Head of Psychology – Men's

We're looking for an exceptional sport psychologist to lead and shape the psychology strategy across the England Men's Pathway, supporting the development of future international footballers from youth levels through to the Under 21s.

This is a unique opportunity to influence performance, leadership and culture at the highest level of the game. Working alongside coaches, practitioners and multidisciplinary teams, you'll create psychologically informed environments that help players and staff thrive under the demands of international football.

From developing winning behaviours and emotional resilience to supporting the next generation of leaders, you'll play a critical role in preparing England's future stars for success on and off the pitch.

If you're an experienced psychology leader with a track record of delivering impact and a passion for developing people and teams, we'd love to hear from you

The role is based rge's Park. We work a hybrid model which requires 3 days on site, 2 days working from home. There will also be some travel to camps when required. We are also open to candidates who could commit to 3 days per week,

To lead the drive towards a psychologically informed environment across the England Men's pathway (up to u21). Delivered primarily through leaders, coaches, and practitioners, this role will be critical in embedding the England Men's Psychology strategy, which comprises:
1. England ‘Winning Behaviours' & Understanding our Players, 2. Developing Game & Emotional Management, and 3. Developing Impactful Leaders and Teammates.

• Lead the strategic delivery of psychology services to Men's teams with a specific focus on the Men's Pathway (up to u21), ensuring clarity of strategy and a consistent, complimentary approach for all Psychology services.
• Build and manage a network of consultant specialists to deliver psychology services into Pathway teams, providing quality assurance/governance, consistency of delivery and a point-of-contact for support and reflective practice for those ‘on the ground'.
• Design and deliver a range of interventions to target the various aspects of the England Men's psychology strategy:
  • ‘Winning Behaviours' & Understanding our Players:
    • Enhance the relationships and sharing of purposeful information between club and England psychologists, education and player care to create more aligned support and development.
    • Facilitate how MDTs use this information to create psychologically-informed on-camp approaches to players' support and development.
    • Provide development for MDT and coaching staff and work closely with The FA's Phase Leads in ensuring that the ‘Winning Behaviours' frameworks and processes are consistently and skilfully executed pre-, during- and post-camp.
  • Game & Emotional Management:
    • Support coaches and players to manage the unique challenges of entering and performing within international environments.
    • Support and develop coaches to embed psychological principles into how they prepare teams for the momentum and emotional demands of international football.
    • Support teams to pre-empt and debrief key game scenarios through a psychological lens and develop team and individual-specific strategies to proactively manage these.
  • Developing Leaders & Teammates:
    • Build a more rounded understanding of various ‘leadership' qualities (both on- and off-pitch) across all stakeholders within the pathway. Support coaches and staff to identify and develop these in a proactive and deliberate way.
    • Support individual players to recognise their own leadership skills and responsibilities and to expand their skillsets in this area whilst on camps.
    • Help players to recognise how they can best support newer teammates integrate into the England teams…