Job Description

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Contract: Full Time, 42 hours a week

Location: The Nigel Doughty Academy, Nottingham, NG2 7SR

Department: Forest Women

Reporting to: Head of Performance

About the Role:

Nottingham Forest Women is committed to establishing a world-class performance environment aligned with standards of the Barclays Women’s Super League. The Performance Wellbeing Manager will lead the development and delivery of a comprehensive, proactive, and integrated wellbeing strategy that supports sustained elite performance.

The role will ensure players are supported across all aspects of wellbeing, including mental, emotional, social, and professional development, enabling them to perform consistently at the highest level while maintaining long-term personal and professional wellbeing.

This position plays a critical role in embedding wellbeing into the club’s high-performance model, ensuring alignment with club values, performance objectives, and governing body standards.

The Perks of the Job:

• Opportunity to access tickets for events at The City Ground.

• Employee Assistance Programme.

• Access to high street and gym discounts.

• Discount within our Club shop.

• Free on-site parking.

Key Tasks and Responsibilities:

Performance Wellbeing Strategy and Delivery

• Lead and implement a holistic wellbeing strategy aligned with elite WSL performance demands.

• Deliver individualised wellbeing plans to optimise player readiness, resilience, and performance sustainability.

• Provide proactive and reactive wellbeing support to players across training, competition, injury, and rehabilitation phases.

• Monitor player wellbeing through appropriate tools, conversations, and integrated performance systems.

• Identify wellbeing risks and implement appropriate support interventions.

Player Care and Performance Support

• Provide structured support across key transition points including recruitment, onboarding, injury, return-to-play, contract transitions, and career planning.

• Support international players with cultural adaptation, relocation, and lifestyle integration.

• Develop players’ life skills, professional behaviours, and personal development to support sustained elite performance.

• Work closely with medical and performance staff to support holistic rehabilitation and return-to-performance processes.

Multidisciplinary Team Integration

• Operate as a core member of the Women’s First Team multidisciplinary performance team.

• Collaborate daily with coaching, medical, psychology, sport science, and performance staff to integrate wellbeing into performance planning.

• Contribute to player performance reviews, individual development plans (IDPs), and squad management processes.

• Maintain appropriate confidentiality while ensuring relevant performance insights inform decision-making.

Culture and Environment

• Contribute to the creation of a psychologically safe, high-performance, and player-centred environment.

• Support the development of leadership, accountability, and professional standards within the squad.

• Deliver wellbeing education workshops and initiatives to players and staff

• Promote behaviours aligned with elite performance and club values.

What are we looking for:

Essential Experience:

• Proven experience delivering wellbeing or player care support within elite sport, preferably professional football.

• Experience working within high-performance multidisciplinary environments.

• Experience supporting athletes in high-pressure, elite performance contexts.

• Experience managing sensitive situations with professionalism and confidentiality.

Essential Qualifications:

• Degree in Psychology, Sport Psychology, Sport Science, Counselling, Wellbeing, or related discipline.

• Mental Health First Aid certification (or willingness to obtain).

• Safeguarding certification (or willingness to obtain).

• Enhanced DBS clearance (or willingness to obtain).

Desirable Experience and Qualification:

• Experience working within the Women’s Super League or equivalent elite women’s competition.

• Accreditation or working towards accreditation with a relevant professional body (e.g., BASES, BPS, EMCC, CIMSPA).

• Experience supporting international athletes.

• Understanding of FA Women’s Professional Game standards and licensing requirements.

Forest For Everyone

We aim to create a culture which embraces and celebrates our differences, enables individuals to feel comfortable, maximise their potential and eliminate discrimination.

Nottingham Forest Football Club is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all suitably qualified persons, regardless of age, disability, gender, gender reassignment, marital / civil partnership status, pregnancy / maternity leave, race, religion/belief, sexual orientation, or any other legally protected characteristic.

Nottingham Forest Football Club is a signatory of the FA’s Football Leadership Diversity Code. We are committed to developing policies to promote equal opportunities and diversity within our workforce. To monitor our progress against these commitments, we Invite all applicants to provide diversity data during the application process.

Disability Confident Committed Employer

We are a Disability Confident Committed employer. We encourage applications from people with disabilities and long-term health conditions. If you need disability-related adjustments to the recruitment process, please indicate this in your application.

If you are likely to meet the definition of being a "disabled person" according to the Equality Act 2010, you may be eligible to apply for an interview via the Disability Confident Scheme - please indicate this in your application form below. The information you share with us about your health or disability will not be used in recruitment selections.

Our Commitment to Safeguarding

As part of the Club’s commitment to safeguarding, the successful applicant may be required to undergo a Disclosure Barring Service (“DBS”) check or an enhanced DBS check. The results of a DBS check will be considered on an individual basis, and the Club will act in a proportionate manner when deciding whether or not to proceed with the appointment.

An FA Enhanced DBS disclosure is required for all relevant new appointments to the Club. Individuals will be asked to declare any convictions, cautions or reprimands, warnings or bind-overs that may have been incurred. The Club reserves the right to carry out risk assessments where content has been disclosed on a DBS disclosure if it feels that it is relevant to the job requirements. Failure to satisfy the Club and the PL's safeguarding requirements may lead to the job offer being withdrawn or, if they have already started employment, summary termination of the employment.