Head Coach, Manchester City Football School at Parade College

Role Description/Criteria

Manchester City FC

Manchester City FC is an English Premier League club initially founded in 1880 as St Mark’s West Gorton. It officially became Manchester City FC in 1894 and has since then gone onto win the European Cup Winners’ Cup, UEFA Champions League in 2023, the UEFA Super Cup in 2023, and ten League Championship titles, including eight Premier League titles (2011/12, 2013/14, 2017/18, 2018/19, 2020/21, 2021/22, 2022/23, 2023/24), and seven FA Cups. Manchester City FC is one of twelve clubs comprising the City Football Group and counts New York City FC and Melbourne City FC among its sister clubs.

Under manager Pep Guardiola, one of the most highly decorated managers in world football, the Club plays its domestic and UEFA Champions League home fixtures at the Etihad Stadium, a spectacular 55,000 seat arena that City have called home since 2003. Today, the Stadium sits on the wider Etihad Campus, which also encompasses the City Football Academy, a state-of-the-art performance training and youth development facility located in the heart of East Manchester. Featuring a 7,000 capacity Academy Stadium, the City Football Academy is also where Manchester City Women’s Football Club and the Elite Development Squad train on a daily basis and play their competitive home games.

Parade College
Parade College is a Catholic school in the Edmund Rice tradition. The College aims to help young people grow into well-rounded individuals who will make a meaningful contribution to society. In a vibrant learning community, students are encouraged to explore and develop their talents to the fullest and aim for excellence in all their endeavours.

Parade College is the oldest Edmund Rice School in Australia, dating back to 1871, and has a proud history of excellence in the education and pastoral care of secondary school students. As a long-standing Catholic secondary school in the Edmund Rice tradition, Parade College strives to be a learning community that offers best practice education and pastoral care to its students to foster fullness of life and holistic growth for all. Parade offers a multitude of curriculum options that cater for varying student interests. e.g. academic, sporting, music, visual arts and trade options.

Manchester City Football School at Parade College
Utilising the coaching philosophy and methodology of Manchester City, the Manchester City Football School provides an authentic and creative football coaching programs for our students. The Football School, primarily based within the College’s Bundoora Campus, commenced in January 2022.

The Football School contributes to Parade’s ongoing effort of improving the lives of our students and community and creating well rounded individuals by bringing Manchester City’s approach and methodology to continue in their path towards football, and educational and personal excellence.

Applications are invited from suitably qualified, highly motivated and experienced candidates for the Head Coach of the Manchester City Football School at Parade College.

Attributes / Skills and Experience

The ideal candidate would hold an UEFA A Coaching License and/or working towards UEFA A Accreditation. A qualification in Sports Education, Teaching or management equivalent would also be highly desirable, together with the following experience and/or qualities:

• The proven ability to communicate and educate players, coaches, and stakeholders in understanding and executing a Manchester City soccer education program.
• To have understanding in digital systems to support football development (VEO, HUDL, coach management systems)
• The ability to work within a positive working environment.
• Have the drive and ambition to develop personally.
• Sound experience in developing players of varying ages and abilities, including reviewing and evaluating individuals.
• Highly competent and transparent organisational skills.
• The ability to communicate informally and formally with coaches, players, parents/carers, and key business stakeholders.
• To be proficient in preparing and recording of documents to support the coaching, reviewing the program, and presenting to others internally and externally.
• To have the interest, ability and flexibility to travel when required to support international projects - short, medium or long-term.

Please view the Position Description for further details about the role and the selection criteria.

Application Requirements
In preparing an application, please read the application package carefully to ensure that you can demonstrate your ability to meet the position requirements and have a good understanding of the role.

Applications must include:

• a covering letter addressing the Key Selection Criteria including your skills, qualifications and experience relevant to the role; together with
• a current Curriculum Vitae.

To apply, please visit the College website Employment page, click ‘APPLY’ and follow the prompts.

Please address your application to Mark Aiello, College Principal.

For any enquiries about the role or submitting your application, please contact the Director of Human Resources via email: [email protected].

This community is committed to the safety, wellbeing and protection of all children in our care.

Parade College acknowledges Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples as the traditional custodians of the lands where we live, learn and work.

Parade College is an Equal Opportunity Employer

Application Procedures

https://www.parade.vic.edu.au/Employment

Principal: Mr Mark Aiello

Enquiries: [email protected]

Applications Close: 25/08/2025

Position: Position of Leadership

Type: Fixed Term

Hours per Week: Full-time