Head of Sports Psychology

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This role will lead and deliver an integrated, evidence-informed sport psychology service within Liverpool FC’s football environment . The role will support individual and collective performance, player wellbeing, development and availability by embedding psychological expertise into daily training, competition, rehabilitation and the wider high-performance programme . You will build and lead the wider sports psychology methodology and provision at the club.

• Provide confidential one-to-one sport and performance psychology support to Men’s First Team players, tailored to individual performance and development needs .
• Develop and review individual psychological performance plans aligned with player objectives, coaching priorities and the wider interdisciplinary performance plan .
• Build players’ psychological skills in areas including confidence, focus, emotional regulation, decision - making, coping with pressure, preparation and performance routines .
• Support players through selection and non-selection, injury, rehabilitation, return to performance, loss of form, major fixtures, career transitions and other high-demand periods .
• Maintain clear professional boundaries and facilitate timely referral where specialist clinical mental-health or other support is required .

• Design and deliver squad interventions across the season in response to identified team, performance and competition needs .
• Embed practical psychological principles within training design, competition preparation, matchday processes, recovery and post‑match learning.
• Support leadership, communication, cohesion, collective resilience, role clarity and the behaviours required within an elite First Team environment .
• Work closely with the Head Coach and coaching staff to translate psychological concepts into relevant, practical and football‑specific approaches.
• Provide psychologically informed support during periods of intense fixture congestion, decisive competition phases, change and heightened external scrutiny .

• Provide trusted sport psychology consultation to the Head Coach, coaching staff and members of the Men’s First Team leadership group .
• Operate as an integrated member of the Medical and Performance multidisciplinary team, contributing to appropriate player, availability, rehabilitation and performance meetings.
• Collaborate with Medical, Physical Performance, Nutrition, Performance Analysis , Coaching and Player Care colleagues to deliver coordinated player support .
• Provide education, guidance and practical resources that increase the capability of coaches and staff to create psychologically informed learning and performance environments.
• Contribute psychological expertise to player development, readiness and return‑to‑performance discussions while protecting consent, confidentiality and professional boundaries .

• Support the Director of Medical and Performance and wider First Team leadership in developing a psychologically informed, player‑centred high‑performance environment .
• Promote effective communication, accountability, learning, psychological safety and appropriate professional behaviours across the daily performance environment.
• Contribute to the development of player leadership, ownership and self‑regulation while respecting the standards and demands of Men’s First Team football.
• Build credible, trusted relationships across a diverse, international playing and staff group, adapting communication to different cultures, experiences and needs .
• To build and lead the…