School Football and Tournaments Coordinator

Overview

We have an exciting opportunity for an individual to join our LFC Foundation team as a School Football and Tournaments Coordinator. This role focuses on delivering inclusive, high-quality sports events and school competitions, ensuring all pupils, including those with SEN, are supported and engaged. You'll also lead accessible grassroots activities during holiday periods and work collaboratively across the LFC Foundation to design impactful, cross-departmental events that align with organisational priorities and enhance young people's overall experience.

• Event Planning and Coordination:
  Plan, organise, and deliver football and multi-sport tournaments, competitions, festivals, and mini-leagues for both primary and secondary schools.
• Annual Calendar Management:
  Develop and manage an annual calendar of events aligned with the academic year to ensure smooth delivery and maximise school and community engagement.
• Inclusive Delivery:
  Design and deliver events tailored to meet the needs of a diverse range of participants, including SEN-specific formats and adaptations for underrepresented groups.
• Grassroots Activation:
  Support on the delivery of grassroots sport festivals during half-terms and school holiday periods to provide year-round opportunities for young people.
• Format Innovation:
  Introduce new and creative event formats (e.g. festival-style delivery, mixed-gender competitions, sport-for-fun models) that promote participation, inclusion, and enjoyment.
• Curriculum and Campaign Integration:
  Align events with school curriculum themes or key national campaigns such as Anti-Bullying Week, International Women's Day, or Mental Health Awareness Week.
• Pupil Leadership Opportunities:
  Facilitate opportunities for young people (e.g. school sports leaders or TY students) to support in officiating, coaching, or assisting with event delivery.
• Stakeholder Engagement:
  Build and maintain effective relationships with School Games Organisers, grassroots clubs, and community organisations to align provision and avoid duplication.
• External Representation:
  Represent the LFC Foundation at school sport partnership events, network meetings, and wider community sport forums to promote the Foundation's work and impact.
• Referral Pathways:
  Create links between school competitions and external opportunities, ensuring clear pathways into Foundation programmes or local sports clubs.
• Cross-Department
  
  Collaboration:
  
  Work effectively across Foundation departments and programmes such as Premier League Primary Stars, Inclusion, and Community to align activity with wider organisational goals.
• Monitoring and Evaluation:
  Collect feedback, participation data, and insight from events to assess quality, identify improvements, and contribute to impact reporting.
• Insight-Driven Delivery:
  Use school-level data (e.g. FSM, SEN status), local insight, and pupil voice to inform planning, target schools, and tailor event delivery.
• Recognition and Celebration:
  Coordinate pupil and school celebration activities, including certificates, awards, and good news stories to share success and increase engagement.
• Risk Management:
  
  Conduct detailed risk assessments and contingency plans to ensure safe delivery across all venues and events, with particular focus on SEN needs.
• Quality Assurance:
  Ensure all events reflect the Foundation's standards of professionalism, safeguarding, and inclusivity through clear planning, briefings, and debriefs.

• Proven experience in planning, delivering, and evaluating school or community sports events, including tournaments and festivals, with strong understanding of football and a range of other sports.
• Ability to design inclusive and engaging formats suitable for both primary and secondary school pupils; experience delivering inclusive provision and adapting activities for children and young people with Special Educational Needs (SEN).
• Experience collaborating across departments and with partner organisations; ability to build and maintain strong relationships with schools, teachers, and community stakeholders.
• Solid understanding of safeguarding and child protection principles within…