Pathway · Step up
Academy Education & Welfare Officer to Academy Manager
How to move from Academy Education & Welfare Officer to Academy Manager: what to learn, what to prove and what formal steps, if any, are needed.
Qualification check for Academy Manager
Required
This move needs the right qualification, licence or registration for the new role. Academy systems commonly require advanced coaching or management qualifications for this role, plus safeguarding training.
4 to 7 yearstypical timeline
2new skills to build
3qualifications to consider
+219%mid-point UK pay change, illustrative
The move at a glance
Academy Education & Welfare Officer
Looks after young players' education, wellbeing and safeguarding.
Academy Manager
Runs the whole academy, including coaching, education, welfare and recruitment.
Skills and knowledge to build
Experience and routes that help
Qualifications to consider
Tools to learn
What the new role asks of you
- Lead academy staff and budgets
- Meet league academy standards and audits
- Link the academy to the first team
Practical steps
- Ask for a small piece of the new role's work before you apply, for example one of the tasks above.
- Close the top gap first: Leadership.
- Keep a record of two results that show you working at the next level.
- Talk to three people who do the job. Ask how they got in, and who they would recommend you speak to.