Senior Physical Performance Coach - First Team

Huddersfield Town AFC

Senior Physical Performance Coach – First Team

Up to £45,000 per annum.

Full-time (35+ hours per week, including both home and away match days).

Permanent.

An exciting opportunity has arisen within our First Team Performance Services team for a suitably qualified and experienced candidate to contribute to co-leading, coordinating, and organising the Club’s athletic development strategies for First Team players. The post holder will work as part of a multidisciplinary team to plan, deliver, and monitor all aspects of physical preparation, performance conditioning, and performance testing for the First Team squad.

This is a varied role with a range of duties, including GPS monitoring and data analysis, developing personalised strength and conditioning programmes for each player, and assisting on match days. You will also plan gym sessions and work with colleagues across both the First Team and the Academy, to ensure alignment in the Long-Term Athletic Development pathway.

Candidates must have previous, proven experience of providing strength and conditioning support to elite athletes, and experience of working within and supporting a multi-disciplinary team that delivers consistently high standards. Applicants must also be educated to undergraduate level or equivalent in Sports Science or other relevant discipline. Additional qualifications and professional membership, for example CASES and/or UKSCA, would be advantageous.

This role requires flexibility and a willingness to work non-standard hours in accordance with the demanding schedule of First Team football and the Club’s wider needs. Passionate about making a difference through sport, the successful candidate must have excellent communication skills, understanding of load management and injury prevention, and in-depth knowledge of the physiological demands of elite football.

If you have the specified qualifications and personal attributes and are enthusiastic about the variety and opportunities that this role offers, we would love to hear from you.

We receive a high volume of applications for our vacancies and as such, we encourage you to fully consider the job description and person specification and ensure that your application details how you feel you match our requirements. The volume of applications received prevents us from being able to provide feedback at short-listing stage.

To apply, please create an account in our online application portal and ensure you complete the associated questions in full, giving appropriate examples to support your statements as far as possible.

Please also highlight any factors that you would like us to consider, for example, if you have a disability or health condition that may require us to make reasonable adjustments in accordance with the Equality Act 2010.

Safeguarding

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and we expect all staff and other stakeholders to share this commitment.

As this role is likely to involve the supervision of and work with children and young people or vulnerable adults, the successful candidate will require clearance to work in football and an Enhanced Criminal Records Check (CRC) through the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS).

Applicants must disclose all previous convictions including spent convictions in accordance with the associated legislation; disclosure may be via a separate letter addressed to the Head of Human Resources and EDI. The amendments to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (2013 and 2020) provide that when applying for certain jobs and activities, certain convictions and cautions are considered ‘protected’. This means that they do not need to be disclosed to employers, and if they are disclosed, employers cannot take them into account.

Guidance about whether a conviction or caution should be disclosed can be found on the Ministry of Justice website.

Equality and Inclusion

Huddersfield Town AFC strives to promote a diverse and inclusive community – a place where everyone can be themselves and in which everyone feels valued, included, and supported to achieve their full potential. We offer a range of family-friendly and inclusive employment arrangements, and we have a zero-tolerance approach to any form of discrimination. We have comprehensive employment benefits including a Flexible Working Policy and enhanced provisions in relation to maternity, paternity, and adoption leave and pay.

We are well known as a leader within the football industry for our inclusive practices. We hold the Advanced Level Health Check Award for the Premier League Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion Standard (PLEDIS) and the Gold Award for the EFL Equality Code of Practice. We are also a Disability Confident Leader, a Mindful Employer, and the first organisation to be accredited as both a Menopause Friendly and Menstruation Friendly Employer.

We welcome applications from candidates from all backgrounds, and we are particularly seeking to diversify our workforce in relation to gender, ethnicity, and disability. We are committed to the redress of any inequalities by taking positive action where appropriate.

As a Club, we describe our vision as ‘Everything Together’ and our associated values relate to the word ‘Everything’. If your values align with ours, we would love to hear from you.

Further information about the Company and working with us is available from the Careers section of our website:

To apply, please complete the application form in our portal. If you need any assistance and/or would prefer to apply in an alternative format, please contact us by email.

Completed applications must be submitted by 9:00am on Thursday 16 th July 2026.

Interviews are likely to take place in late July 2026.