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RECRUITMENT FEATURE/DAVE REDDIN, HEAD OF TEAM STRATEGY & PERFORMANCE - THE FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION The Football Association has introduced a new process to recruit the team behind the team – the coaches and support staff dedicated to helping our players to realise optimum performance Dave Reddin, Head of Team Strategy & Performance, outlines the structured process that aspiring candidates undergo when they apply to join the association. THE WHOLE PLAYER Our ultimate goal is for the England team to win the World Cup. It’s a bold ambition and one we’re working hard to make a reality. We’re investing in building multidisciplinary teams to cover the five major areas that we’ve identified as making up the whole player: technical, tactical, psychological, social and physical. It’s vital that we select the right people in these areas, with the skills, experience and mindset to take us forward.
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A DAY TO SHOW WHAT YOU CAN DO Since September 2015, we have been working with Buckinghamshire-based HR consultancy Lane4 to design and run an assessment centre process to help us recruit coaches, physios, doctors, talent identification specialists, performance analysts and physical performance specialists. During the day candidates spend at the assessment centre, we can appraise their suitability for the post in
question through a range of assessment techniques and practical tasks. It allows us to evaluate their performance and potential to a depth that is simply not possible under traditional interviewing models. Lane4’s roots are firmly grounded in the world of sport, so they understand our drivers and challenges. The consultancy was co-founded by Olympic gold medallist swimmer Adrian Moorhouse (Seoul 1988) and draws on sport and elite performance