and written knowledge of the English language.

Benefits

• We pride ourselves on offering a competitive rate of pay as well as great opportunities to develop and grow in your role.
• We are committed to ensuring everyone can flourish in their roles, and by doing this, we offer top-of-the-range facilities across two core business locations.
• We have unique office spaces under the arch of the iconic Wembley National Stadium, which is the home of English football.
• We are also delighted to have a world-class Elite Performance Centre, St. George's Park in Staffordshire, which is an exceptional setting to develop and inspire high-performing England teams and leaders.
• We are a diverse workplace, aspiring to represent football across the country. The Football Association actively promotes inclusion and diversity, encouraging you to be the best version of yourself at work.

Details

• The Football Association is seeking two experienced and driven Sport Psychologists to join our England Women's Pathway age-group teams.
• The role is camp-based (taking place during the Women's FIFA international windows) and will involve National and International travel to support England Teams prepare for and play international fixtures and tournaments.
• Camp Dates:
  • U19 Camp Dates: 5th – 13th October (TBC), 24th November – 5th December, 24th February – 7th March (TBC), 13th – 24th April, 20th – 23rd May (TBC), 1st – 5th June (TBC)
  • U23 Camp Dates: 5th – 12th October, 26th November – 5th December, 25th February – 6th March, 13th – 23rd April