Job Advert - First Team Manager

Blyth Spartans AFC is seeking applications for the role of First Team Manager from the end of the current season.

The start of the 2025-26 season will mark the beginning of an exciting period in Spartans' history, as the club begins a total reset and rebuilding project. The last season has been traumatic, culminating in relegation from the Northern Premier League Premier Division and along the way surviving an existential threat to the entire future of the club.

Now under community ownership for the first time in our long and distinguished history, we are launching a new era, with the vision of building “an outstanding inclusive community club, playing football at the highest sustainable level”.

We have bold and innovative plans both on and off the pitch, and we are looking for a passionate and enthusiastic first team manager to lead the footballing side of this project.

We need someone with vision, character and dynamism - alongside proven successful experience as a coach and manager and extensive contacts within the game. Budgets will initially still be tight as we rebuild and grow the club, but we want someone who can manage the financial side while recruiting and developing an exciting young playing squad to compete in the league next season and beyond. If you believe you can deliver what we need, then we want to hear from you.

The job description and person specification for the post can be found here.

Please apply with your current CV and an explanation of why you think you're right for this role to.

The deadline for applications is 09:00am on Tuesday, 22nd April 2025. We plan to hold interviews and make an appointment by the end of April.