Department: Football Division – Men’s First Team Football Department

Hours of Work: Full-time (with flexibility to work during evenings and weekends, including matchdays)

Contract Type: Permanent

Salary: Attractive Remuneration Package (including car allowance) depending on experience

Location: Bodymoor Heath Training Ground

Closing Date: Monday 4 August 2025 

1. The Department

Our Men’s First Team Medical and Sports Science Department strive to deliver a world-class, multi-disciplinary service to empower our players to achieve and maintain their peak performance. We are driven by a relentless desire to win, our team continually challenges on another, fostering a high-performance environment grounded in excellence and innovation.

2. The Role

We are looking for an experienced Physiotherapist with a passion and expertise for performance rehabilitation and return to play protocols for our First Team Players. You will be responsible for planning and actioning your own rehabilitation pitch sessions with players providing world class prescription, progression and adaption for rehabilitation players.  

This is an opportunity to work with some of the best football talent in the world and to make a valuable impact on their career.  

You will play a vital role in our multi-disciplinary working collaboratively with the Performance Director, Head of Medical Services and Head Physiotherapist.  

For further information about the Role, please see the Role Profile.

3. The Person

To be considered for this role, you will need to hold the following qualifications:

*         BSc (Hons) in Physiotherapy (minimum 2:1)

*         MSc in Sports Physiotherapy or a Sports and Exercise Science (or international equivalent)

*         Membership to the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy (CSP) and registration with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC)

*         A valid FA Level 5 Advanced Trauma Medical Management in Football (ATMMiF)

You will need to have previous experience in providing high-quality physiotherapy provision in a full-time capacity in an elite environment, ideally in a Premier League Football First Team environment. You will need to be experienced in planning and delivering advanced progressive rehabilitation programmes for elite athletes. You will need to be organised with a proactive, calm and positive attitude and be comfortable in working in a fast-paced dynamic environment.  You will play a key role in our MDT so you must be able to build effective working relationships with a range of stakeholders internally and externally.  

You will need to be available to work flexibly including evenings, weekends and matchdays depending on our team schedule.  

4. Why join us?

There has never been a better time to join Aston Villa Football Club. Our drive to succeed is visible on the global stage, we are building a family ethos and culture to be proud of, and realising our ambitious plans for the expansion and improvement of our world-class facilities. If you are already excited by this challenge and want to play your part in our historic Club, then you'll be pleased to hear about our amazing staff benefits you'll receive whilst working for us! See our  Staff Benefits booklet to find out more.

As part of your application, please ensure you upload your CV and Cover Letter.

Right to Close Vacancy Posting Early 

The Club reserves the right to close any advertised vacancies earlier than the advertised closing date if sufficient applications have been received. 

Equality Statement

Aston Villa Football Club celebrates diversity and embraces equal opportunities for all.

We welcome applications from all candidates regardless of age, race, disability, gender reassignment, pregnancy and maternity, sexual orientation, marriage and civil partnership, sex and religion or belief.

Safeguarding Statement

Aston Villa Football Club is fully committed to safeguarding children and adults at risk across our Foundation. As such, we adhere to Safer Recruitment processes and for some roles a satisfactory enhanced disclosure via the Disclosure & Barring Service may be required prior to starting in a role at the Foundation. For more information, please see Aston Villa Football Club | The official club website | AVFC - Safeguarding