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Jenna Wraith - Development officer

I played football from about six years old. Played all the way through primary school and then I wasn't too academic in school, so I sort of was thinking, "I love football. How can I turn this into a job?" I wanted to make sure I could do something where I could still play, but get the qualifications that I needed, which is where I found the Leeds United Foundation. And it's perfect.

A typical day for me would be liaising with schools, getting some dates in of when we can come and deliver the sessions. In the afternoon, going into the primary schools and delivering the sessions with the young girls and then later on in the evening would be the academy training. So, train them and hopefully get them into the elite pathway, so England or super league clubs later on in the future.

My advice would be to anybody who wants to get in this line of work is just work super hard. I spent a lot of time volunteering, so a lot of time unpaid. We're always looking for volunteers. I am as well, and the way we look at volunteers is not just doing a bit of picking up rubbish, or picking up the cones or football, it's really trying to develop their skills that I'm aware you need to come into this line of work.

Special skills you would need for this job, I would say, is people skills, that's a massive one; interacting with the young females of today; how do we make the transition from no sport to sport, how do we make that as easy as possible? PE definitely helped me to get where I am now. I think definitely opened my eyes of the different pathways that they offer in sport. I remember thinking, of football especially, it's quite a small industry. Working in it now, it's certainly not, and there's still lots of different pathways I could take now.

For me, one of the most exciting things about the job is, I'm a massive Leeds fan, so working for Leeds is sort of different to me, it's working for the badge. I love the club, grew up a massive supporter of Leeds, so that's definitely one of the most exciting things about it. When I was younger, wasn't many opportunities for females, I'm going be honest. I now have the platform to offer opportunities to girls all across Leeds. I'm just really enthusiastic about getting children involved in sports, and make sure that we continue growing the women's game.