Football Coach-Abu Dhabi Dubai Manchester Assessment Centre

Location:

Abu Dhabi, AE

Opening Date: 22 Sept 2025

Full Time / Part Time: Full Time

Contract Type: Fixed Term

Closing Date of Applications – 28/10/2025

The interview will be held in Manchester at City Football Academy on Saturday 4th October 2025- You will be contacted with further information after your application has been reviewed.

The Role

Are you an ambitious Football Coach looking for a career move to help you reach your potential?

Our team in the UAE is growing, and we’re looking for a talented coach to deliver sessions to girls and boys of varied ability across multiple programs. You’ll need a L2/UEFA C qualification (minimum), great communication skills and a desire to learn and improve. Check out our ‘find out more’ section below for more information on what you’ll do as a Manchester City FC coach in UAE.

We strongly encourage candidates of all backgrounds to apply for the role, our recruitment team are here to support you with any queries you may have along the way.

Pathways, Opportunity & Development

With the support of an experienced team of coaches and a world class program we’re confident we can help take your coaching career to the next level. We’re expanding across the globe, and confident this can be the start of successful career with Manchester City FC.

The Perks

As well as working for the Premier League Champions in the UAE, the role carries a competitive salary with the following benefits: Housing, Medical cover, Transport Allowance Flights and Visa.

This is Your City

As part of our team, you will be entitled to 26 days annual leave plus an additional day off for your birthday, private healthcare and a simply health cash plan, an annual discretionary bonus, plus a range of partnership and lifestyle discounts.

Your Impact

• Ensure all the City Football Group coaching philosophies, methodology and principles are incorporated into the delivery of the program
• Support the lead staff pre, during and post delivery
• Support the wider team with reviewing deliveries and making suggestions to better the program
• Work both individually and collectively as part of a team in ensuring the project is delivered to the required levels and expectations
• Support the City Football Middle East office with local and regional activations
• Organise, structure and deliver the coaching program in a standard that represents Manchester City
• Maintain professional conduct always in both on and off field environments
  
  

• FA Level 2 / UEFA C minimum
• Member of a FA to maintain their Coach License or International equivalent
• Education in sports coaching or teaching
• Post-holder must hold or obtain at the earliest opportunity the relevant safeguarding training (i.e. FA Safeguarding Children Workshop)
• Experience coaching in a football environment
• Proven experience working with players from varying backgrounds and cultures
• Experience implementing and developing a football coaching syllabus
• Demonstratable experience and knowledge of planning, delivering and reviewing sessions
• Knowledge and understanding of player development and the four-corner model
• Experience working within a professional Football Club or sporting organisation
• To have flexibility to travel when required to support projects both in the UK and Internationally
• Ability to create a positive working environment that represents Manchester City and the local partner in the marketplace
• To have the ability to evaluate and review programs on completion
  
  

• Abu Dhabi Cup 2025:
  
  

• Abu Dhabi League 2024:
  
  

• Manchester City Football Schools – UAE:
  
  

• Man City Abu Dhabi League:
  
  

• City Football Schools- UAE:
  
  

• Man City Abu Dhabi Cup: