Volunteer at Nidd

The club does not just run itself. It relies 100% on volunteers giving their time to make it happen. If you'd like to volunteer at Nidd United JFC, we'd love to encourage you to do so. The club thrives when people come together to give their time and skill to help develop the players and club.
Current Vacancies
The club has the following roles that need filling:
- Coaches/Assistant Coaches - various teams. If you are specifically interested in volunteering as a coach, please read this information here first.
- Sponsorship Secretary - responsible for managing relationships with current sponsors.
- Kit & Equipment Secretary - managing the kit and equipment requirements for the club.
- Assistant Club Welfare Officers - assisting the CWO in this important role.
- Social Secretary - responsible for organising a team to run the end of season socials.
- Communications Secretary - responsible for managing the club newsletter.
- PR/Social Media Secretary - responsible for raising the profile of the club in the local area.
- Parent Representative - Represent parents perspective on the Club Committee
If you'd like to find out more about what the current vacancies would mean in terms of time commitments and responsibilities, please read of the relevant the role descriptions below.
Application Process
We follow the Football Association's Safer Recruitment Policy which requires volunteer roles to be recruitment using the following process:
- Committee defines a role profile.
- Role is advertised
- Successful applicants will be invited to an informal meeting with 2 members of the Committee.
- References collected on the applicant.
- FA Criminal Records Checks (CRC) carried out, if role requires them.
- Recruitment decisions made by the Committee.
- Onboarding, training and support for successful applicants.
How to apply?
First, make sure you've read and agree with our Club Ethos here - you'll need to be happy that you can commit to upholding it as a volunteer at this club.
Next, please read the relevant role description for the role you wish to apply for so that you understand what it will require from you.
If you want to go ahead but you've not yet spoken to the Committee about it, please contact the Club Chair here and they will give you a call to discuss further.
Once you have been invited to apply by the Committee, your next steps should be:
- Make sure you have FA FAN number. If you don't, you can set up a FA FAN number here.
- If you think you already have a FAN Number but can’t remember it, please don’t set up a new one as this can cause problems. Please retrieve your FAN number here.
- Complete the online application form here: