Performance Wellbeing Lead - Everton Women

Who are we: Everton Football Club is one of world sport's most respected and revered names - a by-word for innovation, professionalism and community. 
 
During the course of a glittering history spanning three centuries, we have been shaped and guided by our aspirational motto Nil Satis Nisi Optimum - nothing but the best is good enough. 
 
One of only three clubs to have been a founder member of both the Football League and Premier League, our Men’s Senior team has played more games in English football's top-flight than any other, winning nine league titles, five FA Cups and a European Cup Winners’ Cup.        

From the 2025/26 season, we will embark on an exciting journey at the state-of-the-art Hill Dickinson Stadium - a 52,888-capacity new home on the banks of Liverpool’s iconic River Mersey.

In doing so, we remain committed to developing and supporting teams across our Men’s, Women’s and Academy set-ups that inspire and continue to compete at the highest level of the game.  

About the opportunity: We have an exciting new opportunity for a dynamic and experienced Performance Wellbeing Lead to join our Everton Women’s football department.

This vital role will be dedicated to the psychological and emotional wellbeing of our Everton Women players, where you will play a central part in designing and delivering strategies that support player welfare, enhance performance, and help foster a resilient, supportive, and high-performing team environment.

Working as part of our multi-disciplinary team, you will work closely with coaches, medical staff, and performance professionals to ensure every player receives holistic support throughout their development journey at Everton Women.

Other Key Responsibilities include:

• Supporting First Team Players through the delivery of both individual and group sessions; proactively leading on an impactful performance and wellbeing focused service; encompassing programmes across areas such as mental health, sleep, recovery, and injury prevention and are supportive of player development, performance, and nutritional strategies
• Collaborating with the Everton Women MDT to provide a comprehensive and insightful wellbeing perspective in relation to player performance, ensuring player wellbeing aspects are integrated into training and matchday preparations
• Conducting regular health assessments and monitor player wellbeing through data-driven approaches
• Providing one-on-one support for players on physical and mental health matters
• Being a confidential point of contact for players and staff seeking wellbeing support; maintaining the required level of confidentiality across the group and building an environment of trust, whilst also highlighting to relevant supportive agencies where required
• Leading educational sessions on health topics (e.g., nutrition, menstrual health, injury prevention, recovery).

Who we’re looking for: We are looking for a accredited Performance Wellbeing Lead who has previous experience supporting the development of a well-being / mental health strategy across an organisation, preferably a high-performance sporting environment.

Essential qualifications include:

• Educated to at least degree-level, or equivalent, in fields relevant to performance wellbeing, e.g. sports psychology, wellbeing, education, counselling, with a focus on female athlete health
• Level 3 Athlete personal and development lifestyle certification
• UK Anti-Doping Introduction to Clean Sport Certificate
• Mental Health First Aid.

You will have proven experience working with elite or high-performance athletes, preferably in women’s football or team sports and a strong knowledge of wellbeing principles related to performance and resilience in sport.

If you are skilled in delivering individual and group interventions, psychological profiling, and mental skills training, as well as excellent communication and interpersonal skills and are able to build trust with players, coaches, and parents/carers, then we would love to hear from you!

This position is on a permanent contract and will be contracted to 40 hours per week.

The role will be based at our Finch Farm traning ground, with the closing date of this advert is on Monday 18th August 2025.    

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early should we receive a substantial amount of applications.      

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The Everton Family is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.            

Equity & Inclusion       

To support our pledge to diversify our organisation and through our commitment to the FA’s Football Leadership Diversity Code, Everton welcomes applications from people of all walks of life. As part of our commitment to Disability, Inclusion and Accessibility we are more than happy to make reasonable adjustments to the recruitment process should you require.