Technical Director of Football

Contract Type:  Full time, permanent.

Benefits: Competitive salary, accommodation, school fee remission, Sports Centre membership

Job Introduction

This is a unique opportunity for a talented individual to work in one of the UK’s foremost independent schools, where sport is both a dedicated pursuit of excellence and an integral part of daily life.

We are looking to appoint a highly qualified, experienced and dynamic Technical Director of Football who will work with a team to make Repton the premier Independent School destination for young footballers, both girls and boys.

The post will primarily focus on delivering a first-class coaching programme to pupils at Repton School, aged 13-18, but will also involve a commitment to developing players at the Prep School, aged 7-13. There will also be an expectation to work with Repton Enterprises to run football camps during school holidays.

The individual will bring innovative coaching techniques and an ability to enthuse footballers of a broad range of ages and abilities but he or she will be instrumental in developing a consistently productive model of excellence such that Repton School maintains national prominence and success across the age groups.

There is an expectation of success at local and national level, across age groups, in county cups and the ISFA and ESFA competitions as well as representative honours and professional club links for individual Repton players.

For a detailed description of duties and benefits package, please view the Candidate Information Pack.

The role is for September 2023 or earlier and we welcome applications from coaches within professional clubs and schools. To apply, please submit your online application via our Recruitment Hub, together with a covering letter and CV. 

Closing Date 4th November 2022

Applicants will be contacted for interview if they have been successful in the short-list process. Interviews will take place the weeks commencing Monday 7 and 14 Monday November.

About Repton School

Repton is the ancient capital of Mercia, and the School, founded in 1557 from a bequest from Sir John Port of Etwall, was established on the site of a 7th century Anglo-Saxon Benedictine abbey and latterly a 12th century Augustinian priory.​

Today Repton is a world class, modern, flourishing community with a clear sense of purpose and momentum. As a pre-eminent co-educational and boarding and day school, Repton provides an exceptional broad-based education, blending heritage with the pursuit of excellence in a 21st century context, offering world class facilities as well as high quality teaching and outstanding pastoral care.​

The School has over one thousand pupils across the Prep and Senior School, making it large enough to achieve excellence in and out of the classroom, yet small enough for individuals to grow and flourish. At Repton Senior, each pupil, whether day or boarding, is a member of a House, of which there are 10 (six for boys and four for girls). 

Repton was one of the first British schools to establish overseas schools with the establishment of Repton School Dubai in 2007, and the development of a community of international schools is key to Repton’s future vision. Currently, Repton has schools in Dubai (2), Abu Dhabi (2), China, Malaysia and Cairo with plans to open a further four over the next few years. 

Repton also currently has three schools in the UK (Repton, Repton Prep and St Wystan’s) with the ambition to grow its UK family of schools.