Academy & Women’s Performance Lead
Norwich City Football Club
Job Type
Full Time
Location
Norwich, UK
Salary
Not disclosed
Closing Date
13 August 2026
Classification
IQF Level 7
Job Summary
This role leads the physical performance provision across Norwich City Football Club’s Academy and Women’s teams. The post holder is responsible for designing, leading, and delivering a physical performance framework that integrates physical preparation, performance science, and performance nutrition. The role includes developing aligned training methods, athletic development standards, and individual development plans, using performance data to optimise readiness, recovery, injury prevention, and coach-facing recommendations. It also includes leadership of a multidisciplinary team, practitioner development, departmental operations, testing, budget management, SOP governance, and performance system improvement.
IUSCA IQF Classification
This role appears to align with IQF Level 7, as it involves leading and integrating physical preparation, performance science, and nutrition services across the Academy and Women’s programme. The role includes responsibility for developing physical training methodologies, athletic development standards, individual development plans, performance insights, practitioner leadership, recruitment, CPD, performance management, testing systems, budget management, SOP governance, and continuous enhancement of performance systems. These responsibilities indicate advanced scientific practitioner capability, interdisciplinary leadership, system development, and responsibility for the decision quality of other practitioners.
Associated IUSCA IQF Certification
IUSCA IQF Level 7 Accredited International Strength and Conditioning Practitioner (aISCP*m)
Salary and Role Alignment
Grey. Salary is not disclosed, so full salary and role alignment cannot be assessed. However, this is a senior Level 7 role requiring a postgraduate degree, recognised accreditation or S&C qualification, professional football experience, experience leading support staff, interdisciplinary leadership, and responsibility for departmental systems, budget, governance, and performance standards.
IUSCA recommended minimum salary: £55,000 per year
This minimum recommendation reflects the Level 7 classification, the postgraduate qualification requirement, the leadership of physical preparation, performance science, and nutrition across Academy and Women’s programmes, and the responsibility for staff development, performance systems, budget management, SOP governance, and interdisciplinary decision-making. A higher salary may be appropriate if the role carries senior departmental authority, multi-site responsibility, strategic budget control, or substantial responsibility for long-term club performance strategy.
IUSCA Alignment Statement
This role has been classified by IUSCA based on publicly available information. The classification is intended to support professional transparency and help practitioners and employers understand the relationship between role scope, responsibility, autonomy, qualification expectations, and salary alignment. Applicants should review the original advert before applying.