Latest Sport Psychology, Mental Health & Wellbeing Jobs

Your regular round up of roles from across the UK, US and Australia

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Hot off the press, this month’s (bumper) list of vacancies includes positions with:

• Liverpool

• Newcastle United

• Red Bull

There are roles across different areas of the backroom, from psychology and mental health to player care and wellbeing. I’ve also included a few performance-focused openings, where there’s some evidence of a psychology slant to the listing.

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Latest vacancies

Here’s the list of openings, accurate as of 10th June 2025. If you’re looking for advice on landing one of the featured roles, check out this guide to bagging a top psychology role, drawn from interviews with leading psychologists I’ve interviewed over the last half-decade.

UK

• Liverpool Football Club - Academy Player Care Officer

• Southampton Football Club - Performance Psychologist (Men's First Team)

• West Bromwich Albion Football Club - Academy Sports Psychologist

• West Ham Football Club - Academy Head of Coaching & Player Development

• England Hockey - GB Elite Development Programme Psychologist

• The Football Association - Women's National Teams Coach Developer

• The Football Association- Men's Elite Coach Developer

• Newcastle United Women - Psychologist

• Ulster University - Lecturer in Sport and Exercise Psychology

• Cardiff Metropolitan University - Lecturer in Sport and Exercise Psychology

• University of West London - Head of Psychological and Sports Sciences

US

• Iowa State University - Mental Health Clinical Therapist

• Peak Performance Sports - Mental Performance Coach

• Red Bull - Manager, Mental Performance

• Pepperdine University - Sport Psychologist

• Sideline Sport Psychology - Associate Athletic Counselor

• University of Southern California - Sport Psychology Therapist

• Georgia Institute of Technology - Sport Psychologist

• University of Virginia - Athletics Learning Specialist

• Overtime Elite - Student Athlete Success Coach

Australia

• League Ahead - Wellbeing and Education Manager

• Skate Australia - Wellbeing and Engagement Manager

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