Wolverhampton Wanderers FC
Job Description
Purpose
To lead, manage and strategically advance the club’s female football provision from U10s through to the Women’s First Team. This includes ensuring the programme is fully integrated into the Academy’s infrastructure, aligned with its technical, operational and performance standards, and positioned for long-term growth.
The role will drive excellence across football operations, player development, staffing, administration, compliance, and commercial activity, ensuring the female pathway offers a high-performance, sustainable and professional environment.
Key responsibilities
Strategic Leadership & Programme Development
- Lead the long-term development of the female football pathway, developing women’s football philosophy, playing identity, and performance expectations.
- Work collaboratively with club Heads of Department and senior club leadership to embed the female programme at an appropriate and proportionate level.
- Drive continuous improvement across coaching, performance support, governance, and player development structures.
- Develop and deliver a strategic plan for the women’s and girls’ programme, including performance goals, participation targets, pathway progression and operational priorities.
Multi-Disciplinary Team (MDT) Leadership
- Build, coordinate, and manage an MDT aligned across coaching, medical, sport science, performance analysis, safeguarding, education, and operations.
- Ensure consistent inter-department communication and collaboration, embedding best practice and shared learning across all age groups.
- Oversee staffing performance reviews, CPD plans, and quality assurance processes.
Technical & Player Development Oversight
- Work closely with the Performance Team to ensure technical programmes are appropriate, progressive, and aligned with club methodology.
- Support coaches with curriculum planning, session structures, and performance frameworks.
- Monitor talent progression across age groups and support transition pathways into the senior environment.
Compliance, Governance & Safeguarding
- Liaise with The Football Association and other governing bodies to ensure full compliance with competition rules, licensing requirements, safeguarding standards, and talent pathway regulation.
- Ensure timely completion of registrations, reporting, audits, and formal documentation.
- Maintain strong knowledge of regulatory changes and implement necessary adjustments across the programme.
- Maintain CPD, knowledge and skills in relation to safeguarding practices, delivery and management.
- Responsible for structuring adequate safeguarding-related quality assurance assessments for relevant business areas.
- Responsible for developing appropriate risk assessments in compliance with health and safety and sexual harassment legislation and ensuring regular evaluations of any risk mitigation strategies.
Financial & Resource Management
- Act as lead budget holder for the women’s and girls’ programme, ensuring effective planning, monitoring, and reporting.
- Oversee women’s playing budget and recruitment process for current and new players.
- Identify efficiency opportunities without compromising delivery standards.
- Oversee procurement of equipment, kit, and resources in line with club financial procedures.
Commercial & Business Development Responsibilities
- Work with the club’s Commercial Department to develop opportunities that grow revenue, brand presence, and partner engagement across the women’s programme.
- Support the creation of commercial packages specific to women’s football, including player appearances, digital content, matchday assets, and community activations.
- Lead on the delivery of commercial commitments within the women’s department (e.g., sponsor visibility, partner events, marketing obligations).
- Support the growth of matchday revenue through ticketing strategies, fan engagement initiatives, and improved matchday experience.
- Contribute to long-term commercial planning, identifying new revenue streams such as holiday camps, player development programmes, and community partnerships.
- Provide insight and representation for women’s football in club-wide branding, digital, and communications strategies.
Stakeholder Management & Communication
- Act as the primary point of contact for parents, players, and external partners.
- Maintain strong relationships with grassroots clubs, schools, community organisations, and regional football networks.
- Represent the club at FA meetings, league forums, and women’s game development events.
- Ensure consistent, clear internal communication across all coaches, staff, and support teams.
People Management & Leadership
- Lead a positive, inclusive, high-performance culture aligned with club values.
- Provide leadership, guidance, mentorship, and professional development opportunities for staff within the programme.
- Uphold the highest standards of professionalism, safeguarding, wellbeing, and equality throughout the department.
General responsibilities
- Compliance with Club policies
- Compliance with the Club’s health and safety procedures
- Compliance with the Club’s safeguarding policies
- To promote the Club’s values of progressive, humble, determined, bright and unified
- To work consistently to embed equality & diversity into the Club
- To undertake such other duties as may be reasonably expected
- To maintain professional conduct at all times