Head of Football

The Head of Football sets the direction for community and representative football, provides strategic leadership, and connects the two pathways together. You are employed by NSFA and you work across both organisations.

This is a football leadership role, not a head coaching role. It suits someone who holds a credible technical view, can carry a budget and a department, and wants to build the relationship between the Association, Northern Tigers and our member clubs.

What you will take on

• Lead the reset of the NSFA Development League and the wider development pathway and connect member club football to the representative pathway so clubs can see where their players go.

• Build and deliver coach education across our 28 member clubs, personally and through the NSFA Coach Educators.

• Develop and strengthen the player pathway from community football through to senior representative football in collaboration with member clubs and Northern Tigers Technical Director and coaching staff.

• Set one playing philosophy from the JDL through to first grade and hold every coach to it.

• Develop the football operational budget, manage approved expenditure and identify opportunities to improve the long-term financial sustainability of Northern Tigers FC.

About you

Essential

• Senior football leadership across both community and representative levels.

• AFC or Football Australia A Diploma, or actively working towards it.

• Business qualifications, or equivalent commercial experience running a department or business unit.

• Budget ownership and financial reporting experience.

• Coaching experience at a level that earns the respect of a first grade head coach.

• Proven people leadership, including leading other senior football staff.

• A clear technical philosophy and the ability to teach it to other coaches, not just hold it.

• A current Working With Children Check.

Desirable

• Experience connecting grassroots and representative pathways.

• Coach education design and delivery experience.

• An existing network across Football NSW and community clubs.

• Experience leading a department through change.

Year one

• One playing philosophy documented and running from the JDL to first grade.

• The Northern Tigers football budget delivered, with the subsidy down on the prior year.

• The Development League reset designed, agreed and ready to run.

• Coach education running into member clubs.